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26 Nov

Countdown for the launch of India’s Cartosat-3 satellite in progress

Chennai: The 26-hour countdown for the launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) with 14 satellites began on Tuesday morning at India's rocket port at the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh, Indian space agency said.According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the countdown for the launch of PSLV-XL rocket carrying India's Cartosat-3 and 13 nanosatellites from the US began at 7.28 a.m. The rocket is scheduled to blast off from the second launch pad at 9.28 a.m. on Wednesday.While the main luggage will be India's 1,625 kg Cartosat-3 satellite, 13 nanosatellites from the US will be sharing the…

30 Aug

Countdown begins for Indian navigation satellite launch

Chennai: The 29-hour countdown for the launch of India's eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1H began at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Sriharikota rocket port, around 80 km from here, officials said. The 1,425-kg satellite -- part of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) -- will be carried by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket XL variant that will blast off on Thursday evening at around 7 p.m., said an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation. This will be the eighth IRNSS satellite and will be a replacement for IRNSS-1A as its rubidium atomic clocks have failed. The atomic clocks are…

05 May

Countdown for launch of South Asia satellite progressing smoothly

Chennai: The countdown for the launch Friday evening of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MkII) rocket carrying the South Asia satellite or GSAT-9 is progressing smoothly, an official of the Indian space agency said. The rocket is expected to blast off at 4.57 p.m. on Friday from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh around 80 km from here. The 28-hour countdown for the rocket launch began at 12.57 p.m. on Thursday. Standing 49 metres tall and weighing around 450 ton, the GSLV is a three stage rocket. The first stage is fired with…