Tag: India
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PSLV delivers India’s highest-resolution Earth observation satellite to orbit
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off at 9:28 a.m. local time Wednesday (0358 GMT; 10:58 p.m. EST Tuesday) with the Cartosat 3 satellite and 13 secondary payloads. Credit: ISRO Thirteen U.S.-built nanosatellites hitched a ride to space Tuesday with a sharp-eyed Indian Earth-imaging observatory at the top of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.…
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Next batch of Planet’s upgraded Earth-imaging satellites ready for launch
One of Planet’s SkySat satellites captured this view of a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. Credit: Planet A dozen SuperDove nanosatellites with improved vision are set to join Planet’s Earth-observing fleet Tuesday night (U.S. time) after riding into orbit aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle alongside an Indian mapping…
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LRO’s view of Chandrayaan 2 landing site obscured by shadows
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured this view of the moon in 1992 on its mission to Jupiter. Credit: NASA An overflight last week of the Chandrayaan 2 landing site on the moon by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has turned up no clear sign of the lost Indian lander. Another flyover with better lighting conditions is scheduled…
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NASA lunar orbiter to image Chandrayaan 2 landing site
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated to correct date of LRO flyover. This mosaic of the near side of the moon was created using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will try to locate India’s Vikram lander on the moon during a flyover of the landing site Tuesday. Indian space officials said they…
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India’s first attempt to land on the moon appears to end in failure
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 11 p.m. EDT (0300 GMT) with Modi comments. A member of the Chandrayaan 2 team reacts after contact with the Vikram lander was lost Friday. Credit: ISRO Ground teams lost communication with India’s first lunar landing mission moments before its scheduled touchdown on the moon Friday, and the robotic research craft…
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Live coverage: Mission control loses contact with Indian moon lander
Live coverage of the final descent and touchdown of India’s Vikram lander on the moon. Text updates will appear automatically below. ISRO’s live video webcast of Vikram’s landing on the moon begins at 1940 GMT (3:40 p.m. EDT) Friday.
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India loses contact with Chandrayaan 2’s lander at climax of historic moon mission
Kailasavadivoo Sivan. the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, briefs Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the status of the Chandrayaan 2 mission. (ISRO via YouTube) India’s Mission Control lost contact with the lander for its Chandrayaan 2 mission today, just as it was about to make a touchdown near the moon’s south pole. Chandrayaan…
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ISRO lose contact with Chandrayaan-2 lander during final descent
Following a historic July 22 launch on a GSLV Mk-III rocket from the east coast of India, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft – the robotic lander and rover, specifically – attempted a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on Friday. All was proceeding to plan until just 2km above the surface when telemetry was lost…
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Indian moon lander ready for final descent
Artist’s concept of the Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander. Credit: ISRO The Vikram lander, part of India’s Chandrayaan 2 mission launched in July, will attempt to land near the lunar south pole Friday and deploy a rover to conduct the first on-the-ground scientific surveys away from the moon’s equatorial regions. The robotic spacecraft is set for…
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Chandrayaan 2 arrives in lunar orbit, targets moon landing next month
Artist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft, including the lander and orbiter, at the moon. Credit: ISRO India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft braked into orbit around the moon Tuesday, positioning the robotic science mission for a landing in the moon’s south pole region Sept. 6. The spacecraft ignited its main engine at 0332 GMT Tuesday (11:32…