India Launches PSLV with Canadian Asteroid Searching Satellite
Liftoff of PSLVCredit: Times of India India successfully launched its PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) today, carrying into orbit the 410 kg Indo-French built SARAL satellite, intended for ocean...
View ArticleIndia Takes First Step to Mars
Launch of India’s Mars Orbiter MissionCredit : ISRO Rising space power India has successfully launched its MOM, Mars Orbiter Mission on the first leg of an 11 month journey intended to place the 1350...
View ArticleIndia Achieves Long Awaited Success with the Launch of GSLV
At Last!Credit : ISRO Emerging space power India took another step forward on Sunday with a successful launch of its Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV. The launch, which took place from the...
View ArticleIndia’s PSLV Conducts 25th Consecutive Successful Launch
Image Credit: The Hindu Note: More evidence that it does not take a wildly overpriced launch vehicle to achieve an excellent success record. More broadly, India’s space program is off to a good start...
View ArticleIndia’s PSLV Blazes Its Own Path to Space
PSLV C-28 Lifts Off : Image Credit ISRO As many in the U.S. ponder the immediate future of commercial space launch industry in the aftermath of SpaceX’s surprising failure on the NASA CRS-7 mission to...
View ArticleIndia Begins Coundown to Important GSLV Launch
Image Credit : ISRO India has started the countdown towards a planned Thursday liftoff of its Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, or GSLV rocket. Scheduled at 4:52 PM India Standard Time (7:32 AM...
View Article30 In a Row: India’s PSLV Launches Space Observatory, Spire Cubesats
30 In a RowCredit ISRO India conducted the 31st flight of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) earlier today in a mission which boosted that nation’s first space observatory, ASTROSAT, as well as...
View ArticleIndia Aims to Double Launch Rate, Work With NASA on Mars Mission
Liftoff of PSLV C-31Credit: ISRO The Indian space program was on display yesterday at the week long “Make In India” event being held in Mumbai to highlight that nation’s transition into a rising...
View ArticleA Brewing Battle Over the Small Launch Industry
There is a small, but potentially significant battle brewing between would-be launch providers in one segment of the rocket industry which has seen little development in recent years. How it plays out...
View ArticleIndia Completes its Satellite Navigation Constellation
IRNSS-1G spacecraft integrated with PSLV-C33Credit: ISRO On Thursday, an Indian PSLV rocket successfully deployed the seventh and final satellite in the nation’s IRNSS satellite navigation system. In...
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