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  Who is ISRO Chairman K Sivan? Check out lesser known facts about him

  Science | September 07, 2019 18:47 IST

  K 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 | September 06, 2019 16:40 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 | August 26, 2019 22:04 IST

  Today, 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

  Science | August 26, 2019 15:05 IST

  He 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 | August 03, 2019 19:55 IST

  According 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 | December 29, 2018 11:18 IST

  The 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 | April 12, 2018 11:12 IST

  The 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 | January 10, 2018 20:00 IST

  Currently 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.