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  • India’s GSLV Mk.3 aces test launch, clearing way for lunar mission

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:30 a.m. EST (1230 GMT) after launch. Credit: ISRO The second orbital test flight of India’s GSLV Mk.3 launcher took off Wednesday, hoisting a high-throughput communications satellite into orbit to connect the county’s remote population and clearing the way for a robotic lunar lander to use the rocket in January. Boosted…

  • British Earth-imaging satellites ride Indian rocket into orbit

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    An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 1638 GMT (12:38 p.m. EDT) Sunday with the NovaSAR 1 and SSTL S1-4 satellites on-board. Credit: ISRO Two British-built reconnaissance satellites, one designed to test new radar imaging technology and another to collect high-resolution optical imagery, arrived in orbit Sunday after a successful liftoff aboard an…

  • Live coverage: Two British satellites launch from India

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the British NovaSAR 1 and SSTL S1-4 Earth observation satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 1600 GMT (12 p.m. EDT) and will be available on this page. If you appreciate what we…

  • ISRO conducts abort test on prototype crew capsule

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    Video Playerhttp://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pat_test_video.mp4.mp400:0000:0001:39Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Video credit: ISRO India’s space agency tested a launch escape system Thursday that could be used on a future spaceship designed to carry astronauts into orbit. The abort rocket lifted a prototype crew capsule off a launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, a launch…

  • Photos: Indian rocket makes rare nighttime launch

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    Lifting off in the predawn hours from India’s island spaceport, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle added a new navigation satellite to the country’s space-based positioning network this week. The 145-foot-tall (44-meter) PSLV lifted off at 2234 GMT (6:34 p.m. EDT) Wednesday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast. Launch occurred at 4:04…

  • Photos: PSLV poised for navigation satellite launch

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    India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle sits on its launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the country’s eastern coastline, awaiting blastoff with the IRNSS 1I navigation satellite. These photos show the 145-foot-tall (44-meter) four-stage rocket, boosted by six strap-on solid rocket motors, on the First Launch Pad at the Indian spaceport in Sriharikota…

  • ISRO launches for second time in two weeks

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    India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 2234 GMT (6:34 p.m. EDT; 4:04 a.m. local time) from Sriharikota Island on India’s east coast. This image shows insulation panels falling away from the rocket at liftoff, as planned. Credit: ISRO Riding a column of red-hot rocket exhaust, an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle fired into…

  • Live coverage: India’s PSLV climbs into space with navigation satellite

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the IRNSS 1I navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 2200 GMT (6:00 p.m. EDT) and will be available on this page. If you appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a…

  • ISRO loses contact with new communications satellite

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    GSAT 6A before encapsulation inside the GSLV Mk.2 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: ISRO Ground controllers have lost contact with an Indian communications satellite launched last week, and Indian news reports suggest engineers believe the spacecraft’s power system is at fault. The GSAT 6A communications satellite completed two orbital adjustment maneuvers following its launch Thursday aboard…

  • Live coverage: Indian GSLV launches with communications satellite

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle with the GSAT 6A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 1100 GMT (7:00 a.m. EST) and will be available on this page. If you appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a…