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

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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

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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

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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….

Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million from Singapore’s GIC: All Details

Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million from Singapore’s GIC: All Details

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Skyroot Aerospace on Friday revealed that it had raised $51 millon (roughly Rs. 400 crore) from a Singapore-based investor, according to a report. The startup will reportedly use the funding to build the country’s first private space launch vehicles (SLV), and accelerate the firm’s plans to launch heavy payloads into low-Earth orbit….

ISRO Completes LEM Test Ahead of Gaganyaan Project, Launches SPARK Virtual Space Museum: Details

ISRO Completes LEM Test Ahead of Gaganyaan Project, Launches SPARK Virtual Space Museum: Details

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An important milestone in the planned human spaceflight project Gaganyaan was completed on Wednesday with the successful test-firing of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of crew escape system from Sriharikota spaceport, space agency ISRO said. The crew escape system takes away the crew module of Gaganyaan mission in case…