Tag: ISRO
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PSLV launches debut orbital platform use of the fourth stage
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle deployed a military reconnaissance satellite and carried out a technology demonstration mission Thursday, flying in a new configuration and testing its upper stage as an experimental satellite platform. PSLV lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 23:38 local time (18:07 UTC). Thursday’s launch, the forty-sixth overall for the…
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India debuts new version of workhorse PSLV
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch. A new variant of India’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with two strap-on solid rocket boosters and an upper stage converted into an experiment-carrying platform debuted Thursday with a launch into polar orbit. The 145-foot-tall (44-meter) PSLV lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, located on Sriharikota Island on…
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India debuts new version of workhorse PSLV
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch. A new variant of India’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with two strap-on solid rocket boosters and an upper stage converted into an experiment-carrying platform debuted Thursday with a launch into polar orbit. The 145-foot-tall (44-meter) PSLV lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, located on Sriharikota Island on…
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GSLV lofts GSAT-7A for India
An Indian GSLV Mk.II rocket has launched the GSAT-7A spacecraft from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center. The launch took place at 10:40 UTC on Wednesday. This was the 13th flight for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) across its Mark I, II and III variants, Wednesday’s launch was conducted by the…
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Indian space program closes out year with launch of upgraded GSLV
India’s GSLV Mk.2 climbs into space Wednesday with nearly 1.8 million pounds of thrust. Credit: ISRO An upgraded Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying more fuel and standing taller than earlier GSLV variants took off Wednesday from an Indian spaceport and delivered a new communications satellite to orbit for the Indian Air Force. The GSLV Mk.2…
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Live coverage: GSLV Mk.2 lifts off with the GSAT 7A communications satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.2 with the GSAT 7A military communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 1010 GMT (5:10 a.m. EST) and will be available on this page.
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India preps military communications satellite for launch Wednesday
The GSLV Mk.2 set for launch Wednesday rolls out to the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. Credit: ISRO A communications satellite destined to serve the Indian military is set to blast off from the country’s east coast Wednesday aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle on the seventh and last…
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PSLV conducts HySIS launch with numerous co-passengers
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched a PSLV rocket Thursday, carrying thirty-one payloads including the HySIS imaging spacecraft and thirty small satellites for organizations in eight different countries. PSLV launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 09:57 local time (04:27 UTC). Thursday’s launch saw the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) make its forty-fifth flight.…
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Indian GSLV rocket launches GSAT-29
India launched the third flight of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.III Wednesday, carrying the GSAT-29 satellite into orbit. Liftoff from the Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre occurred at 17:08 local time (11:38 UTC). The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.III, or GSLV Mk.III, is India’s newest and most powerful rocket. After…
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India’s GSLV Mk.3 aces test launch, clearing way for lunar mission
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…