In a major milestone for India’s Moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit on Tuesday. Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully at 0902 hours as planned, using the onboard propulsion system, the Bengaluru headquartered space agency said in a statement. “The duration of maneuver was 1,738 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2 […]
Today in Ahmedabad, Space Applications Centre SAC organised Dr Vikram Sarabhai Birth Centenary (1919 – 2019) Celebrations at GMDC Convention Hall. This is 100 th year of Dr Sarabhai birth anniversary. Distinguished Scientists from ISRO including Chairman ISRO Dr K Sivan, Dr K Kasturirangan former Chairman ISRO , Dr BN Suresh former director VSSC, Shri […]
India’s new earth observation satellite up in the sky will send good clarity images which will be used for agriculture, forestry and disaster management support, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the country’s space agency. RISAT 2B was launched using PSLV C46 launch vehicle into orbit. The images taken by the satellite will also be […]
Today ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation’s yet another success, GSLV-F11 lifts-off carrying communication satellite GSAT 7A with a mass of 2250 kg onboard from Sriharikota at 4.10 pm (IST). GSLV-F11 places GSAT-7A into GTO Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. It was launched fom Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC, Sriharikota. GSAT-7A mission is configured with ISRO’s […]
Adding another feather to its cap, ISRO’s workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 Thursday successfully injected into orbit India’s earth observation satellite HysIS. The 30 other co-passenger international satellites including those from the United States of America and Australia among others, will soon be placed into orbit. The rocket lifted off majestically into cloudy skies in a burst […]
Today afternoon ISRO Indian Spare Research Organisation Launched GSLV Mk-III D2/ GSAT-29 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) of Sriharikota. GSLV Mk-III is the fifth generation launch vehicle developed by ISRO. It is designed to place upto 4000 Kg in GTO Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. GSAT-29 is a multimeam communication satellite with liftoff mass of […]
Fire reported in ISRO Centre at SAC Ahmedabad Today afternoon in Ahmedabad, incident of Fire was reported in ISRO center at Space Applications Centre campus. Fire was reported around 1:30 pm. Fire in SAC campus was seen from the nearby buildings in Ramdevnagar, Jodhpur, Vastrapur and SG Highway. 25 fire fighters and 5 ambulances reached […]
ISRO’s GSLV-F08 Successfully launch GSAT-6A satellite Today Wednesday on March 29 The Launch of GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A took place at 16:56 hrs (IST) from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) in Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. GSLV-F08 12th flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and Sixth flight with indigenous Cryogenic Stage placed GSAT-6A communication satellite […]
Dr K Sivan is new Chairman ISRO; Sivan key person behind 104 satellites launch in a single mission Today Dr K Sivan Rocket specialist was appointed as a Chairman of ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation for a three-year period. He will replace present ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar. Kiran Kumar’s term ends on January 14. […]
Sri Sri Ravishankar visited SAC Ahmedabad and met ISRO Scientists Today morning in Ahmedabad, Sri Sri RaviShankar visited SAC Space Applications of ISRO. Sri Sri RaviShankar was welcomed by SAC Director Tapan Misra. Sri Sri RaviShankar addressed Scientist and Engineers and SAC team. Giving analogy of dealing with Space, Sri Sri RaviShankar said ISRO and […]
