Page 7 - Satellites
Meet the 22-year-olds who are building earth imaging satellites for farmers
Images from their firm Pixxel's satellites track changes in farms and help improve productivity; these solutions are also useful in detecting crop diseases and pest infestation
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World's first self-styled space trader scopes out a $43-billion industry
Nagasaki's startup, Space BD Inc. wants to become a one-stop shop for companies looking for room on rockets, offering technical advice and matching them to launch operators
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Radar imaging satellites to enhance India's surveillance capabilities
So far, satellites could survey a specific area every 22 days. The GISAT satellites will scan an area every alternate day and provide nearly real-time pictures of large areas for border surveillance
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Launching 103 satellites in single mission no big deal: Madhavan Nair
On what Isro needs to do, he said the human spaceflight project should be revived and given a kickstart
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PSLV-C35 to inject eight satellites in different orbits
Total weight of all the eight satellites on-board PSLV C35 is about 675 kg
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India to launch eight satellites in two different orbits on September 26
This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching its payloads into two different orbits
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President says Govt to focus on completing constellation of satellites
initiative to explore the modern scientific roots of the country's traditional wisdom
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