Agnikul Cosmos Private Ltd, a private rocket maker has been planning a sub-orbital mission for its Agnibaan rocket. A senior official of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre told IANS preferring anonymity, “Agnikul’s application for the permission to launch its rocket in a suborbital flight is under our consideration." The company is looking for a launch sometime towards …
The Countdown for India's first space-based solar observatory mission, Aditya L1 to study the Sun has commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The Indian Space Research Organisation Chief S Somanath on Thursday said that the countdown for the Aditya-L1 launch will start on September 1 as the Aditya-L1 Solar Mission is all set for a launch on …
Bengaluru: Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses, ISRO noted. Using the special vantage point L1, four payloads will directly view the Sun …
India’s ambitious Chandrayaan-3 has taken off the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, setting the course to explore the moon’s south pole. Just as the Chandrayaan-3 soared to the moon, scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation jubilantly celebrated the successful launch of lunar mission with exuberant smiles and thunderous applause. Thousands of Indians who were present …
Chandrayaan-3 Launch HIGHLIGHTS: Welcome to the live blog for the launch countdown of Chandrayaan-3. The Launch Vehicle Mark III, the Indian Space Research Organisation's most powerful rocket, launched Chandrayaan-3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrayaan-3: Objectives, Payloads, And Planned Trajectory Chandrayaan-3 aims to put a lander and a rover on the Moon’s highlands near the south pole, …