Former Atomic Energy Commission Chief Anil Kakodkar said if there is a tendency to penalised people for taking bold steps, then new technology can't be developed in the country. ...
02:33 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Bangalore: The ISRO row escalated on Thursday with former chairman G Madhavan Nair rubbishing allegations of a scam in the scrapped controversial Antrix-Devas deal while space agency chief K Radhakrishnan defended the decision to bar four scientists from any re-employment. For the second consecutive day Nair, who is among the four scientists barred from government jobs, was unsparing in his criticism of Radhakrishnan and accused him of taking "deliberate action"...
08:10 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, the government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs. The action comes in the wake of the controversial deal in which a private company was allotted scarce S band spectrum by ISRO allegedly in violation of rules. Nair, is the recipient of the Padma Vibhushan. He is the chairman...
10:14 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Beijing: China on Monday launched a high-resolution remote-sensing satellite for civilian use from its Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi province. According to a statement from the centre, the satellite - Ziyuan III satellite - is tasked with offering services to aid the country's land-resources surveys, natural-disaster prevention, agriculture development, water-resources management, and urban planning, Xinhua reported. The satellite was launched aboard a Long March 4B rocket, it added. Weighing...
01:39 AM, Jan 10, 2012
London: China's own satellite navigational system, known as 'Beidou', is now operational after the 10th satellite was placed into orbit this month. Also known as the 'Big Dipper', 'Beidou' will also offer users positioning information which will be correct up to the nearest 10 metres, be able to measure speeds within 0.2 metres per second and provide clock synchronisation signals accurate up to 0.02 millionths of a second. China initiated...
12:42 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Tokyo: Japan has launched an intelligence-gathering satellite, its second this year. Japan's space agency, JAXA, says the launch Monday was a success and the radar-equipped satellite is functioning properly. Officials refused to provide details of its capabilities. Japanese media reports say it will augment the optical satellites Japan has already launched by providing data of what is happening on the ground at night or through cloud cover. Japan launched its...
09:50 AM, Dec 12, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's communication satellite, which was launched by China, is functioning fine, said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who described the project as an example of Islamabad-Beijing strategic ties. Gilani on Saturday said that the PAKSAT-1R satellite project is yet another manifestation of the long-standing strategic relationship between Pakistan and China, taking the time-tested friendship to new heights. At the inauguration of Satellite Ground Control Station and commencement of the...
09:06 AM, Nov 07, 2011
Beijing: Beijing on Monday denied a US commission's claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on US environment-monitoring satellites, saying that the committee had "ulterior motives" in writing such a draft report. At least two US environment-monitoring satellites were interfered with four or more times in 2007 and 2008 via a ground station in Norway, and China's military is a prime suspect, according to the draft report...
08:59 AM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: A satellite navigation (sat nav system) is a system of satellites that can help users determine the position of an enabled device anywhere on the earths surface to within a few hundred metres. The same system with global coverage may be termed a global navigation satellite system or 'GNSS'. The receiver picks up signals transmitted by navigational satellites. With satellite navigation, it is easi to trace location and...
09:22 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Beijing: China has set up a target of launching 20 rockets and 25 satellites into space by the end of this year, making it the second country after Russia to accomplished that many launches in a year. "This year, we are supposed to launch 20 rockets and 25 satellites, a number that would put China in second place after Russia," Yuan Jiajun, deputy general manager of China Aerospace and Technology...
03:26 PM, Oct 30, 2011
New Delhi: For the last few years a satellite image purportedly showing an illuminated India on Diwali night unfailingly does the rounds on social media websites. But the fact is the image put up by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Centre has nothing to do with Diwali, the festival of lights. While not exactly a hoax, it is something shown out of context.The image in...
04:38 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: The successful launch of Jugnu, a loaf-sized nano satellite designed by IIT-Kanpur, on October 12 marks a watershed in Indian space technology for miniaturisation and an indigenously designed ejection system that ends dependence on imports. Jugnu, placed into orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C18 (PSLV-C18) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), miniaturises communication capabilities, power source and a control system, comprising the basic functions of...
05:31 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Brussels: A Russian rocket launched the first two satellites of the European Union's Galileo navigation system Friday after years of delay in an ambitious bid to rival the ubiquitous American GPS network. The launch of the Soyuz from French Guiana, on the northern coast of South America, marks the maiden voyage of the Russian rocket outside the former Soviet Union, with European and Russian authorities cheering at liftoff in relief...
02:32 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Hrithik Roshan starrer 'Agneepath's satellite rights have reportedly been sold for a record Rs 41 crore to a channel, while 'Ra.One's satellite rights fetched Rs 35 crore. ...
11:59 AM, Oct 18, 2011
Chennai: Final preparations are on for the October 12 launch of Indo-French 'Megha-Tropiques' satellite that would study tropical climate, from spaceport of Sriharikota, about 90 km from here. Integration of Megha-Tropiques and three nano satellites, that would be launched by ISRO's workhorse PSLV-C18, with the rocket had been completed, ISRO spokesperson S Sathish said. "PSLV C 18 is scheduled to be launched on October 12 at 11 am from the...
02:54 PM, Oct 07, 2011
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