Tag: GSLV
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch Crew-11 to ISS; ISRO and NASA launch new SAR satellite
With 11 launches scheduled worldwide, this week’s launch roundup is among the busiest of 2025 so far. SpaceX is expected to conduct four missions with the workhorse Falcon 9, including the crewed Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. Blue Origin’s New Shepard took six humans to suborbital space this week. Internationally, the first-ever domestically…
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AST SpaceMobile secures multi-launch agreements with Blue Origin, ISRO and SpaceX
An artist’s rendering of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird satellites in low Earth orbit. Graphic: AST SpaceMobile A company aiming to bring cell service to unmodified smartphones using a satellite network announced Thursday it had secured its ability to reach low Earth orbit. During a third quarter earnings call, AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) revealed new launch agreements…
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India launches first in new generation of navigation satellites
India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket lifts off Monday with the NVS 01 navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Monday with the first in a new generation of upgraded regional navigation satellites designed to be interoperable with other countries’ global navigation networks. The GSLV Mk.2 rocket deployed the NVS 01 satellite…
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India launches new-generation navigation satellite aboard GSLV
India began deploying its second generation of indigenous navigation satellites Monday, with the launch of a GSLV Mk.II rocket lofting the NVS-01 satellite. Liftoff, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, occurred at 05:12 UTC (10:42 a.m. local time). The Navigation with Indian Constellation, or NavIC, system is a regional satellite navigation network developed by the…
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India’s GSLV fails on long-delayed EOS-03 mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made their second launch of 2021 with a GSLV Mk. II rocket launching the EOS-03 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre occurred at 05:43 local time (00:13 UTC on August 12). Thursday’s launch proceeded to plan until shortly after third stage ignition,…
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India postpones next GSLV flight
A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle is seen before rollout from its vertical assembly building at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India during preparations for launch of the GISAT 1 mission. Credit: ISRO The planned liftoff Thursday of an Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle with a geostationary Earth-imaging satellite has been postponed due to technical…
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Live coverage: India’s Chandrayaan 2 moon mission blasts off
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.3 with the Chandrayaan 2 moon mission. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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India launches robotic mission to land on the moon
The GSLV Mk.3 rocket lifted off at 0913 GMT (5:13 a.m. EDT) Monday with the Chandrayaan 2 mission. Credit: ISRO Seeking to become the fourth nation to successfully land on the moon, India launched an ambitious robotic lunar mission named Chandrayaan 2 on Monday, targeting a touchdown near the lunar south pole Sept. 6. Consisting…
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Indian moon launch rescheduled for Monday
The GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar mission. Credit: ISRO India’s robotic Chandrayaan 2 moon mission is set for liftoff Monday after a technical snag last weekend halted the launch from a spaceport on the Indian coast, ISRO said Thursday. The three-piece moon mission, comprising an orbiter, lander and rover, was…
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Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’
The GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar mission. Credit: ISRO Indian engineers called off the launch of the Chandrayaan 2 lunar landing mission Sunday after observing a “technical snag” during the final hour of the countdown, India’s space agency said. The robotic probe was counting down to liftoff from the Satish…