The Indian Space Research Organisation’s attempt to launch its eighth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1H on Thursday was unsuccessful. The satellite weighs 1,425 kg and was carried by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. ISRO chairman, AS Kiran Kumar, said the mission failed as the PSLV’s heat shield did not open up for[Read More…]
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Former ISRO chairman UR Rao, man behind India’s 1st satellite Aryabhatta, passes away
Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) chief, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, known as UR Rao has died at his Bengaluru home Monday morning. He was 85. He was responsible for the launch of India’s first satellite Aryabhata “Rao breathed his last during the early hours, around 3 AM[Read More…]