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  • 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…

  • India tests upgraded engine tech in successful communications satellite launch

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    India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket takes off Thursday with the GSAT 6A communications satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian satellite built as a technological testbed for mobile communications successfully launched Thursday on top of a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, one of 10 space missions planned by India by the end of the year. The GSAT 6A spacecraft,…

  • India tests upgraded engine tech in successful communications satellite launch

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    India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket takes off Thursday with the GSAT 6A communications satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian satellite built as a technological testbed for mobile communications successfully launched Thursday on top of a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, one of 10 space missions planned by India by the end of the year. The GSAT 6A spacecraft,…

  • Indian GSLV lofts GSAT-6A

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    India launched an upgraded version of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Thursday, carrying the GSAT-6A communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, occurred at 16:56 local time (11:26 UTC). In the first of three planned orbital launches worldwide on Thursday, India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) debuted an enhanced second stage…

  • India’s PSLV lifts off on first flight since fairing failure

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0600 GMT (1 a.m. EST) after confirmation of successful launch. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Friday with 31 satellites on-board. Credit: ISRO A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Friday with 31 satellites on the first flight for India’s workhorse rocket since an August mishap that left an Indian…

  • India’s PSLV successfully launches Cartosat-2F

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    India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle returned to flight Friday, four months after the rocket suffered a payload fairing separation failure while launching a navigation satellite last August. Liftoff of Friday’s mission, which carried the Cartosat-2F remote sensing spacecraft and numerous co-passengers, occurred at 09:28 local time (03:58 UTC) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at…

  • Indian navigation satellite stranded on rocket after launch

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    The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off Thursday with the IRNSS 1H navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian navigation satellite remained stuck to its launcher after climbing into orbit Thursday when the rocket’s aerodynamic payload shroud failed to jettison as planned several minutes after liftoff, dealing the country’s workhorse booster its first total failure since…