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Year in Review: Pulwama to CAA stir, 10 defining events for India in 2019
Days before the year draws to a close, we look back at some of the key events in economy, politics, space and judiciary that defined 2019 for India
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Isro puts Chandrayaan-2 setback behind ends 2019 on positive note
The GSAT-20 satellite is scheduled for mid-2020. It is a next-generation high-throughput satellite that would address the country's connectivity issues
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Isro successfully launches PSLV-C48 with Indian 'spy' satellite, 9 others
The satellite RISAT-2BR1, experts say, will help keep a check on infiltration by allowing round-the-clock surveillance across the border
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Sky is the limit: Backed by investors and hope, startups take off for space
Many Indian Space Research Organisation employees are leaving the comfort of a paycheck and launching their own startups
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Vikram had hard landing; NASA releases images of Chandrayaan 2 landing site
Vikram was scheduled to touch down on September. 7. This event was India's first attempt at a soft landing on the Moon
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Isro signs MoUs with DRDO labs for Human Space Mission
Critical technologies to be provided by DRDO to Isro include space food, space crew health monitoring and emergency survival kit, radiation protection, and parachutes for safe recovery of crew
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95% objective of Chandrayaan 2 achieved: Former ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair
The orbiter payloads will conduct remote-sensing observations from a 100 km orbit
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Chandrayaan-2 performs 3rd lunar-bound orbit maneuver; landing in 11 days
India's second lunar expedition -- would shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon, its South Polar region
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Isro to set up new centre to protect Indian satellites from space debris
Isro has set up a Directorate of Space Situational Awareness and Management aimed at protecting high-value space assets
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India plans to spend $1.4 billion to send a crew of three to space by 2022
India, the world's cheapest space explorer, is competing with the likes of the US, China, Russia and billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in exploring space
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