Chairman K. Sivan Archives - Defence Monitor

04 Dec

We located crashed Vikram lander first, says ISRO chief

Jaipur: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan has said that its own orbiter had located the crashed Vikram lander on the lunar surface. However, "ISRO will not refute the claims made by the NASA," he said, speaking to media on the sidelines of the sixth convocation of the Central university of Rajasthan in Ajmer on Tuesday."You can see on our website that we have already identified the crashed lander, however, "We don't want to refute the claims made by NASA," he added further. Sivan was speaking with reference to NASA's claim made on twitter saying: "The #Chandrayaan2 Vikram lander has…

21 Sep

Chandrayaan-2 mission achieved 98% success: ISRO chief

Bhubaneswar: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Sivan on Saturday said Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 per cent of its objectives, while they are yet to establish any communication with lander 'Vikram'. "We could not have established any communication with the lander yet. The project was developed in two parts - science and technology demonstration. We achieved total success in science objective while in technology demonstration, the success percentage was almost full. That's why the project can be termed as 98 per cent successful," Sivan told media persons. The ISRO chairman is in the city to attend the 8th Convocation…

20 Aug

It was a tense 30 minutes: ISRO Chairman Sivan

Chennai: The insertion of India's spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, into the lunar orbit was a tense 30 minute operation, said ISRO Chairman K. Sivan."It was tense 30 minute operation. The tension and anxiety kept on building as the clock ticked. It was a great relief and joy when the Chandrayaan-2 was put into the lunar orbit successfully," Sivan told IANS soon after the crucial operation. "We are visiting the moon once again," he added.India's first moon mission -- Chandrayaan-1 -- was in 2008.Around 200 officials were assembled at the ISRO centre.Post the successful insertion, the officials rejoiced and greeted each…