New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation to former ISRO scientist S. Nambi Narayanan who was falsely implicated in an espionage case and had to suffer jail term and ignominy. Awarding the compensation, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar[Read More…]
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Fact Check: UPA had approved ISRO’s plan of sending a manned mission into space in 2009
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ‘Mission Gaganyaan’ in his fourth and last speech of this term during his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort. He vowed to unfurl the Indian flag in space by 2022. The mission to send a man into space is named, ‘Mission Gaganyaan’. Although this[Read More…]
Indian rocket successfully puts into orbit navigation satellite
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India early on Thursday put into orbit navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of Indian satellite navigation system NavIC in copy-book style. The 1,425 kg satellite was carried into space by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket’s ‘XL’ variant. Simply put, NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation, earlier the Indian[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: India will launch 31 satellites on January 10
India will launch 31 satellites, including the earth observation spacecraft Cartosat on January 10, from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. “We have tentatively scheduled the rocket launch at 9.30 a.m. to carry Cartosat and other satellites, including 28 from the US and five[Read More…]
Railways to work with ISRO to ensure rail safety, says Piyush Goyal
Indian Railways is working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop safety mechanisms to make travel by trains’ safer, union minister, Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. The minister said that he met ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar a few days back. Indian Railways along with RailTel are functioning[Read More…]
ISRO fails to launch its eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1H
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…]
RIP Prof UR Rao: Twitterati express condolence over scientist’s demise
It was a huge loss for India as former ISRO chief and renowned space scientist, Prof UR Rao passed away on Monday morning. He was responsible for the launch of India’s first satellite, Aryabhatta. His demise has left the ISRO bereft of the experience of a man who had been[Read More…]
ISRO to unravel India’s heaviest launch vehicle GSLV Mark-III in June
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle(GSLV) Mark-III in the first week of June. It will be India’s most powerful launch vehicle, built to lift the heaviest Indian satellites to space. The new rocket is capable of carrying two times more weight[Read More…]
GSAT-9 launch: ISRO successfully launches South Asia Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GSLV-F09 carrying the South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) took off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The ₹ 235-crore satellite, funded entirely by India, will improve disaster and telecommunication links between six south Asian[Read More…]
Mann Ki Baat: Modi hails ISRO for record launch, urges people to promote BHIM app
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation on his Mann Ki Baat radio show. The 29th edition of the prime minister’s monthly radio programme came amid the Assembly polls. As two of Uttar Pradesh’s seven phases of polling and Manipur’s both phases of voting are yet to be[Read More…]
ISRO launching US satellites proof of India’s development: Harsh Vardhan
Former ISRO scientist waiting for justice for the last 23 years
Former ISRO scientist S Nambi Narayanan, who has a spying case against him, is still struggling to get justice. He was active in designing the structure used in Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan and PSLV that launched 104 satellites in one go last week and made headlines. Narayanan was in the Supreme Court[Read More…]
‘ISRO’s world record should make Indians proud’
ISRO satellite launch: Record 104 satellites put into orbit
ISRO on the verge of 104-satellite launch feat
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is geared up to create history by launching a record 104 satellites at 9.28 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday. Significantly, it will be the highest number to be launched in a single operation. The ISRO’s current[Read More…]
ISRO all set for the record launch of 104 satellites on Wednesday
ISRO plans record 83-satellite mission in January
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Tuesday that it was planning to launch a record 83 satellites in one go using its PSLV-C37 towards the end of January. “We are working for a January launch. It will be toward the end of January. The date has to be[Read More…]
Physicist M.G.K. Menon Dies at 88 in New Delhi
Distinguished physicist and former ISRO chief M.G.K. Menon passed away at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday. He was 88. Menon spearheaded the Kolar Gold Fields experiment on cosmic rays in the 1960s, reported IANS. Professor Menon, who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, worked with noted scientists, including his[Read More…]
ISRO launches PSLV-C35 with 8 satellites
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) satellite launching workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has lifted off successfully with eight satellites on Monday at 9:12 am. Out of the eight, three are from India, three from Algeria, and one each are from Canada and the US. The vehicle was launched from[Read More…]
ISRO launches GSLV rocket carrying weather satellite INSAT-3DR
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched rocket GSLV-F05 carrying an advanced weather satellite ‘INSAT-3DR’ on Thursday after a delay of 40 minutes from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The satellite INSAT 3DR, weighing 2,211 kg, will be put into a geo-transfer orbit[Read More…]
ISRO successfully tests Scramjet Rocket Engine; India joins select club of nations
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh successfully tested its own scramjet – an engine that takes atmospheric oxygen to burn engine fuel. This new engine takes in oxygen from the atmosphere as its fuel. This reduces the[Read More…]