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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation in his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat.’ During the 119th episode, he celebrated India’s remarkable achievements in space exploration, highlighting Isro’s 100th rocket launch and praising the nation’s growing list of space milestones, including the successes of Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan, Aditya L-1, and the…
BENGALURU: India’s first privately manufactured Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), being built by a consortium of HAL and L&T, will carry a technology demonstration satellite (TDS-1) that will test up to 35 new indigenous technologies.Isro chairman V Narayanan revealed this in an exclusive interview to TOI and said the launch, scheduled for the third quarter…
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s 100th rocket mission hit a hurdle after its navigation satellite, which was launched on Wednesday, suffered a technical glitch on Sunday. In an update on the mission on its website, ISRO said the “orbit raising operations towards positioning the satellite to the designated orbital slot could not…
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday congratulated the Isro on its successful 100th mission, and said it will play an important role in strengthening the country’s navigational capabilities. The Indian space research organisation (Isro) on Wednesday celebrated its 100th mission with the textbook launch of a navigation…
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday set a new milestone by successfully placing a second-generation navigation satellite in orbit. Isro used a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in its 100th rocket launch from Sriharikota.GSLV-F15 carrying NVS-02 navigation satellite lifted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota…
M. Mohan has been appointed as director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) located at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Mr. Mohan, who is currently Director (Projects) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), succeeds V. Narayanan as the LPSC director. ISRO issued his appointment order on January 25. Mr. Mohan was director of the Human Space…
In a push to standardize timekeeping practices nationwide, the government has introduced the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2024, which mandates Indian Standard Time (IST) as the exclusive time reference across all official and commercial platforms. The draft, released by the consumer affairs ministry, is open for public feedback until February 14.IST to be…
The model of the Gaganyaan crew module, a spacecraft that will carry a crew of three astronauts into orbit and back to Earth displayed at HAL stall. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO has dispatched the Crew Module for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1) after successfully completing…
BENGALURU: In an important milestone for India’s human spaceflight programme, the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of Isro has completed the integration of liquid propulsion systems on the Crew Module for Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed mission (G1).“The Crew Module, dispatched on Jan 21, features a sophisticated bi-propellant based Reaction Control System (RCS) designed for precise three-axis…
Picture for representative purpose BENGALURU: A day after a drift between satellites caused Isro to postpone its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) for the second time, the space agency has managed to put the spacecraft in a slow drift course.“…The drift has been arrested and spacecrafts put in a slow drift course to move closer to…
