Tag: ISRO

  • India readies reusable launch vehicle testbed for flight

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    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…

  • Indian launch rounds out domestic navigation network

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    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…

  • Indian PSLV lofts IRNSS-1G to complete navigation constellation

    Indian PSLV lofts IRNSS-1G to complete navigation constellation

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    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…

  • Photos: Regional navigation aid blasts off from India

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    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…

  • Photos: Regional navigation aid blasts off from India

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    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…

  • PSLV deploys next satellite for Indian navigation network

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    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,…

  • India launches latest IRNSS navigation satellite

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    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…

  • PSLV lofts satellite for India’s indigenous navigation system

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    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…

  • Fifth Indian navigation satellite set for liftoff

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    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…

  • Indian PSLV launches with IRNSS-1E

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    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…