Sriharikota: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday described ISRO's 100th space mission as "a milestone" following the successful launch of its rocket carrying two foreign satellites. ISRO's 100th space mission "is a milestone in our nation's space capability", Manmohan Singh said after the launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Srikarikota. He congratulated scientists and engineers of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). "I'm delighted to witness the launch of...
11:36 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: The hundredth space mission programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took off on Sunday at 9.51 am from the space centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The historic milestone comes in the form of two foreign satellites that will be put in orbit by ISRO's workhorse PSLV rocket. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh witnessed the launch of PSLV C-21 that is carrying French advanced remote sensing satellite 720 kg...
09:55 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Chennai: This Sunday will be a working day for those at the Indian Space Research Organisation, that too a hectic one. The space agency is set to reach another milestone " the 100th Indian space mission " when PSLV-C21 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 9.51 am. And, among those looking up at the sky from the space port for a perfect launch will be...
11:45 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Tirupati: Ahead of India's landmark 100th space mission, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishanan on Friday offered worship at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near Tirupati praying for its successful launch. Radhakrishanan is a frequent visitor to the over 2000-year-old shrine before every mission, temple sources said. The mission, in which a 720-kg SPOT-6 remote sensing satellite from France (built by ASTRIUM SAS) and a 15-kg Japanese spacecraft PROITERES would be...
06:21 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Chennai: The 51-hour countdown for the 100th mission of the Indian space agency, slated for September 9, began on Friday at 6.51 am at the Sriharikota satellite launch centre in Andhra Pradesh, around 80 km from Chennai, an official said. Carrying French and Japanese satellites, an Indian rocket - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - will blast off at 9.51 am on Sunday. "The countdown started at 6.51 am and...
02:29 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Nellore: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to cross yet another milestone in space technology with the launching of the 720 kg SPOT-6, an advanced French remote- sensing satellite and Proiteres, a 15 kg Japanese spacecraft through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C21 (PSLV-C21), from the Satish Dhavan Space Centre(SDSC), Sriharikota, 90 km from here on September 9. This is the 100th mission of ISRO, which has...
10:02 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Chennai: The Indian space agency is gearing up for the launch of two foreign satellites next month, said a top official on Wednesday. "The PSLV-C21 (the polar satellite launch vehicle) will launch a remote-sensing satellite from France and a small Japanese satellite as co-passenger during the second week of September," K Radhakrishnan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told reporters in Chennai. The 800-kg French satellite is called SPOT-6 and...
03:21 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Chennai: Preparations for the historic 100th mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were on with the space agency planning to launch PSLV C-21, which will carry two foreign satellites in September. "We have two capsules, a remote sensing satellite from France and a small Japanese satellite will be the co-passenger. Preparations are going on. We plan to have the launch in the second week of September," ISRO Chairman...
12:10 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Bangalore: India is set to launch an indigenous satellite with the "unique" capability to capture images in all-weather conditions that will facilitate agriculture and disaster management, ISRO said on Wednesday. India currently depends on images from a Canadian satellite as domestic remote sensing spacecraft cannot take pictures of the ground during cloud cover. After nearly 10 years of effort, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed with a lot of...
05:11 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Chennai: Nine satellite launches, a policy for managing remote sensing data and commissioning of the country's fastest supercomputer - India's space agency can look back at 2011 with a fair sense of satisfaction, though the scrapping of a controversial spectrum deal with a private company remains a blemish on its yearly report card. During 2011, the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) launched eight satellites using its own rocket Polar...
05:25 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organistaion's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C17 (PSLV) carrying a new communication satellite has been successfully launched from Sriharikota. An extra large PSLV rocket knows as PSLV-XL was used to boost the GSAT-12 communication satellite into space. GSAT-12 will link doctors and teachers from the cities with rural India and can help in a medical diagnosis over a satellite link. ISRO is currently battling a severe shortage in...
05:12 PM, Jul 15, 2011
The eighteenth flight of India's tried and trusted PSLV rocket launched the country's eighteenth remote sensing satellite into space. ...
07:56 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Sriharikota: India's PSLV-C16 rocket on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit the latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 that would study and help manage natural resources along with two nano satellites. ISRO's homegrown workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed in a 'Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit' Resourcesat-2, Youthsat and X-Sat about 18 minutes after it blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre launch pad here, 90 km from Chennai, at 10.12 am. ...
10:41 AM, Apr 20, 2011
Sriharikota: India's PSLV-C16 rocket on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit the latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 that would study and help manage natural resources along with two nano satellites. ISRO's homegrown workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed in a 'Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit' Resourcesat-2, Youthsat and X-Sat about 18 minutes after it blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre launch pad here, 90 km from Chennai, at 10.12 am. ...
10:41 AM, Apr 20, 2011
ISRO will launch Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C 16 - a remote sensing satellite into space on Wednesday. ...
07:10 AM, Apr 20, 2011
Chennai: After 16 successful launches of its workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the last 17 years, the Indian space agency is now testing a key component to re-qualify its on-flight performance parameters to avoid any unpleasant surprises. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is testing the gas motor which is fitted in the second stage/engine powered by liquid fuel for high temperature tolerance levels. The test has...
02:38 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Students who built the StudSat say designing the satellite was the toughest part of their work. ...
10:23 PM, Jul 12, 2010
The StudSat, which was carried to the space by PSLV on Monday, has been built by engineering students. ...
10:01 PM, Jul 12, 2010
The satellite launch vehicle carried Cartosat-2B, an advanced remote sensing satellite built by ISRO. ...
09:25 AM, Jul 12, 2010
