K Sivan
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Who is ISRO Chairman K Sivan? Check out lesser known facts about him
Sep 07, 2019, 06:47 PM ISTK Sivan has come a long way, from being born in a farmer family to heading ISRO, India's premier space research organisation. But setback to Chandrayaan-2 upset him. After all, he and hundreads of other scientists were working tirelessly to make India, the first country to carry out a soft landing on the moon. Know more about India's very own Rocket Man
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Chandrayaan 2 landing where no one else has gone before: ISRO chief
India | Sep 06, 2019, 04:40 PM IST"We're confident about the soft landing. We're waiting for tonight,"Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan said.
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India is not poor: ISRO Chief Sivan defends country's space programme
India | Aug 26, 2019, 10:04 PM ISTToday, opportunities are many and people are thinking that India is poor. And why space technology is required for a poor country like India? Do you think India is poor?
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India to launch Cartosat-3 satellite in Oct/Nov: ISRO
Aug 26, 2019, 03:05 PM ISTHe said Cartosat-3 will be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.
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ISRO to build centre to protect high value space assets
India | Aug 03, 2019, 07:55 PM ISTAccording to ISRO, the control centre would facilitate the intensified activities foreseen for SSAM, in view of the increasing debris population and operational space assets. The control centre would host a range of activities pertaining to the protection of Indian space assets from inactive satellites, pieces of orbiting objects, near-earth asteroids and adverse space weather conditions.
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Gaganyaan: 3 Indians to spend 7 days in space by 2022
India | Dec 29, 2018, 11:18 AM ISTThe indigenous human spaceflight programme will carry three member crew for minimum seven days into space.
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ISRO not facing funds crunch, says Chairman Sivan
India | Apr 12, 2018, 11:12 AM ISTThe total allocation for the Department of Space for the next fiscal in the union budget for 2018-19 is Rs 10,783 crore - up from Rs 9,155.52 crore allocated for the 2017-18 net of recoveries and receipts.
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Rocket specialist K Sivan appointed new ISRO chief
India | Jan 10, 2018, 08:00 PM ISTCurrently the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Thiruvananthapuram, Sivan will succeed A.S. Kiran Kumar and have a three year term as the ISRO chief.