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ISRO to open Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT Varanasi

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will establish a Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT-Varanasi to facilitate short and long term projects at the institute. ISRO and the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday and the move can help propel the culture of research and development among students, the statement said. "Under this agreement, ISRO-IIT (BHU) will open the Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) in the institute, it said. Short-term projects for B-Tech and M-Tech students from the institute and associate institutes will also be included in this sequence. "Long term R&D projects leading to the PhD programme will also be offered. Capacity building programmes like conferences, exhibitions and short courses will be organised to strengthen the knowledge base in the field, the statement added. The MoU was signed by IIT(BHU) director Prof Pramod Kumar Jain on behalf of the institute and P V Venkatakrishnan,

Great Conjunction: How you can watch as Jupiter, Saturn align tonight

The rare phenomenon can be visible globally including in India between 6:30-7:30 pm

Rocket places India's 42nd communications satellite CMS-01 into orbit

Feat achieved 20 minutes after lift-off; satellite will provide services in extended C-band spectrum

Fuel filling for 2nd stage of PSLV-C50 carrying satellite complete: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation announced that the fuel filling and oxidiser process for the second stage of PSLV-C50 has been completed

ISRO's technology transfer policy to get renewed focus and thrust

The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency under the Department of Space (DOS) has come out with revised technology transfer policy guidelines - 2020

Indo-American Astro to lead mission to Space Station before heading to Moon

Astronaut Raja Chari, who is part of the bold Artemis missions, will be on his maiden space flight before the Moon missions begin

Isro to launch PSLV C50 carrying communication satellite CMS-01 on Dec 17

The launch is tentatively scheduled at 03:41 hours subject to weather conditions

PSLV-C50 to launch communication satellite CMS-01 on Dec 17: ISRO

CMS-01 is the 42nd communication satellite of India.

India's own GPS-like navigation system NavIC gets IMO recognition

The system can provide accurate position information services within India and a region 1,500 km beyond its boundary, which is its primary service area

India to soon benefit from investments world has made on 5G: Sunil Mittal

India is poised to derive full benefit of global investments on 5G standards in the coming two-three years, as equipment prices come down and devices become available, Sunil Mittal said

Pixxel to launch remote-sensing satellite on Isro rocket in early 2021

With India allowing private companies to operate within the premises of Isro, this is expected to create huge opportunities for the country's fledgling aerospace start-ups

Dept of Space inks NDA with small satellite launch vehicle maker Agnikul

Agnikul, a Chennai-based start-up, is building a small satellite launch vehicle

China lands Chang'e-5 on lunar surface to bring back a piece of the Moon

China is on its way to join the elite club of nations with the capability to bring back samples from outer space to Earth

L&T delivers India's first launch hardware for human space programme

The critical booster segment, with a diameter of 3.2 metres, length of 8.5 metres and weighing 5.5 tonnes, was flagged off in a virtual event by Isro chief Sivan

Botany, cancer research to widen in space as Resilience lifts off on Sunday

Nasa, SpaceX will begin the commercial crew rotation missions to low Earth orbit as Crew-1 with four astronauts lift off later this month

Are we alone? Study hints at 300 mn habitable worlds in Milky Way galaxy

Before Nasa retired the Kepler space telescope in 2018, nine years of the telescope's observations revealed that there were billions of planets in our galaxy

First launch since lockdown: PSLV-C49 with earth observation satellite

EOS-01 is an earth observation satellite intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support

Isro to launch India's earth observation, nine customer satellites on Nov 7

This will be Isro's first satellite launch amid the Covid-19 pandemic

SC stays execution of $1.2 bn pay order against ISRO's Antrix by US court

The US District Court, Western District of Washington, ordered Antrix to compensate Devas to the extent of $562.5 million coupled with the interest -- the total damages coming to about $1.2 billion

US court orders Isro's Antrix to pay $1.2 bn to Devas as compensation

Isro's commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, had cancelled a satellite deal with Bengaluru-based Devas Multimedia in 2005