Tag: PSLV

  • 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…

  • PSLV completes commercial launch with six Singaporean satellites

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    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.…

  • India’s first astronomy satellite launched into space

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    India’s Astrosat mission launched on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle at 0430 GMT (12:30 a.m. EDT; 10 a.m. Indian time) Monday. Credit: ISRO An Indian astronomical observatory rocketed into orbit Monday to study black holes and neutron stars — the compact, powerful remnants of exploded stars — in a five-year mission lauded as a milestone…

  • PSLV rocket lofts India’s Eye in the Sky

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    India’s first dedicated astronomy satellite, AstroSat, was launched into a low Earth orbit on Monday atop the country’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Along with six foreign satellites, AstroSat lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 10:00 local time (04:30 UTC). PSLV Launch: India’s AstroSat spacecraft is the country’s first spacecraft dedicated to…

  • Live coverage: India’s first space observatory in orbit

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the Astrosat X-ray observatory. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Orbital sail, Earth-watching satellites launched by PSLV

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    A video frame from India’s launch broadcast of Friday’s PSLV mission. Credit: ISRO Five satellites made in Britain to track the expansion of Chinese cities and demonstrate a new sail design to clean up space junk blasted off Friday on top of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Making its 30th flight since 1993, the…

  • Indian PSLV launches five British satellites

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    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…

  • British satellites set to ride Indian rocket into space

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    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…

  • Indian navigation system gets expansion with PSLV launch

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    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…

  • PSLV launches with IRNSS-1D to open India’s 2015 campaign

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    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…