Tag: ISRO
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Indian PSLV launches five British satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) conducted its thirtieth flight on Friday evening local time, deploying five British satellites into a Sun-Synchronous orbit. Liftoff occurred at 21:58 local time (16:28 UTC) from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. PSLV Launch: First flown in 1993, the Polar…
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British satellites set to ride Indian rocket into space
The PSLV’s second stage is hoisted onto the rocket during stacking operations at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is set for liftoff Friday with five satellites built in Britain to look down on Earth and test a solar sail’s ability to clean up space…
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Indian navigation system gets expansion with PSLV launch
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched at 1149 GMT (7:49 a.m. EDT) Saturday. Credit: ISRO India’s indigenous space-based navigation network received its fourth satellite after a successful liftoff Saturday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The 146-foot-tall rocket blasted off at at 1149 GMT (7:49 a.m. EST) Saturday, or 5:19 p.m. local time at the…
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PSLV launches with IRNSS-1D to open India’s 2015 campaign
India has continued deployment of its IRNSS navigation system Saturday, with the launch of the fourth satellite atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. Launched on schedule at 17:19 local time (11:49 UTC), the IRNSS-1D mission marks India’s first orbital launch of the year. Indian Launch: The IRNSS-1D…
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Liftoff of Indian navigation satellite postponed
File photo of an Indian navigation satellite attached to the fourth stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle before a launch in 2014. Credit: ISRO The launch of a satellite for India’s indigenous navigation network has been postponed to resolve a problem with one of the spacecraft’s radio transmitters, officials said Wednesday. The spacecraft was…
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India’s new rocket program achieves big success
The GSLV Mk. 3 launcher flies downrange from India’s east coast. Credit: ISRO India’s aspiration to launch all of its own satellites — and eventually astronauts — into space got a boost Thursday with a successful test flight of a powerful new rocket and a prototype landing capsule designed for the country’s human spaceflight program.…
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Live coverage: All-new Indian rocket takes off on maiden flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s first GSLV Mk. 3 launch vehicle on a suborbital test flight carrying a prototype capsule for India’s planned human space program. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: India test flies new launcher, crew capsule
A powerful new Indian launcher and a precursor to a future piloted space capsule flew to the edge of space on a 20-minute test mission Thursday. The GSLV MK. 3 rocket and the Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment, or CARE, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast at 0400 GMT…
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India debuts GSLV Mk.III with prototype crew capsule
The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched the first test flight of its newest rocket – the GSLV Mk.III – on Thursday, conducting a suborbital flight that also demonstrated a prototype crew capsule (CARE) for India’s proposed manned missions. Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre occurred at 09:30 local time (04:00 UTC). ISRO Launch:…
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Powerful new Indian rocket poised for suborbital test launch
The GSLV Mk. 3 launch vehicle emerges from its assembly building at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. Credit: ISRO Indian engineers are counting down to a test flight Thursday of a next-generation launcher to verify the performance of two powerful solid rocket motors, a twin-engine core booster and a prototype capsule designed for…