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ISRO Launches Nine Satellites Aboard PSLV-C54

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has succeeded in placing nine satellites in multiple orbits using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54). About the launch Earth Observation Satellite...

November 26, 2022

‘Gaofen-3 03’: China’s Earth Observation Satellite

China has launched a new Earth observation satellite on 7th April 2022. This satellite will become a part of the country’s land-sea radar satellite constellation. It will capture...

April 9, 2022

GSLV failed to put Earth Observation Satellite into orbit

GSLV rocket of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) failed to put India’s largest earth observation satellite (EOS-3) into the orbit. It failed because of failure to ignite the...

August 13, 2021

ISRO: Countdown for launch of EOS-03 satellite starts

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) informed that, countdown for launch of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 EOS-03 mission has started. Background Union minister of state (MoS), Jitendra Singh, recently...

August 11, 2021

ISRO to launch Earth Observation Satellite

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch an Earth Observation Satellite on August 12. Satellite will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at...

August 6, 2021

NASA’s New Earth System Observatory

NASA has set up a new Earth System Observatory which will help in mitigating climate change, forest fires and hurricanes. It will also support real-time agriculture. Purpose of...

May 26, 2021

NASA-ISRO to launch NISAR satellite in 2022

India and US recently held the two plus two dialogue. During the meet the country’s decided to share space situational awareness information. This will catalyse efforts in creating...

October 28, 2020

How is the satellite data used for Farm credit assessment by banks?

Indian multinational banking and financial services provider ICICI Bank has announced that it is going to use the satellite data-imagery from earth observation satellites to assess the creditworthiness...

August 27, 2020

Ethiopia launched its First Space Observatory Satellite

Ethiopia’s first remote sensing satellite was launched on Friday, 20th December 2019 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre located in Shanxi Province of China. The Satellite named- ETRSS-1,...

December 20, 2019

ISRO to Launch 13 satellites and Cartosat-3

The Indian Space Research Organization will launch 13 commercial nano satellites of the United States along with the imaging and mapping satellite Cartostat-3. The launch is scheduled on...

November 19, 2019

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