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ISRO completes launch rehearsal of PSLV-C51 mission, 2 satellites drop out

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday completed launch rehearsal of the PSLV-C51 mission slated for February 28. India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C51) is scheduled to launch Brazil's Amazonia-1 as primary satellite and 18 co-passenger satellites from first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharkota, about 100 km from Chennai, at 10.24 am on Sunday. The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency had announced on February 5 that there would be 20 co-passenger satellites. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's engraved picture on a co-passenger satellite and sending Bhagavad Gita on-board in electronic format are some of the notable aspects in the launch. Indian Space start-up Pixxel announced two days ago that due to "certain software issues" its first satellite 'Anand' would no longer be part of the payload on board the PSLV-C51 rocket. And on Thursday, ISRO confirmed that its nano satellite INS-2DT will also not be part of the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover sends HD panoramic view of Mars landing site

According to a release by NASA, it was the rover's second panorama ever, as the rover's Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, also located on the mast, captured a 360-degree view on February 20

ETA February: Martian orbit to congest as Earth missions reach Red planet

Mars-bound missions from US, UAE and China will arrive in February with plans to deepen human understanding of the possibility of life beyond Earth

Covid impact: Chandrayaan-3 launch delayed to 2022, says Isro chief

Chandrayaan-3, India's third mission to Moon, is likely to be launched in 2022, ISRO chief K Sivan has said. The COVID-19 lockdown has hit several projects of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) including Chandrayaan-3, which was scheduled to be launched in late 2020, and Gaganyaan, the country's first manned space mission. Unlike its predecessor, Chandrayaan-3 will not have an orbiter. We are working on it. It is the same configuration like Chandrayaan-2 but it will not have an orbiter. The orbiter launched during Chandrayaan-2 will be used for Chandrayaan-3. With that we are working on a system and mostly the launch will be next year in 2022, Sivan told PTI. Chandrayaan-2, aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole, was launched on July 22, 2019 on board the country's most powerful geosynchronous launch vehicle. However, the lander Vikram hard-landed on September 7, 2019, crashing India's dream to become the first nation to successfully land on the lunar

Human Space Programme: Isro to send first unmanned flight by this December

Under Gaganyaan mission, India plans to send three astronauts into space. They will orbit at about 400 km above the earth for five to seven days before returning

US: NASA names Indian American Bhavya Lal as acting chief of staff

Lal is an active member of the space technology and policy community, having chaired, co-chaired, or served on five high-impact National Academy of Science committees

2021 to be year of Chandrayaan-3, says FM, allocates Rs 4,000 cr for oceans

The government allocated Rs 4,000 crore to study the oceans and explore the oceanic biosphere

Isro decides to partner with industry to launch space-themed merchandise

Isro to identify and authorise parties, agencies on non-exclusive basis for a registration fee

Death of galaxy: Galactic collision spews gases equal to 10,000 suns a year

The merging galaxy formed 4.5 billion years ago is dubbed ID2299 and is ejecting gases equivalent to 10,000 Suns-worth of gas a year

Isro to adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to promote education in STEM

An Atal Tinkering Lab provides activity-based learning in the identified schools across the country where young minds can give shape to their ideas for societal problems

How did water originate on Earth? Data from asteroid Ryugu deepen mystery

Asteroid Ryugu was chosen for sending and returning a mission as it "belonged to a class of asteroids that are dark in colour and suspected to have water-bearing minerals"

Two Indian flight surgeons to visit Russia for space medicine training

Two flight surgeons will soon fly to Russia where they will get hands-on experience in space medicine from their Russian counterparts for the Gaganyaan mission, ISRO said

A highly promising and challenging decade awaits Isro: Chairman K Sivan

Isro new decade plans include green propulsion as well as electric propulsion

Isro working on green fuels like hydrogen peroxide for rockets

Isro is working to replace its existing hazardous fuel with non-hazardous and environment- friendly fuels for its rockets and satellites

Isro chairman K Sivan gets one-year extension till January 2022

Sivan joined Isro in 1982 and was inducted into PSLV Project

Isro to launch first satellite developed entirely by Brazil's space agency

Emirates SkyCargo brings the satellite from Brazil to Chennai

Finding cure to pushing cosmic boundaries: 2020 was no bad year for science

It was the science that came to the aid of the planet as we settled into working from home and other 'new normals' amid successive lockdowns.

ISRO developing green propulsion for human space mission: K Sivan

ISRO has made space grade lithium-ion batteries and this technology is useful for mass adoption of electric vehicle", he noted

Chandrayaan-2 mission's first set of data released for all, says ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday said it has released the first set of data from the country's second mission to the Moon, the Chandrayaan-2, for the general public.

ISRO puts out data on Chandrayaan-2 mission, indicates good performance

India's second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019 from Sriharikota