Tag: ISRO
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Video highlights from Chandrayaan 2’s launch campaign
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated to reflect new launch date of July 22. These video highlights released by the Indian Space Research Organization show the launch campaign to prepare for liftoff of the Chandrayaan 2 moon mission aboard a GSLV Mk.3 rocket. The Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft, comprising a lunar orbiter, lander and rover, is set for liftoff at…
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India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon mission
Artist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The mission’s landing craft — which carries the rover — is visible at top, and the orbiter segment is at bottom. Credit: ISRO India’s ambitious $142 million Chandrayaan 2 moon mission, comprising a orbiter, lander and rover, is set for liftoff Sunday to begin a…
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GSLV Mk.3 rolls out for launch of Indian moon mission
The 143-foot-tall (43.5-meter) GSLV Mk.3 rocket rolls out of its assembly building with the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft on-board. Credit: ISRO The 142-foot-tall (43.4-meter) rocket that will send aloft India’s Chandrayaan 2 moon mission Sunday has arrived on its launch pad on the Indian east coast. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.3, or GSLV Mk.3, is…
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India’s first moon lander stacked for launch
The Chandrayaan 2 mission’s Vikram landing craft and Pragyan rover undergo preparations for launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast. Credit: ISRO India’s first lunar lander has been hoisted on top of its GSLV Mk.3 rocket ahead of a liftoff scheduled for Sunday. The launch aboard India’s most powerful rocket —…
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India plans July launch of Chandrayaan 2 moon mission
An astronaut on the International Space Station captured this photo of moonrise in 2017. Credit: NASA Indian engineers hope to launch the country’s first robotic lunar lander between July 9 and July 16 on India’s most powerful rocket, the head of the Indian space agency said this week. The robotic Chandrayaan 2 mission will launch…
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Indian rocket successfully delivers radar observation satellite to orbit
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from India’s spaceport on Sriharikota Island early Wednesday, local time. Credit: ISRO An Indian rocket fired into space Wednesday with a high-power radar imaging satellite designed to peer through clouds and darkness to resolve signs of pollution, natural disasters and foreign military movements. The 145-foot-tall (44.4-meter) Polar…
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Live coverage: Indian PSLV launches with RISAT 2B radar satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the RISAT 2B radar imaging satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Indian PSLV rocket launches RISAT-2B
India upgraded its reconnaissance capabilities through the launch of a RISAT-2B radar imaging satellite Wednesday. Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre aboard a PSLV rocket occurred at 05:30 local time (00:00 UTC), with the launch lasting fifteen and a half minutes from liftoff to spacecraft separation. The satellite launched on Wednesday was the first…
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Indian radar reconnaissance satellite set for launch
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle stands at the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in preparation for launch Wednesday. Credit: ISRO An Indian satellite designed to collect all-weather, day-and-night radar imagery for military and intelligence authorities is scheduled for launch Wednesday on top of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The RISAT…
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India launches EMISAT intelligence-gathering satellite and 28 CubeSats
India has deployed its EMISAT intelligence-gathering satellite Monday via a PSLV launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch – which was also carry twenty-eight small satellites and demonstrate operation of the vehicle’s fourth stage as an orbiting experimental platform – lifted off at 09:27 local time (03:57 UTC). Monday’s launch, the second of…