Amazon is launching its initial two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, as part of its "Protoflight" mission under Project Kuiper, the company's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband initiative aimed at competing with Elon Musk's Starlink.
Unlike Chandrayaan-3, Japan's SLIM lander will enter the Moon's orbit about three to four months after launch, orbit the moon for a month, and descent after four to six months.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for its upcoming important mission, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56). This launch will be the 56th mission of the PSLV and is dedicated to carrying seven payloads into space, with the primary emphasis on deploying the satellite.
She said her country’s attempt to acquire a spy satellite is a legitimate step to respond to military threats posed by the US and its allies.
After the wood samples were returned to Earth from the International Space Station by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, they were also subjected to a preliminary inspection, which included strength tests and analyses of crystal structures.
NavIC is an Indian regional satellite navigation system similar to GPS that provides accurate and real-time navigation in India and a region that extends to 1,500 kilometers around the Indian mainland.
PSLV-C55 is a dedicated commercial PSLV mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), for an international satellite customer from Singapore.
Sunil Mittal also said that the launch marks a very important day for India as well as for ISRO and NCIL who have established themselves as a serious significant player in the commercial space launch industry in the world.
ISRO Launches 36 Satellites: ISRO has launched 36 satellites from Britain simultaneously. The total weight of all the satellites being sent into space is 5805 kg. This mission has been named OneWeb India-2.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India’s largest LVM3 rocket carrying 36 satellites from Sriharikota.
NISAR stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar is expected to be launched in 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh.
An uninhabited area in the Pacific Ocean between 5 degrees south to 14 degrees south latitude and 119 degrees west to 100 degrees west longitude was identified as the targeted re-entry zone for MT1.
Tamil Nadu: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission 2023 has been launched from Pattipulam village today.
NISAR satellite launch: ISRO and NASA joined hands in 2014 to build the 2,800 kg satellite. In March 2021, ISRO sent its S-Band SAR payload developed in India to NASA for integration with the L-Band payload built by JPL.
UK rocket launch: The modified jumbo jet carrying a Virgin Orbit rocket took off from southwestern England Monday, marking the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from Western Europe, but it eventually failed.
Snapdragon Satellite will offer global coverage from pole to pole and can support two-way messaging for emergency use, SMS texting, and other messaging applications, for a variety of purposes such as emergencies or recreation in remote, rural and offshore locations.
The Montrose Search and Rescue Team, based in the US, located the two people involved in the crash and lifted them out with a helicopter. They were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor to moderate injuries, the report added.
ISRO rocket launch: Former ISRO chiefs K Sivan and AS Kiran Kumar and Bharti Enterprises founder-chairman Sunil Mittal among others witnessed the launch from the Mission Control Centre.
A 24-hour countdown to the launch has started. Another set of 36 OneWeb satellites will be launched by the LVM3 in the first half of next year, said Scientist S Somanath, Chairman, ISRO.
Japan news: JAXA officials said the agency sent a self-destruction signal after deciding that the rocket was not able to fly safely and enter a planned orbit.
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