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  No contact with Mangalyaan for 15 days in June

  India | January 05, 2015 9:07 IST

  New Delhi:  Mangalyaan is going to face its first major hurdle in the month of June this year when the spacecraft will have no communication with the earth station for about a fortnight. It will

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  President congratulates ISRO for successful launch of GSLV-Mark III

  India | December 18, 2014 13:02 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful launch of GSLV-Mark III.In a message to ISRO chief, Dr K Radhakrishnan, the President said, “Please accept my heartiest

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  Space debris:ISRO chief raises concern over satellites' safety

  India | November 11, 2014 19:20 IST

  New Delhi: ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan today raised concern over the safety of satellites due to space debris and batted for a comprehensive space policy for the country.At a time when space assets are becoming

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  Indian human spaceflight programme is at beginning stage: ISRO

  India | January 08, 2014 22:30 IST

  Bangalore: Indian human space flight programme is at the “beginning stage” and space scientists were studying the critical technologies required for the project, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said today.“As far as human space flight is

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  Live reporting: India successfully launches Mangalyaan to Mars, goes into Earth's orbit

  India | November 05, 2013 16:39 IST

  Sriharikota(AP): India today put its first confident foot forward in inter-planetary travel when it successfully launched the Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission) into Earth's orbit with old workhorse PSLV C-25 doing a perfect liftoff, putting the

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  India's Mars satellite mated with rocket

  India | October 20, 2013 21:46 IST

  Chennai:  The Indian space agency Sunday completed integration of its Mars mission satellite with the rocket while the heat shield is expected to be closed in couple of days, said an official."The 1,340 kg satellite