Indian Space Research Organisation
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India will put man in space for seven days: ISRO Chairman
Aug 15, 2018, 02:19 PM ISTThe first unmanned flight as part of a manned space mission will happen two years from now, ISRO chairman said.
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Countdown begins for launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1D
India | Mar 26, 2015, 12:08 PM ISTChennai: Countdown began today for the launch of India's latest navigation satellite IRNSS-1D onboard PSLV-C-27 on March 28 from Sriharikota that would take the country closer to setting up its own navigation system on par
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ISRO to launch navigation satellite on March 28
India | Mar 24, 2015, 07:47 AM ISTChennai:India's fourth navigation satellite will be launched on March 28 evening, the Indian space agency said on Monday.According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Indian rocket - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) - will
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ISRO successfully launches India's biggest rocket GSLV-Mk III
India | Dec 18, 2014, 12:29 PM ISTSriharikota (AP): Taking its baby steps towards realising India's ambition to send humans into space, ISRO today successfully tested the atmospheric re-entry of a crew module after its heaviest launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III blasted off
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ISRO to test fire its heaviest rocket GSLV-Mk III today
India | Dec 18, 2014, 08:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will test-fly its heaviest rocket GSLV-Mk III today at 9:30am from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.This rocket is conceived to make India completely self reliant in launching heavier
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Ariane 5 rocket carries ISRO's GSAT-16 satellite into orbit
World | Dec 07, 2014, 06:48 AM ISTParis: India's advanced communications satellite GSAT-16 was carried into orbit by an European Ariane 5 rocket, that blasted off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on Saturday, Arianespace announced.The Ariane 5 rocket also carried
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Mars Orbiter starts sending pictures
India | Sep 24, 2014, 11:20 PM ISTChennai: India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has sent five pictures of the red planet's surface, said a senior official of the Indian space agency."The Mars Orbiter has started sending pictures. We have received five pictures and
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Modi congratulates ISRO, says Mars gets MOM now
India | Sep 24, 2014, 02:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the crucial 1.3-tonne Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) at the Spacecraft Control Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bangalore on Wednesday morning.The insertion operation of the ‘Mangalyaan', India's
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India's Mars orbiter to reach red planet in 33 days: ISRO
India | Aug 23, 2014, 11:45 AM ISTChennai: India's ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission was just nine million kilometres away from the red planet, Indian Space Research Organisation said on Saturday."Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is just nine million km away from Mars and
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Mangalyaan on course, says ISRO chief
India | Aug 12, 2014, 08:45 PM ISTChennai: India's first inter-planetary mission to Mars “Mangalyaan” was on its course and the orbiter would reach the Martian orbit on September 24, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Radhakrishnan said here today.“The Mars
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India launches five foreign satellites, Narendra Modi lauds scientists
National | Jun 30, 2014, 01:40 PM ISTSriharikota (AP): India today successfully launched five foreign satellites from four countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket which placed them in orbit, an achievement described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an ‘endorsement' of the country's
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ISRO to launch five foreign satellites on June 30
India | Jun 20, 2014, 08:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Five foreign satellites will be launched by India under commercial agreements on June 30, space agency ISRO said today.The indigenous PSLV-C23 rocket will carry a 714 kg French Earth Observation Satellite ‘SPOT-7' as
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Mangalyaan doing well, will reach Martian orbit on Sep 24
India | May 13, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: India's maiden inter-planetary mission to Mars “Mangalyaan” was on course and the orbiter would reach the Martian orbit on September 24, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Radhakrishnan said here yesterday.Dismissing the sceptical
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Countdown for GSLV-D5 launch to begin at 11.50 AM tomorrow
India | Aug 18, 2013, 02:24 PM ISTChennai: The 29-hour countdown for the launch of GSLV-D5, powered by indigenous cryogenic upper stage and carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh will begin tomorrow at 11.50 AM, ISROChairman K Radhakrishnan said
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India's latest metsat INSAT-3D successfully launched
India | Jul 26, 2013, 06:56 AM ISTKourou, French Guyana, Jul 26: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s latest metsat satlelite INSAT-3D was successfully launched early this morning from the European spaceport of Kourou, French Guyana.The satellite's mission is to provide an operational,
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Three key ISRO centres get new chiefs
India | Jan 02, 2013, 11:58 AM ISTBangalore, Jan 2: The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed three new directors for its various operational centres at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu and spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.In a
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Madhavan Nair, 3 Other Scientists Indicted For Antrix-Devas Deal
India | Feb 05, 2012, 11:13 AM ISTBangalore, Feb 5: A committee set up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday night indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other senior scientists, who were barred from holding any