Indian communication satellite raised to its orbit
July 21st, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) Indian communication satellite GSAT-12 has reached its intended orbit, the country's space agency said Thursday.In a statement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said GSAT-12 ... Read more...
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Indian communication satellite raised to near its orbit
July 18th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) The Indian communication satellite GSAT-12 is now very near to its ultimate geo-stationary orbit at 36,000-km apogee, or farthest point from Earth, space agency ISRO ... Read more...
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Indian satellite’s orbit raised
May 22nd, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 22 (IANS) The first critical manoeuvre of raising the position of India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 in the geo-synchronous transfer orbit was carried out successfully early Sunday ... Read more...
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Astronomers get a sizzling weather report from a distant planet
January 30th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Astronomers have observed the intense heating of a distant planet as it swung close to its parent star, providing important clues to the atmospheric properties of the ... Read more...
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From launch to landing - Indian moon mission’s journey
November 14th, 2008 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 14 (IANS) India's first probe into moon landed on the lunar surface Friday night after riding on Chandrayaan-1, the country's first unmanned spacecraft to the moon, after travelling around 384,000 ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan’s journey to lunar orbit (To go with India successfully puts spacecraft…)
November 8th, 2008 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned mission to moon, has travelled more than 380,000 km in 12 days after its launch from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh Oct 22 to enter ... Read more...
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Indias Chandrayaan successfully settles into lunar trajectory
November 6th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Nov 6 (ANI): Following a fifth orbit-raising maneuver, Indias Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.Chandrayaan-1 is Indias first mission to venture ... Read more...
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‘Chandrayaan orbit to be raised to 267,000 km Wednesday’
October 28th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) The earth orbit of India's first lunar spacecraft will be raised to 267,000 km Wednesday, an official here said. "The Chandrayaan spacecraft, orbiting at a distance of around ... Read more...
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ISRO says Chandrayaan-I progressing smoothly towards Moon
October 25th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Oct 25 (ANI): ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair has said that Chandrayaan-1 has covered 20 percent of its journey towards moon as scientists on Saturday performed the second orbit-raising manoeuvre. ... Read more...
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