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Countdown for IRNSS 1C launch to commence tomorrow
India | Oct 06, 2014, 03:02 PM ISTChennai: The 67-hour countdown for the launch of IRNSS 1C, the third satellite in the series of seven to put in place India's own navigation system on par with US' Global Positioning System, would commence
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India to launch Chandrayaan-2 in 2017
India | Aug 25, 2014, 10:23 AM ISTSalem: Chandrayaan-2, the country's second lunar exploration mission, would be launched in 2017, M Annadurai, project director of Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan 2, said.Chandrayaan-I, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008
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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 puts into orbit five foreign satellites, PM lauds scientists
India | Jun 30, 2014, 12:31 PM ISTSriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): An Indian rocket Monday successfully sent into orbit five satellites, an event that Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as "global endorsement of India's space capability"."I believe technology is fundamentally connected to common
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Countdown begins for Indian rocket's flight
India | Jun 28, 2014, 11:43 AM ISTChennai: The 49-hour countdown has begun for the launch Monday of an Indian rocket carrying five foreign satellites, the space agency ISRO said Saturday.According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the countdown for the launch
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Preparations on for commercial rocket launch
India | May 22, 2014, 02:15 PM ISTChennai: Preparations are on at the rocket port in Sriharikota for the launch of a commercial rocket that would carry five satellites -- two from Canada, and one each from France, Germany and Singapore, an
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India to launch Orbiter to Mars next week
India | Oct 30, 2013, 09:29 PM ISTSriharikota(AP): India will launch its ambitious space mission to Mars next week after it got delayed due to bad weather in the Pacific Ocean. The unmanned spacecraft would orbit the red planet, after being blasting off
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Mars spacecraft sent to Sriharikota, launch on Oct 28
India | Oct 03, 2013, 06:31 AM ISTBangalore: The Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft was shipped out of Bangalore on Wednesday for Sriharikota to be launched on October 28. It will be a historic day for Indian space history. On reaching Sriharikota launchpad,
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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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PSLV To Put GSAT-12 In Orbit On Friday
India | Jul 14, 2011, 12:02 PM ISTSriharikota, Jul 14 : With the 53-hour countdown for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C17) commencing at 11.48 a.m. on Wednesday, the stage is set for the rocket's lift-off from Sriharikota at