Posts Tagged ‘ISRO’
ISRO announces space mission plans
The Indian Space Research Organization is focused on sending Indian astronauts into space.
GSLV-D3 with cryogenic engine to launch on 15 April
India's GSLV-3 with cryogenic engine tech to launch on 15 April
ISRO tests S200 solid fuel booster successfully
ISRO conducted the static test of its largest solid fuel booster, the S200, which will launch heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III).
GSLV-D3 launch using India’s first cryogenic engine possible in Dec 2009
Launch of GSLV-D3, using India’s first indigenous cryogenic engine, likely by end of December 2009.
ISRO successfully puts Oceansat-2, six other foreign ‘nano’ satellites into orbit
India has successfully launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C14) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota (SHAR Range) in Andhra Pradesh, carrying as payload the country’s ocean-monitoring satellite named Oceansat-2.
ISRO space capsule with two-member crew by 2015
The Indian government plans has earmarked Rs 289 billion for scientific research and development in 2009, a 19 per cent hike over spends in 2008.
ISRO’s RISAT-2, ANUSAT satellite launched
ISRO has launched two new satellites into space, the RISAT-2, its first Radar Imaging satellite, and the ANUSAT, from Sriharikota, on April 20, 2009.
ISRO discovers alien bacteria in upper atmosphere
The three bacteria species have been named Bacillus Isronensis, Janibacter Hoylei & Bacillus Aryabhatta.
India to invest £1.7 billion to send astronauts in space by 2015
India has finally announced its plans to launch its first manned space mission in 2015.
IIT-Kanpur satellite Jugnu in its final stages
The micro satellite being developed by IIT-Kanpur in association with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is in its final stages. The satellite has been named ‘Jugnu’. The satellite will be handed over to ISRO in November where it will be tested and launched.