New Delhi: The CAG report on the controversial Devas-Antrix deal which had slammed the Department of Space for policy violations, will be taken up by the newly constituted Public Accounts Committee. The decision in this regard was taken on Friday. It was also decided in the first meeting of the PAC that the latest CAG report on revenue losses to the Railways will be taken up by it in the...
05:09 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday lauded the test of Agni-V missile that can hit targets as far as China's Beijing and the launch of the RISAT-1 satellite that can keep a watch over India in all weather conditions as major achievement of his government. Releasing his government's performance report on its third anniversary at a dinner hosted at his Race Course Road residence in New Delhi, Manmohan...
04:40 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General report on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal tabled in Parliament has called it "a classic case of public investment for private profit". The report comes down heavily on the Department of Space saying that in its eagerness, it concealed facts from the Cabinet and violated several rules. The report also has harsh words for retired ISRO employees MG Chandrasekhar and D Venugopal. The report...
02:21 PM, May 15, 2012
Chennai: In a major step, ISRO on Saturday successfully tested the indigenous cryogenic engine to be used to propel the country's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. The test was conducted at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district. "The acceptance test of the indigenous cryogenic engine for the forthcoming GSLV-D5 flight was conducted successfully for 200 seconds at 17:10 hrs...," an ISRO statement said. "The performance...
01:56 AM, May 13, 2012
Bangalore: The Indian space agency will on Saturday conduct a crucial test on an indigenously built cryogenic engine for launching its heavier rockets from its spaceport, a top official said on Friday. "The cryogenic acceptance test will take place on Saturday in our Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. If it succeeds, we will use the cryogenic stage in the geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) rocket later...
12:50 AM, May 12, 2012
Mayilsamy Annadurai is ISRO's programme director and chief problem solver for remote sensing satellites like the RISAT 1. He began his life studying in a cowshed and rose to lead a satellite team at India's premier space research organisation. ...
06:27 PM, May 01, 2012
Chennai: India will ferry two foreign satellites - French and Japanese - on board its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) rocket in August this year for a price, said a senior official. "The next rocket launch will be in August. We will be sending our PSLV rocket with French satellite SPOT 6 (800 kg) and a small Japanese satellite weighing around 15 kg. Though the rocket is called PSLV-C21 it...
01:29 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Bangalore: ISRO on Saturday said the indigenously built Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), launched on April 26, has been placed in its final Polar Sun-synchronous Orbit of 536 km height. "PSLV-C19 had placed RISAT-1 in a polar orbit of 470 km X 480 km. As planned, on April 27-28, the satellite propulsion system was used in four orbital manoeuvres to raise the height of the orbit of RISAT-1 to 536 km,"...
12:39 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Sriharikota: Indian satellite scientist N Valarmathi, 52, was herself on cloud nine when her baby - the Indian spy in the sky Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - started its ascent to the skies on Thursday morning. "It was a nice feeling. I felt very great," Valarmathi, project director for Risat-1 project, said. Playing down the satellite's strategic role, the woman who delivered the Indian spy in the sky for the...
01:40 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: India has launched its first radar imaging satellite that can deliver crystal clear pictures in all weather conditions. It can even peer through jungle and dense tree cover. RISAT 1, India's heaviest remote sensing satellite, soars into space aboard an extra powerful PSLV XL rocket. K Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO, says, "RISAT took Rs 378 crore to make. This includes research and development costs. The PSLV XL rocket cost...
07:16 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Bangalore: While the creations of Mayilsamy Annadurai, ISRO's programme director and chief problem solver for remote sensing satellites like the RISAT 1, always soar through the skies, his own background is a lot more humble. Annadurai has had a hand in almost every remote sensing satellite made at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). One of India's foremost scientists, he began his studies in the humblest of places. "Till the...
09:40 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of Indias first high tech spy satellite RISAT-1 from Sriharikota. The Prime Minister called Secretary Department of Space and ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan to congratulate him and the scientists for the successful launch. "I would like to warmly congratulate all scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful...
08:35 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: They call her RISAT 1 - short for Radar Imaging Satellite. She's the first such machine India has built on its own. While most remote sensing satellites need light to snap pictures, RISAT uses microwaves - similar to the ones in your kitchen oven. Just like your camera fires a flash of light, RISAT-1 fires microwaves, which the ground reflects back. A radar inside the satellite uses those...
08:19 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Days after its first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V was test fired successfully, India on Thursday launched its own spy satellite RISAT-1 from Sriharikota. RISAT-1 is capable of delivering crystal clear pictures in all weather conditions. The indigenous RISAT-1, which stands for Radar Imaging Satellite, has a lifespan of five years and will be used for disaster prediction and agriculture forestry. RISAT's high resolution pictures and microwave imaging...
06:05 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Chennai: The Indian rocket that will carry the 1,850 kg indigenous surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - to the skies this month will be controlled by the new mission control centre at Sriharikota, said a senior official of Indian space agency ISRO. "The second mission control centre was inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil this January. The forthcoming rocket launch would be controlled and monitored from the new mission...
03:32 PM, Apr 09, 2012
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