Chandrayaan-3: ISRO Secures Critical Components From Mumbai-Based Aerospace Firm

Chandrayaan-3: ISRO Secures Critical Components From Mumbai-Based Aerospace Firm

A Mumbai-based private aerospace company has supplied critical components to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for its upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission.  Liquid propulsion engines such as Vikas, CE20, and satellite thrusters for the lunar mission have been manufactured by Godrej Aerospace in its facility at Vikhroli in suburban Mumbai, a…

Chandrayaan-3 Launch Will Make India Fourth Country to Land Spacecraft on Moon: MoS Jitendra Singh

Chandrayaan-3 Launch Will Make India Fourth Country to Land Spacecraft on Moon: MoS Jitendra Singh

Chandrayaan-3, scheduled to be launched from Sriharikota this week, will make “India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the Moon“, said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, on Sunday. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent US visit was…

ISRO Successfully Launches PSLV-C55 to Place 2 Satellites in Orbit for Earth Observation

ISRO Successfully Launches PSLV-C55 to Place 2 Satellites in Orbit for Earth Observation

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched the PSLV-C55 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and placed two Singaporean satellites for Earth observation into the intended orbit. ISRO chief S Somanath said, “Congratulations PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 Mission – the PSLV has placed both satellites in the intended orbit.” The…

NISAR Earth Observation Satellite Handed Over by US Air Force to ISRO in Bengaluru

NISAR Earth Observation Satellite Handed Over by US Air Force to ISRO in Bengaluru

The US Air Force on Wednesday handed over NISAR, an earth observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, to the Indian space agency. A US Air Force C-17 aircraft carrying the NASA-ISRO synthetic aperture radar (NISAR) has landed in Bengaluru, the US Consulate in Chennai said. The satellite is…

Indian Space Sector Pushes Private Players for More Participation

ISRO Supplies Rocket System to Private Launch Vehicle Agnibaan

The Indian Space Research Orgnisation (ISRO) has for the first time supplied a rocket system to support a private launch vehicle built in the country. Chennai-based space technology startup Agnikul Cosmos received its first flight termination system (FTS) on November 7 from ISRO, with the support of IN-SPACe (Indian National…

Vikram S Rocket Launch Window Announced, India’s First Private Rocket Set to Launch Between November 12 and 16

Vikram S Rocket Launch Window Announced, India’s First Private Rocket Set to Launch Between November 12 and 16

India’s first privately developed rocket – Vikram-S – is set for a launch between November 12 and 16, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace announced on Tuesday. The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), will carry three customer payloads and is set for launch from the Indian Space Research…

Indian Startups Will Soon Launch Space Satellites: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Indian Startups Will Soon Launch Space Satellites: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

The Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Monday said the Indian startups would soon launch space satellites as well as satellite constellations and try their rockets. Speaking at the India Space Conclave here on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Indian Space Association, ISpA, Jitendra…

Indian Railways Introduce Real-Time Information System to Track Train Movement Timing

Indian Railways Introduce Real-Time Information System to Track Train Movement Timing

Indian Railways is installing a Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS), developed in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on locomotives “for automatic acquisition of train movement timing at the stations, including that of arrival and departure or run-through”, the Ministry of Railways said in a statement on Friday….