On 3rd January 2002 with the death of Satish Dhawan India lost one of its foremost scientists. Today, we enlist some facts that you might not know about India’s “father of experimental fluid dynamics research”. Satish Dhawan was born in Srinagar, on September 25, 1920. He completed his graduation from[Read More…]
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India increasing production of solid fuel boosters for rockets
Sriharikota: The Indian space agency is increasing the production of its solid boosters to power more number of rockets that it is planning to send up carrying satellites, the agency said. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), its Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) is setting up 29[Read More…]
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…]
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…]