Tag: ISRO
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Photos: Regional navigation aid blasts off from India
The sixth satellite in a series of seven orbiting navigation aids lifted off from India on Thursday, streaking into orbit aboard a 145-foot-tall (44-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The IRNSS 1F satellite, weighing in at 3,141 pounds (1,425 kilograms), rode the four-stage PSLV’s 34th mission into space after a liftoff from the Second Launch Pad…
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Photos: Regional navigation aid blasts off from India
The sixth satellite in a series of seven orbiting navigation aids lifted off from India on Thursday, streaking into orbit aboard a 145-foot-tall (44-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The IRNSS 1F satellite, weighing in at 3,141 pounds (1,425 kilograms), rode the four-stage PSLV’s 34th mission into space after a liftoff from the Second Launch Pad…
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PSLV deploys next satellite for Indian navigation network
An Indian navigation satellite lifted off Thursday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, heading for a perch more than 22,000 miles over Africa to grow the country’s independent space-based positioning fleet. The sixth spacecraft in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System launched at 1031 GMT (5:31 a.m. EST) Thursday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center,…
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India launches latest IRNSS navigation satellite
ISRO conducted India’s latest orbital launch on Thursday, with a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) deploying the latest IRNSS navigation satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch of IRNSS-1F took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, on schedule, at 10:31 UTC. PSLV Launch: India’s second launch of 2016, Thursday mission was tasked with deploying…
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PSLV lofts satellite for India’s indigenous navigation system
A frame from a live webcast of Wednesday’s PSLV launch shows the rocket lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. Credit: ISRO The fifth satellite for India’s regional navigation network rode into orbit Wednesday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, joining a growing fleet of spacecraft to provide positioning services to users across South…
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Fifth Indian navigation satellite set for liftoff
Live broadcast from ISRO begins at 0330 GMT (10:30 p.m. EST) India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to deploy the fifth satellite in the country’s regional navigation network Wednesday. The 1,425-kilogram (3,141-pound) spacecraft will blast off on the 33rd flight of India’s workhorse PSLV launcher at 0401 GMT Wednesday (11:01 p.m. EST Tuesday) from…
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Indian PSLV launches with IRNSS-1E
ISRO conducted India’s fiftieth orbital launch Wednesday, with a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle deploying an IRNSS navigation satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch of IRNSS-1E took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, on schedule, at 09:31 local time (04:01 UTC). PSLV Launch: India’s first launch of 2016, Wednesday’s mission was tasked with deploying…
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Indian PSLV launches with IRNSS-1E
ISRO conducted India’s fiftieth orbital launch Wednesday, with a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle deploying an IRNSS navigation satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch of IRNSS-1E took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, on schedule, at 09:31 local time (04:01 UTC). PSLV Launch: India’s first launch of 2016, Wednesday’s mission was tasked with deploying…
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PSLV completes commercial launch with six Singaporean satellites
Six spacecraft for Singapore lifted off Wednesday aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Clustered atop the the PSLV on a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast, the satellites were manufactured in Singapore, with launch services arranged with Antrix Corp., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization.…
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Indian PSLV lofts six Singaporean satellites
Making the country’s fifth launch of the year, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has orbited six Singaporean satellites – led by the TeLEOS-1 spacecraft – on Wednesday in a mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The launch was on schedule at 18:00 local time (12:30 UTC). Indian Launch: The primary payload for…