News Archive / Tagged: ISRO
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India sends GSAT-9 into orbit atop GSLV
Derek RichardsonMay 5th, 2017In India’s second launch of 2017, a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk. II sent the GSAT-9 communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff took place at 7:27 a.m. EDT (11:27 GMT) on May 5 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India.
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Record 104 satellites launched atop Indian PSLV rocket
Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2017In its first launch of the year, India sent a record 104 satellites into space atop the country's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The mission, PSLV-C37, lifted off at 10:58 p.m. EST Feb. 14 (03:58 GMT Feb. 15) from the First Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
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India’s newest remote sensing satellite launches atop PSLV booster
Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 7th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its workhorse PSLV launcher carrying the country’s Resourcesat-2A remote sensing spacecraft. Liftoff occurred as planned at 10:25 a.m. local time (04:55 GMT) on Dec. 7 (11:55 p.m. EST on Dec. 6) from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
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India to launch Resourcesat-2A remote sensing satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 5th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its newest remote sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2A, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, atop the country’s flagship PSLV launcher. The rocket will lift off at 10:25 a.m. local time (4:55 GMT; 11:55 p.m. EST on Dec. 6) from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
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India’s PSLV rocket sends eight satellites into two different orbits
Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 26th, 2016India’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has successfully launched on Monday, Sept. 26, with eight satellites, delivering them into two different orbits. The rocket lifted off at exactly 9:12 a.m. local time (03:42 GMT; 11:42 p.m. EDT on Sept. 25) from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.
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PSLV rocket to send eight satellites to orbit on its longest flight
Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 24th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing a PLSV rocket with an array of satellites to launch from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, at 9:12 a.m. local time (03:42 GMT; 11:42 p.m. EDT on Sept. 25).
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GSLV rocket blasts off with INSAT-3DR weather satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 8th, 2016On Thursday, Sept. 8, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted its fifth mission of the year by lofting an advanced weather satellite named INSAT-3DR. The spacecraft was launched atop a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
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India’s GSLV booster set to launch INSAT-3DR weather satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 6th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). It will carry into orbit an advanced weather satellite named INSAT-3DR. Liftoff will take place at 4:10 p.m. local time (6:40 a.m. EDT, 10:40 GMT) Sept. 8, from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
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India successfully tests its scramjet engine technology
Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 29th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully test fired on Sunday, Aug. 28, a pair of its own scramjet engines – an airbreathing ramjet in which combustion takes place in a supersonic airflow. The engines were tested during a sub-orbital flight of ISRO’s Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV).
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PSLV booster soars into space with fleet of 20 satellites
Tomasz NowakowskiJune 22nd, 2016India has successfully launched its flagship PSLV rocket carrying a record number of 20 satellites. The launch occurred as planned at 9:26 a.m. local time (03:56 GMT) from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
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India’s PSLV set to launch record 20 satellites on Wednesday
Tomasz NowakowskiJune 20th, 2016ISRO is about to send a record number of 20 satellites in a single mission. India's flagship PSLV booster will take to the skies on Wednesday, June 22, from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, to orbit a panoply of spacecraft for various customers around the world. Liftoff is scheduled to take place at 9:26 a.m. local time (03:56 GMT).
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The making of India’s Space Shuttle: The inside story
Space Safety MagazineJune 4th, 2016In an unassuming hangar near a fishing village in Kerala in southern India, the efforts of more than 600 scientists over the last five years have converged together to provide India with one of the nation's most notable efforts in its space exploration efforts. It was there that India’s very own space shuttle, dubbed the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), was conceived and nurtured by the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO.
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India successfully launches its indigenously made ‘space shuttle’
Tomasz NowakowskiMay 24th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched on Monday, May 23, its mini 'space shuttle' – the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) – from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, atop an HS9 solid rocket booster.
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India launches its final IRNSS navigation satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiApril 28th, 2016The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the last spacecraft of its homegrown navigation satellite system. The satellite, designated IRNSS-1G, lifted off atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Thursday, April 28, at 07:20 GMT, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
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India to complete homegrown navigational satellite system with launch of IRNSS-1G
Tomasz NowakowskiApril 27th, 2016The ISRO is about to launch its last navigational satellite for the indigenous IRNSS system. The spacecraft, designated IRNSS-1G, will be launched on April 28, atop the country’s PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Liftoff is currently set for 3:20 a.m. EDT (7:20 GMT).
