Tag: ISRO
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GSLV puts advanced Indian weather satellite in orbit
Updated at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) Sept. 8 after successful launch. The GSLV lifted off at 1120 GMT (7:20 a.m. EDT) Thursday. Credit: ISRO India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off Thursday with a meteorological observatory destined to track storms and tropical cyclones from a perch more than 22,000 miles above Earth. The Insat…
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India tests scramjet demonstrator over Bay of Bengal
The Advanced Technology Vehicle, a two-stage sounding rocket, blasted off Sunday with India’s scramjet engine demonstrator. Credit: ISRO India’s space agency launched a modified suborbital sounding rocket Sunday and ignited two air-breathing scramjet engines at Mach 6 for a brief five-second experiment that could pave the way for a future reusable space transport system. The…
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India’s PSLV-XL launches with Cartosat-2C and 19 satellites
An Indian (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) has deployed twenty satellites – including its primary passenger the Cartosat-2C satellite – on Wednesday in India’s fourth orbital launch of the year. Liftoff was on schedule at 09:25 local time (03:55 UTC), launching from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. PSLV Launch:…
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India flies winged space plane on experimental suborbital launch
India’s prototype reusable space plane blasted off at 7 a.m. local time Monday. Credit: ISRO A prototype for a future winged Indian spaceship took off early Monday on a suborbital flight 65 kilometers (40 miles) over the Bay of Bengal and steered itself to an on-target splashdown, testing a heat shield and guidance, navigation and…
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India successfully launches Reusable Launch Vehicle demonstrator mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched a Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator mission. The flight began at 07:00 Indian Standard Time on 23 May (01:30 UTC), resulting in a successful launch for the winged, reusable space plane that conducted a suborbital mission to gather in-flight data. Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator: The quest…
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India successfully launches Reusable Launch Vehicle demonstrator mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched a Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator mission. The flight began at 07:00 Indian Standard Time on 23 May (01:30 UTC), resulting in a successful launch for the winged, reusable space plane that conducted a suborbital mission to gather in-flight data. Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator: The quest…
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India readies reusable launch vehicle testbed for flight
Artist’s concept of India’s reusable launch vehicle demonstrator. Credit: ISRO India’s space agency plans to boost a sleek winged prototype spacecraft into the upper atmosphere aboard a solid-fueled rocket early Monday on a short test flight that will end with a controlled, unpowered glide to a simulated runway landing in the Bay of Bengal. The…
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India readies reusable launch vehicle testbed for flight
Artist’s concept of India’s reusable launch vehicle demonstrator. Credit: ISRO India’s space agency plans to boost a sleek winged prototype spacecraft into the upper atmosphere aboard a solid-fueled rocket early Monday on a short test flight that will end with a controlled, unpowered glide to a simulated runway landing in the Bay of Bengal. The…
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Indian launch rounds out domestic navigation network
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle takes off Thursday with India’s seventh navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off Thursday with the seventh and final spacecraft for a regional navigation network to provide position data to users across the subcontinent independent of foreign satellite systems. The PSLV took off from the First…
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Indian PSLV lofts IRNSS-1G to complete navigation constellation
India has launched a PSLV rocket carrying the IRNSS-1G navigation satellite. The launch, which took place early Thursday afternoon local time, completes deployment of the first-generation IRNSS constellation, giving India a fully-operational regional navigation system. ISRO Launch: Thursday’s launch took place from the First Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 12:50 local…