The maiden mission carried multiple commercial and symbolic payloads, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handwritten "Vande Mataram" postcard, before completing payload deployment into a 450-km Low Earth Orbit.
Mission Aagaman is Skyroot Aerospace's second space mission after the 2022 Vikram-S flight and carries symbolic payloads, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handwritten "Vande Mataram" postcard along with messages from the company's team and supporters.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday approved the establishment of the Third Launch Pad (TLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre of ISRO at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Earth Observation Satellite-8 (EOS-8) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Friday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Earth Observation Satellite-8 (EOS-8) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
The journey from Earth to the moon for the spacecraft is estimated to take about a month and the landing is expected on August 23.
According to ISRO, the second developmental flight of SSLV-D2 was scheduled at 09:18 hours IST from the first launch pad at SDSC SHAR in Sriharikota.
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'.
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.
The satellites would be launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 into a Sun Synchronous Orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
