Tag: ISRO
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Government says Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021
Last year Chandrayaan-II had crash landed on lunar surface.
March 5, 2020 -
Mann ki baat: PM Modi talks about Hunar Haat, Yuvika programme, and wildlife
Through Hunar Haat, close to 3 lakh artisans gained opportunities for employment, said PM Modi in his monthly radio address.
February 23, 2020 -
ISRO to validate design, engineering of rocket carrying India’s first manned mission ‘Gaganyaan’: K Sivan
According to ISRO Chairman K Sivan, ISRO's aim is to have the first unmanned flight by the end of next year. ‘Gaganyaan’ is India’s manned space mission which the ISRO aims to launch by December 2021. The project aims at sending the astronauts to a lower orbit of the earth and the spacecraft will have a capsule with adequate supply of oxygen and other essential material and facilities for the ‘Gagan Yatris’.
February 21, 2020 -
Half-humanoid ‘Vyommitra’ to be placed in first unmanned mission under Gaganyaan: ISRO
Vyommitra, in her own words, can 'mimic' the activity of a crew of astronauts and even 'recognise them and respond to their queries'.
January 22, 2020 -
First unmanned space mission in December 2020 as part of Gaganyaan 2021: ISRO
Addressing the inaugural session of a symposium on 'Human Spaceflight and Exploration - Present Challenges and Future Trends,' Sivan said the Gaganyaan mission not only aims at India's maiden human flight to space but also setting up a new space station for 'continuous space human presence'.
January 22, 2020 -
4 IAF pilots selected for India’s first manned mission ‘Gaganyaan’: ISRO chief
The Indian Air Force had earlier shortlisted 12 potential astronauts for the Gaganyaan project, out of which, seven pilots were sent to Russia for training.
January 2, 2020 -
4 astronauts identified for ‘Gaganyaan’ mission, training to start in Russia this month: ISRO
ISRO chief K Sivan said that the Government has approved Chandrayaan-3 and that work related to Chandrayaan-3 and 'Gaganyaan' was going on simultaneously.
January 1, 2020 -
ISRO puts into orbit India’s spy satellite RISAT-2BR1, 9 foreign satellites
With today's successful mission, the ISRO has put into orbit 319 foreign satellites.
December 11, 2019 -
ISRO to launch radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 today
The workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, on its 50th mission, PSLV-C48, is scheduled to lift off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 3:25 pm today, ISRO said.
December 11, 2019 -
Pull up people responsible for ‘failure’ of Chandrayaan 2: TMC leader in Lok Sabha
On Tuesday, NASA confirmed that nearly three months ago Chandrayaan-2 mission made a hard landing near the uncharted lunar south pole in the wee hours of September 7.
December 5, 2019 -
‘Our orbiter located crashed Vikram lander first’: ISRO chief after NASA announcement
The assertion came shortly after NASA said that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera sighted the remains of Vikram lander on the moon's surface.
December 4, 2019 -
Chennai techie credited by NASA for discovery of Chandrayaan-2 lander debris on moon
Shanmuga Subramanian said he had launched a separate search of his own and had taken it up as a challenge after NASA had given up.
December 3, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: NASA locates Vikram lander’s debris on moon surface
NASA in its statement said, 'Despite the loss, getting that close to the surface was an amazing achievement'.
December 3, 2019 -
Eye in the Sky
Most of ISRO’s commercial clients are geographically distant from India.
December 1, 2019 -
PM Modi congratulates ISRO on successful launch of PSLV-C47 carrying Cartosat-3 satellite
PM Modi further said that the advanced Cartosat-3 will augment India's high resolution imaging capability and added that the ISRO has once again made the nation proud.
November 27, 2019 -
India puts into orbit Cartosat-3, 13 nanosatellites; crosses 300 foreign satellite launch-mark
According to ISRO, the Cartosat-3 is an advanced agile satellite to obtain panchromatic and multispectral imagery with an operational life of five years.
November 27, 2019 -
ISRO postpones Cartosat-3 and 13 US commercial nanosatellites to November 27
The PSLV-XL variant rocket will blast off from India's rocket port in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
November 21, 2019