ISRO to launch RISAT satellite on Monday
Indian Space Research Organization is all set to launch a new spy satellite to space this coming Monday.
This spy satellite named RISAT has been manufactured in Israel.
It has been designed by the Israeli Aerospace Industries and it features Synthetic Aperture Radar technology capable of taking images from the [...]
Space shuttle Discovery launched finally
Space shuttle Discovery has been finally launched after several delays.
It is carrying a crew of 7 astronauts.
It is on a mission carrying a final set of solar wings for the International Space Station.
NASA has shortened the mission by a day so as to accommodate another mission which [...]
Indian Space Research Organization aims for the Sun with mission Aditya
Indian Space Research Organization has announced their latest mission.
This new mission has been named Aditya and it would be launched in 2012.
The cost of the mission would be around Rs 500 million.
ISRO is aiming to send a probe to the Sun.
The aim [...]
India aims to have an astronaut in space by 2015
ISRO is working hard on a plan which aims to put an Indian astronaut in space by 2015.
China has already accomplished this feat and India does not want to be left far behind.
Indian Space Research Organization has said that they are aiming to put two [...]
Discovery launch postponed till February 27
NASA has delayed the launch of Discovery space shuttle once again.
The US space agency has now said that the launch would take place on or after February 27.
They decided to delay the launch to give their engineers more time to review tests of hydrogen gas valves.
The launch was scheduled for [...]
Discovery launch postponed for sometime
US space agency NASA has announced that they are delaying the next week’s launch of space shuttle Discovery.
NASA is currently running test the newly installed valves on the shuttle to make sure they do not cause any problems during the launch.
NASA stated that the launch will take place [...]
Iran launches its first domestically made satellite
Iran has announced that they have now launched their first domestically made satellite.
Iran said that this satellite is designed for peaceful purposes only and it has no military connections.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a statement: “Iran’s satellite technology is for purely peaceful purposes [...]
Chandrayaan-1 has been a massive success for ISRO
ISRO has said that Chandrayaan-1 has been a massive success for India as it has been performing flawlessly since the launch.
Chandrayaan-1 has beamed back more than 40,000 images since its launch in October last year.
These images are beamed to Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu near [...]
ISRO to launch Mehga Tropiques weather satellite
Indian Space Research Organization has announced that they are now working on launching a weather satellite.
ISRO is working on launching this new satellite named Mehga Tropiques which has been co-developed by the Indian and French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales).
This new satellite has been designed to [...]
ISRO aiming for a manned mission in 6-7 years
Indian Space Agency ISRO has said in a statement that they are planning on launching a manned mission to space in the next 6-7 years.
ISRO has just successfully completed their Chandrayaan-1 unmanned mission to moon.
They have submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister asking [...]
