Indigenous space engine test Saturday
May 11th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 11 (IANS) The Indian space agency will Saturday conduct a crucial test on an indigenously built cryogenic engine for launching its heavier rockets from its spaceport, a ... Read more...
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India yet to arrive on military satellite scene: US expert
May 2nd, 2012 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 2 (IANS) The launch of the Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) is a major step forward for India but it must increase its capacity and launch many more ... Read more...
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Risat-1 satellite raised to its intended orbit
April 28th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) India's own Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1), launched Thursday, has been placed in its final intended orbit, said the country's space agency said Saturday.
space agency.In a ... Read more...
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Woman behind Risat-1 feels on top of the world
April 26th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) April 26 (IANS) Indian satellite scientist N. Valarmathi, 52, was herself on cloud nine when her baby - the Indian spy in the sky Radar Imaging ... Read more...
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PM hails Risat-1 launch
April 26th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday congratulated scientists of India's space agency ISRO for the successful launch of the PSLV-C19 rocket that has put into ... Read more...
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India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 to wait
April 26th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 26 (IANS) India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2, slated for 2014, will have to wait till the country's space agency flies two of its heavy rocket ... Read more...
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Risat-1 catapults India into a select group of nations (Second Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 26 (IANS) On an early Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in ... Read more...
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India to launch satellite to monitor border
April 25th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India proposes to launch Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) with cloud penetrating capability for imaging various parts of the country, including border areas, the Lok ... Read more...
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Indian rocket being fuelled for Risat-1 launch
April 25th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 25 (IANS) With 5.47 a.m. Thursday set for the blast-off of the Indian rocket carrying a remote sensing/earth observation satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - into ... Read more...
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Indian remote sensing satellite set for launch (Lead)
April 23rd, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The countdown for the launch early Thursday morning of a rocket carrying remote sensing satellite Risat-1 has begun in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, an ISRO ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu woman behind Thursday’s microwave satellite project(Lead)
April 23rd, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) When India's heaviest microwave satellite is launched into space Thursday, there will be another reason to cheer as it is a woman who is the ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu woman behind satellite launch Thursday
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu will have special reason to cheer Thursday when an Indian rocket puts Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) into orbit and the remote sensing satellite ... Read more...
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India’s remote sensing satellite set for launch
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The countdown for the Thursday early morning launch of a rocket laden with remote sensing satellite Risat-1 has begun in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, an ... Read more...
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New ISRO centre to control spy satellite launch
April 9th, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 9 (IANS) The Indian rocket that will carry the 1,850 kg indigenous surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - to the skies this month will be ... Read more...
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India’s spy satellite to be launched in April
March 13th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) A wholly Indian-built spy/surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - that can see through clouds and fog and has very high- resolution imaging is ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid to fly close to earth on November
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Mark your calendars for November 8, because that's when a massive asteroid will sweep past the Earth.The asteroid called 2005 YU55 has a diameter of 1,300 feet and ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid to fly close to earth on November 8th, 2011
April 9th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Mark your calendars for November 8th, because that's when a massive asteroid will sweep past the Earth.The asteroid called 2005 YU55 has a diameter of 1,300 feet and ... Read more...
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3,500-year-old underground town found in Egypt
June 21st, 2010 - 4:32 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 21 (IANS) Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old Egyptian town buried under the earth in the country's northeastern region of the Nile delta.
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‘Potentially dangerous’ asteroid spotted passing Earth on April 19
April 30th, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 30 (ANI): An asteroid on the list of potentially dangerous space passed Earth last week at a distance of 1.5 million miles.The near-Earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 was ... Read more...
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India plans to launch 10 satellites every year
March 31st, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Balaji
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) Indian space scientists and engineers are bracing up to launch an average of 10 satellites per year to meet the rising demand for various space ... Read more...
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CPI-M slams UPA for forging ‘India-Israel-US axis’
April 24th, 2009 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday attacked the Manmohan Singh government for "forging a deep security and military collaboration with Israel" and raised questions about ... Read more...
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India’s spy satellite goes into orbit (Second Lead)
April 20th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) India's defence surveillance capabilities received a quantum boost Monday with the launch of an all-weather day-night spy satellite that has the capability ... Read more...
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There is nothing called spy satellite: ISRO chief
April 20th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) The radar imaging satellite (RISAT-2) launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from here Monday is owned and operated by ISRO, its chief said, ... Read more...
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India launches spy satellite RISAT-2
April 20th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 20 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched an all weather spy satellite at 6:45 a.m. from the spaceport in Sriharikota, boosting India's defence ... Read more...
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India launches spy and education satellites (Lead)
April 20th, 2009 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) India's all-weather defence surveillance satellite - radar imaging satellite (RISAT-2) - and the micro education satellite Anusat were successfully placed in orbit ... Read more...
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India launches spy, education satellites
April 20th, 2009 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) India's all-weather defence surveillance satellite, radar imaging satellite (RISAT-2), and the micro education satellite Anusat were successfully placed into orbit by an ... Read more...
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India’s spy and education satellites to be put in space Monday
April 19th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) rocket will early Monday put into orbit the country's first all-weather spy and educational satellites.The 229-tonne Polar Satellite Launch ... Read more...
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ISRO gearing up for spy satellite launch Monday
April 16th, 2009 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) India's defence surveillance capabilities will get a quantum boost Monday with the launch of a sophisticated spy satellite that can see through fog and clouds, a facility ... Read more...
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US missile successfully hits disabled spy satellite
February 21st, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 21 (ANI): The missile fired from a US warship in waters west of Hawaii has successfully struck a disabled American spy satellite.Military operatives had only a 10-second window to ... Read more...
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Asteroid to pass within 334,000 miles of Earth on Jan 29
January 24th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Astronomers will get a chance to get a close look at an asteroid, referred to as 2007 TU24, which will approach Earth to within 334,000 miles on January ... Read more...
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ISRO to launch Israeli satellite Polaris today
January 21st, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, Jan 21 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an Israeli satellite Polaris from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota today.The 350-kg satellite will be launched by using the ... Read more...
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