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Committee to recommend right-sizing of Isro manpower: Minister

With the Indian space agency's focus shifting to research and development (R&D), a committee has been set up to recommend the methodology for right-sizing and optimal utilisation of the existing science and technology (S&T) manpower, as per Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.

ISRO can suggest ideal locations to set up solar power projects

Indian space agency can suggest the ideal location to put up a solar power farm with the data gathered from its geostationary earth observation satellites within and outside India, said a top official

Decoded: Ways Indian Space Association can push the limits of exploration

Space-related activities have enormous potential for accelerating growth across the broader economy

Bharti Group's OneWeb ties up with Isro to kick off India chapter

Mittal says OneWeb would be the first private player to launch satellites from India through Isro facilities

Space tech, telecom to push digital services to remote areas: Vaishnaw

The combination of space technology and telecom will propel the reach of digital services to remote locations across the country and help in inclusive development, Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Bharti's OneWeb, ISRO arm collaborate to launch satellite in India

Bharti Group backed OneWeb on Monday said it has entered an arrangement with the commercial arm of ISRO, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), to launch its satellite in India from 2022. The arrangement has been made through a letter of intent (LOI) with NSIL, to use Indian-built PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and the heavier GSLV-MkIII (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) as potential platforms to launch OneWeb's satellites in India from 2022, the statement said. "The non-binding letter of intent was unveiled at the launch of Indian Space Association (ISpA) in the presence of the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi," it said. OneWeb is amongst the founding members of ISpA, which strives to be the collective voice of space and satellite companies in India and will work with stakeholders across for the development of India's space ecosystem. The company is building its initial constellation of 648 LEO satellites and has already put 322 satellites into orbit. It

ISRO's commercial arm NSIL announces first demand driven satellite mission

ISRO's commercial arm, NewSpace India Limited on Friday announced its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the Government in June last year

Indian industry to produce two more entire rockets - GSLV-Mk III and SSLV

The Department of Space (DoS) plans to realise entirely-built rockets -- GSLV-Mk III and SSLV -- from Indian industry partners, in addition to PSLV, according to a top official of its commercial arm NSIL. NSIL (NewSpace India Limited) has received three bids -- HAL-L&T, BEL-Adani-BEML, and BHEL, in response to the request for proposal (RFP) floated by it for end-to-end production of PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). "We are now going through the techno-commercial evaluation (in respect of the three bids)", NSIL Chairman and Managing Director, Radhakrishnan D, told PTI here. He said the process will be completed within the next two months with one of the bidders bagging the contract. The selected bidder will be responsible for realisation of five numbers of PSLV. Immediately after selection of the bidder to produce the entire PSLV, NSIL will release Expression of Interest (EOI) for end-to-end production of another operational rocket -- GSLV-Mk III (Geosynchronous Satellite ...

India to revise FDI policy for space sector, says Isro chief Sivan

Presently, all FDI in the space sector has to be cleared by the government while the industry wants the investment under the automatic route.

Niti Aayog ties-up with ISRO, CBSE launch 'Space Challenge' for students

Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with ISRO and CBSE has launched 'Space Challenge' for school students across India, an official statement said on Friday.

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads made discovery-class findings, says ISRO

The observations of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads have yielded discovery-class findings, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). There were eight scientific payloads hosted on the orbiter craft. They are: Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS), Solar X-ray Monitor (XSM), CHandra's Atmospheric Compositional Explorer 2 (CHACE 2), Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR), Imaging Infra-Red Spectrometer (IIRS), Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC 2), Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC), and Dual Frequency Radio Science (DFRS) experiment. Earlier this week, ISRO opened up its scientific discussions on Lunar Science to "the people of the country, to engage the Indian academia, institutes, students, and people from all disciplines and walks of life", in the form of a two-day 'Lunar Science Workshop & Release of Chandrayaan-2 Data'. The workshop commemorated the completion of two years of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in the lunar orbit. The events .

ISRO releases Chandrayaan-2 data as it completes 2 years in lunar orbit

The Chairman of ISRO K Sivan on Monday inaugurated a Lunar Science Workshop 2021, to commemorate the completion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft around the lunar orbit.

Isro hot tests system demonstration model of Gaganyaan orbital module

Indian space agency ISRO said on Saturday that it has successfully conducted the first hot test of the System Demonstration Model of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System

ISRO seeks proposals for analysis, utilisation of Chandrayaan-2 data

ISRO has come out with an Announcement of Opportunity, seeking proposals towards scientific analysis and utilisation of data from all experiments of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

The space race is getting harder

A vast technological gap is opening up as humans race to colonise the solar system

ISRO's GSLV fails to place earth observation satellite into orbit

Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket, the space agency said on Thursday. The 51.70-metre tall rocket GSLV-F10/EOS-03 successfully lifted off from the second launch pad at the spaceport as planned at 05.43 hrs soon after the 26-hour countdown concluded. Ahead of the lift-off, the Launch Authorisation Board cleared the decks for a normal lift-off as planned. The performance of the rocket in the first and second stages of the rocket was normal, scientists at the Mission Control Centre said. However, minutes later the scientists were seen in discussion and it was announced in the Mission Control Centre by the Range Operations Director "mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly". "Performance anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage. The mission could not

Before EOS-03 setback, Chandrayaan-2 too did not yield desired results

The failure of a GSLV rocket to inject the EOS-03 satellite into the orbit on Thursday comes two years after the ISRO experienced another major setback during the launch of Chandrayaan-2

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 detects presence of water molecules on moon

Chandrayaan-2, ISRO's second lunar mission, has detected the presence of water molecules on the moon, data obtained from the mission has revealed.

Earth Observation Satellite 03 scheduled for launch on August 12

The Earth Observation Satellite-03 is scheduled to be launched on August 12, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Singh is the Minister of State in-charge of the Department of Space. "GSLV-F10 is slated to launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-03 on August 12, 2021 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. #ISRO," Singh tweeted on Monday. Last week, in a written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Singh had said that GSLV F10 would launch EOS-03 in the third quarter of 2021. PSLV-C52 is scheduled to launch EOS-04, another earth observation satellite, in the third quarter of 2021. The first developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV- D1, is scheduled to launch EOS-02 in the fourth quarter of 2021. PSLV-C53 is also scheduled to launch EOS-06 in the fourth quarter of 2021, Singh said.

Geo-imaging satellite scheduled for launch in Q3 of 2021: Jitendra Singh

A few countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Romania, have expressed interest in space cooperation with India