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01 Jul

Trump signs order to re-establish National Space Council

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council in a bid to coordinate commercial, technological and national security opportunities for the country, NASA said in a statement issued on Saturday. Trump signed the executive order on Friday.The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of it also existed as the National Aeronautics and Space Council from 1958-1973. "I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order re-establishing the National Space Council," said Robert Lightfoot, acting NASA Administrator. The directive to re-launch the council was part of the promise by Trump's presidential…

10 Jun

Navigation satellite clocks ticking; system to be expanded: ISRO

Chennai, June 10 (IANS) "The clocks are ticking." Every morning this announcement brings relief and not tension to the Indian space agency team that is managing the navigation satellite system NavIC with only one rubidium atomic clock switched on instead of two in the six satellites.The phrase signals that the atomic clocks -- that provide locational data -- in the six navigation satellites are functioning normally. Three atomic clocks in the first navigation satellite IRNSS-1A have already failed. "The clocks are ticking well. It's not possible to share the technical details of mission management for important reasons. ISRO is adopting various strategies…