Indian Space Research Organisation
India launches communication satellite GSAT-31
06 Feb 2019
Weighing about 2,536 kg, the GSAT-31 satellite will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites
Isro plans 32 space missions, including Chandrayaan-2, in 2019
03 Jan 2019
The year 2019 will be more challenging to Isro with 32 planned missions (14 launch vehicle, 17 satellite and 1 technology demonstration mission), including the most complex Chandrayaan-2, its chairman K Sivan said
Isro launches GSAT-7A satellite in boost to India's air power
19 Dec 2018
GSAT-7A will interlink all ground-based radars, airbases and airborne early warning and control aircraft for surveillance, helping to maintain air superiority, gather intelligence by detecting aircraft, vessels and other vehicles in the long range
India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11 launched from French Guiana
05 Dec 2018
The 5,854-kg satellite, the heaviest India-made equipment that Isro has so far put into orbit, will help provide satellite-based internet to remote places where cable-based internet cannot reach
Isro launches its first hyperspectral imaging satellite, 30 mini satellites
29 Nov 2018
HysIS can be used for a range of applications like agriculture, forestry, soil survey, geology, coastal zones, inland water studies, environmental studies and pollution detection, besides military surveillance
Isro’s GSLV-Mk III places GSAT-29 satellite on orbit
14 Nov 2018
With the successful mission, Isro also made its heavy-lift rocket, the GSLV-Mk III, which is capable of placing satellites of up to 4,000 kg at orbits 39,000 km away from Earth, a success
`Mangalyaan' with 6-month mission life completes 4 years in orbit
01 Oct 2018
Isro released stunning images of the Red Planet after 'Mangalyaan', India's first interplanetary mission completed 4 years in orbit on 24 September 2018
Isro launches two British satellites
17 Sep 2018
This is a fully commercial launch by Isro where the whole rocket has been hired by an overseas company, fetching the state-run space agency Rs200 crore
SC awards Nambi Narayanan Rs50 lakh compensation in Isro spy case
14 Sep 2018
The SC has now ordered that the compensation be sourced from the Kerala police officers - KK Joshua, Sibi Mathews and S Vijayan - who arrested Nambi Narayanan on false charges
Isro wants industry to play partner in space business
07 Sep 2018
Isro will be setting up six incubation centres across the country to promote start-ups and small-to-medium sized enterprises so as to tap into the $330-billion global space market, said K Sivan, chairman of the space agency
Isro’s Rs10,000-cr manned space mission set for 2022
29 Aug 2018
Isro chairman K Sivan said most engineering components for the mission are ready and that the Rs10,000-crore mission will be a turning point in India’s space journey
Isro TV channel to go live in a few months
13 Aug 2018
Isro has also identified 50 satellites to be launched in the next three years, including the moon mission Chandrayaan-2, sun mission Aditya L1, GSAT-29 to boost Digital India mission and replacement satellites
Isro successfully flight-tests escape system for space crew
05 Jul 2018
The Crew Escape System test comes three and a half years after the Crew Module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment (CARE) which successfully demonstrated the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the rigors of atmospheric reentry
Isro looks to power India with helium-3 mined on moon
27 Jun 2018
Isro will send a rover to the moon in October that will scour its surface for water and helium-3, which, it believes, has enough to meet global energy demand for 250 years
Isro successfully launches INRSS-1I navigation satellite
12 Apr 2018
For India, a native satellite-based navigation system will be a major strategic asset, useful in civilian and military fields
Countdown starts for launch of Isro’s IRNSS-1I navigation satellite
11 Apr 2018
The PSLV rocket’s mission C41 is scheduled to launch IRNSS-1I, a replacement satellite for the NavIC navigation satellite constellation's failed IRNSS-1A satellite, on Thursday, 12 April 2018
Isro loses contact with GSAT-6A after second orbit raising
02 Apr 2018
Minutes after the agency received data from the satellite for about four minutes after the second orbit raising operation, it went blank, reports quoting Isro sources said
Isro successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-6A
29 Mar 2018
Along with the launch of the communication satellite Isro also successfully evaluated the enhanced performance of the GSLV, which increased its thrust in the second stage by 6 per cent and thereby enhanced payload capability by 50 per cent
Isro set to launch second lunar probe Chandrayaan-2 in April
17 Feb 2018
Chandrayaan-2 is a totally indigenous mission comprising an orbiter, lander and rover, which will perform a controlled descent on the lunar surface after reaching a 100-km lunar orbit
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