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  Countdown for IRNSS 1C launch to commence tomorrow

  India | October 06, 2014 15:02 IST

  Chennai: 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 | August 25, 2014 10:23 IST

  Salem: 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 | August 12, 2014 20:45 IST

  Chennai: 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 | June 30, 2014 12:31 IST

  Sriharikota (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 | June 28, 2014 11:43 IST

  Chennai: 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 14:15 IST

  Chennai: 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 | October 30, 2013 21:29 IST

  Sriharikota(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 | October 03, 2013 6:31 IST

  Bangalore: 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 | August 18, 2013 14:24 IST

  Chennai: 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 | July 14, 2011 12:02 IST

  Sriharikota, 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