Today Dr. S Somanath, an Indian aerospace engineer and rocket scientist, has been appointed the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He replaces K Sivan who will complete his extended tenure on Friday. Dr. Somanath, born in July 1963, is Mechanical Engineering from Kerala University, with the second rank in the university. […]
Today morning in Ahmedabad city, one BRTS bus collided head-on with a lamp post, crushing the front part of the bus. Another BRTS bus accident has taken place recently. As many as four passengers, including the driver, were injured in the accident.Front part of the bus was hit after the accident. Bus driver lost his […]
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in its 51st mission (PSLV-C49), will launch EOS-01 as primary satellite along with nine international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch is tentatively scheduled at 1502 Hrs IST on November 07, 2020, subject to weather conditions. EOS-01 is an earth observation satellite intended for […]
Today India’s telecommunication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Kourou launch base, French Guiana by Ariane-5 VA-251. GSAT-30 is configured on ISRO’s enhanced I-3K Bus structure to provide communication services from Geostationary orbit in C and Ku bands. The satellite derives its heritage from ISRO’s earlier INSAT/GSAT satellite series. […]
Today evening ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched a radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign customer satellites using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C48 launch vehicle. RISAT-2BR1 satellite was launched from SDSC Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. RISAT-2BR1 will cater to applications like agriculture, forest, disaster management. ISRO stated that the setellites […]
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully injected into orbit its earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the United States. With cloudy skies in the back ground, the 44.4 metre tall PSLV C47 rocket lifted off majestically at 9.28 am from the second launch pad at this spaceport […]
Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, space technology has reached every house in the country: Dr. Jitendra Singh Union Minister of State for Space addresses National Conference on ‘System for Transforming India: Challenges and Opportunities’ at Ahmedabad today Today in Ahmedabad city, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a “new dawn”. ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, with […]
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 […]
