In a historical landmark of the Indian space agency, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-20/SARAL Mission is to launch today at Sriharikota. Read more
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Countdown begins for 100th Indian rocket mission
The 51-hour countdown for the 100th mission of the Indian space agency, slated for Sep 9, began Friday at 6.51 a.m. at the Sriharikota satellite launch centre in Andhra Pradesh, around 80 km from here, an official said.
Carrying French and Japanese satellites, an Indian rocket – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – will blast off at 9.51 a.m. Sunday. Read more
ISRO successfully launches RISAT-1, PM congratulates
The Indian Space technology has achieved another landmark with the successful launch of RISAT-1 satellite.
On the successful launch of the satellite, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of India’s first high tech spy satellite RISAT-1 from Sriharikota
Moreover, Manmohan Singh called Secretary Department of Space and ISRO Chief Mr. K Radhakrishnan to congratulate him and the other scientists to give them best wishes on the success of satellite launch. Read more
India to launch spy satellite in April 2012
Most waiting moment in science field to develop such spy satellite that is capable to imaging through clouds and even fog, will reach its targeted point in April as ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation will launch Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1).
Risat-1 is first completely an Indian-built a very high- resolution imaging surveillance satellite that seems to be more technical specification compared to other earlier built up remote sensing/earth observation satellites. Read more
