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01 Sep

ISRO scientists offer prayers at Tirumala ahead of Aditya L1 launch

Tirupati, Sep 1, Ahead of the crucial launch of Aditya L1 mission, aimed at studying the Sun, scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) offered prayers at Tirumala temple here on Friday The scientists from the space agency visited Sri Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala Hills in the morning. They prayed for the success of the mission, which is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50 a.m. from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. Aditya L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth…

26 Aug

Chandrayaan-3 mission: Space technology will catapult India as a developed nation by 2047, says PM Modi

Bengaluru, Aug 26, With the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission, India will emerge as a global leader in space technology and giant strides in the field will help the country emerge as a modern, developed nation by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday. The Prime Minister was addressing the gathering of scientists at the Command Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru in a programme organized against the backdrop of the Chandrayaan-3 mission success. “You have the people's trust and blessings of mother earth to carry out this mission,” he said, referring to the scientists…

26 Aug

Chandrayaan-3 landing point to be known as ‘Shiv Shakti Point’, says PM

Bengaluru, Aug 26, The landing point of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission would be known as “Shiv Shakti Point”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at ISRO here on Saturday. While the Chandrayaan-2 landing failure spot will be called “Tiranga point", the day of touchdown of the Vikram Lander on the Moon (August 23) will be celebrated as the “National Space Day” in the country, he added. Prime Minister Modi made the announcements while addressing the gathering of scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the ISRO Command Centre. “India has decided to name the touchdown point where Vikram Lander made…

24 Aug

Bill Gates, Satya Nadella congratulate ISRO on Chandrayaan-3 success

New Delhi, Aug 24, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the scientists on successfully landing Chandrayaan-3 at the South Pole of the moon. "Moonshots work! Congratulations to @narendramodi, @ISRO, and the Indian scientists for the first successful landing at the South Pole of the Moon," Gates posted on X (formerly Twitter). India became the first nation to make a successful landing on the moon's South Poll. Along with Gates, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella also congratulated ISRO on successfully landing the spacecraft, describing it as an exciting moment…

24 Aug

Astronauts Rakesh Sharma, Sunita Williams laud Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO

New Delhi, Aug 24, Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to be in space and Sunita Williams, an Indo-American NASA astronaut have lauded the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which helped the country become the first nation in the world to land near the South Pole of the Moon. Led by scientists at ISRO, the Vikram lander, aboard Chandrayaan-3, landed near the South Pole of the Moon on Wednesday after travelling about 3.84 lakh km for over 40 days. India also became the fourth nation to make a soft landing on the Moon after the erstwhile USSR, the US, China. “I am not surprised,…

09 Aug

Chandrayaan 3: Vikram can make soft-landing on Moon’s surface even with engine failure, says ISRO chief

Bengaluru, Aug 9, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on Tuesday said that Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is due to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 and will do this even in case of engine failure. Participating in a talk on "Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission" organised by NGO Disha Bharat, he maintained that the soft landing will be ensured even if all the sensors and two of its engines fail to work. The biggest challenge before the ISRO team is to make a horizontal Vikram…

08 Aug

IN-SPACe may be looking at 130 satellites, but need more than that: Experts

Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Is the Indian government looking at having about 130 earth observation satellites under the public-private-partnership model, an idea mooted by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in its consultation paper? It seems yes, based on the kind of imagery that is required and the number of revisits a satellite has to make to a particular spot, said industry experts. The consultation paper is silent on the current revenue generated from the satellite images or the number of Indian government departments willing to invest in satellites. "Working backwards based on the revisits and the…

01 Aug

Chandrayaan-3: Next stop Moon with successful insertion into TransLunar orbit

Chennai, Aug 1, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday successfully injected the Chandrayaan 3 -- spacecraft to the moon -- into the TransLunar orbit, an official said. "Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the earth and heads towards the moon. A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit. Next stop: the Moon. As it arrives at the moon, the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) is planned for August 5, 2023," ISRO tweeted. Translunar orbit injection is the process whereby the moon-bound spacecraft is put into a trajectory so that it can reach the moon. The…

29 Jul

Countdown for launch of 7 Singaporean satellites with PSLV rocket begins

Chennai, July 29, The countdown for the Sunday morning launch of an Indian rocket carrying seven Singaporean satellites began at Sriharikota rocket port on Saturday morning, said officials. The Sunday rocketing mission will be the third commercial mission for ISRO in 2023. “The countdown began at 5.01 a.m.,” a senior official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told IANS. The Indian space agency will be launching seven Singaporean satellites on July 30 at 6.30 a.m. using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The rocket will blast off from the first launch pad. If the mission turns out to be successful,…

23 Jul

Miles to go: India’s share is 2-3%, but ISRO is now an end-to-end player

Chennai, July 23, India may be sending spacecraft to orbit the Moon and Mars, and plans to send one to study the Sun and Venus, and finally, humans to space in the last four decades of this century, but its presence in the global space sector market is a mere two-three per cent. The advantage, though, is that the principal player, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has established itself as an end-to-end operator. India has to go a long way to catch up with other major spacefaring nations in terms of rocket and satellite capabilities. That process has begun…