Countdown begins for India’s 100th space mission
September 8th, 2012 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 8 (IANS) The 51-hour countdown for the 100th mission of the Indian space agency, slated for Sep 9, is progressing smoothly at the Sriharikota satellite launch centre ... Read more...
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Countdown begins for 100th Indian rocket mission
September 7th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) The 51-hour countdown for the 100th mission of the Indian space agency, slated for Sep 9, began Friday at 6.51 a.m. at the Sriharikota satellite ... Read more...
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Count down for 100th Indian rocket launch begins Friday morning
September 6th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) The 51-hour count down for the 100th mission of the Indian space agency, slated for Sep 9, would begin Friday at 6.51 a.m. at the ... 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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Work on BrahMos’ hypersonic version on
October 10th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Oct 9 (IANS) Several Indian and Russian companies are working to develop components for the proposed hypersonic variant of Brahmos stealth missile, said a top defence official ... Read more...
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Countdown starts for Friday rocket launch
July 13th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) Countdown for the Friday evening launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C17 (PSLV-C17), carrying a communication satellite, started at 11.48 a.m. Wednesday at the ... Read more...
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All set for PSLV launch Wednesday
April 19th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) The stage is set for Wednesday's launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at Sriharikota, around 80 km from here. The rocket will ferry ... Read more...
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ISRO tests rocket motor, delays satellite launch
February 26th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Jagannathan
Chennai, Feb 26 (IANS) After 16 successful launches of its workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the last 17 years, the Indian space agency is now testing ... Read more...
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Rocket failure: Russian, Indian scientists differ on cause
February 22nd, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) The mystery over the mid-air crashing of an Indian rocket in December continues with officials of the Indian space agency and experts from Russia, which ... Read more...
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Rocket failure: ISRO awaits data from Russia
January 28th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Jan 28 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is awaiting data analysis from Russia, who supplied the cryogenic engine, to finalise its report on the failure of ... Read more...
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Indian space agency’s ex-chief to help analyse rocket crash
December 30th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) Former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair will be guiding the various teams set up to study data and identify the cause of ... Read more...
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Prithvi-II ballistic missile successfully test-fired
December 22nd, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Chandipur (Orissa), Dec 22 (ANI): India on Wednesday test-fired two Prithvi-II nuclear-capable ballistic missiles from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on sea in Orissa.According to defence sources, the surface-to-surface missiles ... Read more...
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India’s rocket launch postponed
December 19th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed Monday's rocket launch, meant to put an advanced communications satellite into orbit, following the detection of a leak in ... Read more...
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Prithvi-II missile fails to take off
September 24th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (ANI): The nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile failed to take off during a user trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on sea, off the Orissa coast ... Read more...
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Russia to start testing Angara rocket in 2013
July 15th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Test launches of Russia's new booster rocket Angara are to start in 2013, the rocket designer said Thursday.
Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production ... Read more...
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Indian rocket to launch five satellites July 12
July 2nd, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 2 (IANS) India's advanced, high-resolution remote-sensing satellite Cartosat-2B would be launched July 12 at 9.23 am from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, giving a boost to the country's ... Read more...
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Prithvi-II test-fired successfully in Orissa
June 18th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Chandipur (Orissa), June 18 (ANI): India on Friday successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on sea in Orissa.The missile mounted on a mobile ... Read more...
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India to launch cartography satellite in June
May 6th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) The Indian space agency is expected to launch June 5 its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15), carrying a cartography satellite and a couple of other payloads, according ... Read more...
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Indian satellite launch postponed to June
April 30th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) The Indian space agency is likely to launch its rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15), carrying its cartography satellite Cartosat-2B and couple of other payloads, ... Read more...
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PSLV launch put off due to technical glitch
April 29th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 29 (IANS) India has put off the launch of an advanced remote sensing satellite, fixed for May 9, after a technical glitch in its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle was ... Read more...
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ISRO preparing for GSAT 4 launch in two months
September 19th, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) While the preparations for launch of India's ocean monitoring satellite Oceansat 2 and six other nano satellites Sep 23 is on, the Indian Space Research ... Read more...
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NASAs Kepler mission to search for Earth-like planets
March 6th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): NASAs Kepler mission is all set to take off on March 6 from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, in a mission that ... Read more...
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NASA takes major step toward building next generation launch vehicle
September 11th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 11 (ANI): NASA has taken a major step toward building the nations next generation launch vehicle with the successful completion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review.Starting in ... Read more...
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