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ISRO launches EMISAT and 28 customer satellites by PSLV-C45

On April 1, ISRO has successfully launched India’s latest EMISAT defence satellite from the Sriharikota spaceport. In today’s mission, the rocket PSLV-C45 flew in a new configuration called...

April 1, 2019

The A-SAT missile shot down the Low Earth Orbit satellite within “three minutes of launch”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that India had joined the elite club of space powers by shooting down a low earth orbit satellite with an anti-satellite missile...

March 27, 2019

ISRO to launch 29 satellites on 1st April

Indian Space Research Organisation will launch 29 satellites including the primary payload EMISAT, on 1st April. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C45 will take off from Satish Dhawan Space...

March 27, 2019

ISRO to launch a 436 kg electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for DRDO

On 1st of April 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a 436 kg electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along...

March 26, 2019

Italy’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite launched into orbit by European Vega rocket from Guiana Space Center

On 21st March, Italy’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite launched into orbit by the European Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. PRISMA (or Precursore...

March 25, 2019

SOYUZ Spacecraft successfully reached ISS

Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying  NASA Astronaut Nick Hague and Christina Koch, and Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin has successfully docked International Space Station. The International Space Station is a habitable  artificial satellite in ...

March 19, 2019

Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch, and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos docked to International Space Station

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch, and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos has successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) from the...

March 18, 2019

Nambi Narayanan recipient of 2019 Padma Bhushan

Former ISRO scientist, Nambi Narayanan has been conferred the 2019 Padma Bhushan by President Ram Nath Kovind. It is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India....

March 18, 2019

Using NASA’s LRO, scientists at Planetary Science Institute observes water molecules moving around dayside of Moon

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. It is in news because by using NASA’s...

March 12, 2019

Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” on it’s first-ever moon mission sent its first selfie back to Earth

The Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” on it’s first-ever moon mission has recently sent its first selfie back to Earth. The image showing part of the Beresheet spacecraft with Earth...

March 6, 2019