Tag: India
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India launches satellite linking its South Asian neighbors
A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast Friday. Credit: ISRO An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off under a veil of secrecy Friday with a nearly 2.5-ton (2.2-metric ton) spacecraft designed to relay video broadcasts and data between India and its South Asian neighbors.…
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104-satellite launch marks success for India (and Seattle’s Spaceflight Industries)
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, sending 104 satellites spaceward. (ISRO Photo) A record-setting flock of 104 satellites was successfully deployed into orbit overnight after the launch of an Indian rocket. Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries played a part in getting nine…
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On-board camera replays from this week’s PSLV launch
Video Playerhttp://isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/pslv-c36-strapon_and_heatshield_seperation.mp4.mp4 Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not found Download File: http://isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/pslv-c36-strapon_and_heatshield_seperation.mp4.mp4?_=100:0000:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. For the first time, the Indian Space Research Organization has released stunning imagery from cameras mounted on-board a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle heading to orbit this Wednesday with a satellite to survey natural…
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Resource-mapping satellite blasts off from India
Updated after launch. The PSLV soars downrange from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Wednesday with the Resourcesat 2A satellite. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle delivered to orbit Wednesday the country’s third space mission dedicated to mapping natural resources, closing out a record year for Indian launch activity. The Resourcesat 2A satellite rode…
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Photos: Indian launcher assembled to loft environment-monitoring spacecraft
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has been stacked on its launch pad for blastoff early Wednesday with a new resource-mapping satellite to aid in urban planning, crop monitoring and improve emergency response to natural disasters. The PSLV is scheduled for launch at 0454 GMT Wednesday (11:54 p.m. EST Tuesday) from the First Launch Pad at…
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Photos: Australian, Indian telecom satellites take off on Ariane 5
A late afternoon launch from French Guiana on Wednesday sent two communications satellites into orbit aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket for the Australian and Indian governments. Still and video imagery recorded the powerful 18-story rocket taking off from the tropical space base and climbing into a mostly clear sky on top of 2.9 million…
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Photos: Australian, Indian telecom satellites take off on Ariane 5
A late afternoon launch from French Guiana on Wednesday sent two communications satellites into orbit aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket for the Australian and Indian governments. Still and video imagery recorded the powerful 18-story rocket taking off from the tropical space base and climbing into a mostly clear sky on top of 2.9 million…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives on the launch pad
Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites. The journey took about one hour, with heavy-duty…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives on the launch pad
Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites. The journey took about one hour, with heavy-duty…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Australia, India
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.