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 71-hour countdown for the launch of 1,858 kg RISAT -1, India's radar imaging satellite, the heaviest one to be lifted by ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle commenced this morning. "The countdown for radar sensing satellite RISAT-1 started this morning at 6.47 AM at Sriharikota. This is a 71-hour long countdown," an ISRO spokesman told PTI. The launch is scheduled at 5.47 am on April 26 from the Satish...
02:56 PM, Apr 23, 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
Bangalore: Preparations are underway for this month's launch of an indigenously designed and developed satellite that has the unique capability of imaging during day and night and in all weather conditions. ISRO is looking at 'lucky April 20' for the blast-off from India's spaceport of Sriharikota. RISAT-1, a Radar Imaging Satellite with the capability to take images of the earth during day and night as well as in cloudy conditions,...
01:30 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: India's space programme suffered a serious setback on Saturday evening when a Communication Satellite launched from Sriharikota exploded mid-air. It was the second satellite failure in six months. Scientists are divided, but the bigger worry is: What will happen to India's moon mission? The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was launched with high hopes by the ISRO scientists. However, 47 seconds later hope turned into horror as the onboard...
02:15 PM, Dec 26, 2010
Chennai: The launch of country's latest communication satellite GSAT-5P on Monday from the spaceport of Sriharikota, was deferred on Sunday after a minor leak in the Russian cryogenic engine on board the GSLV-F06 launch vehicle. The leak was identified during the pre-countdown checks for the launch by the home-made Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) powered by Russian cryogenic engine, ISRO spokesperson S Satish told PTI. "Due to a minor leak...
03:19 PM, Dec 19, 2010
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06:45 PM, Nov 14, 2008
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12:11 AM, Oct 25, 2008
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12:21 AM, Oct 23, 2008
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12:03 PM, Oct 08, 2008
Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams congratulated the ISRO scientists on the successful launch of PSLV-C7. ...
11:29 AM, Jan 11, 2007
It was a sight that put ISRO on cloud nine as India successfully launched its first recoverable satellite into orbit. ...
10:14 PM, Jan 10, 2007
The PSLV-C7, carrying four satellites, lifted off successfully from the Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. ...
10:00 AM, Jan 10, 2007
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