HAL makes rocket fuel tank for ISRO
July 19th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 19 (IANS) Stat-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has designed and built an indigenous fourth stage rocket fuel tank for the Indian space agency, helping it ... Read more...
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Russia launches Proton-M rocket with Dutch telesat
July 10th, 2012 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 10 (IANS) Russia conducted the launch of a Proton-M rocket with a telecommunications satellite late Monday.According to Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos, the Russian Proton-M launch vehicle carrying ... Read more...
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Indian rocket crosses half century of satellite launches
October 12th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 12 (IANS) India's most successful rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Wednesday exceeded a half century of satellite launches when it slung four satellites ... Read more...
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PSLV launch countdown progresses smoothly (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) The 54.5-hour countdown for the April 20 launch of the PSLV rocket, which will put India's Resourcesat-2 and two other satellites into orbit, is progressing ... Read more...
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Countdown for Indian rocket launch begins
April 18th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) The 54.5-hour countdown for the April 20 launch of the PSLV rocket, which will put India's Resourcesat-2 and two other satellites into orbit, started early ... Read more...
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Indian space agency to now launch three satellites in April
March 9th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) proposes to launch the latest remote sensing satellite and two others in the second week of April, seeking ... Read more...
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Countdown starts for PSLV rocket launch
July 10th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) The countdown for Monday's launch of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket carrying five satellites, including a cartography one for land mapping and information, began Saturday ... Read more...
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India tests rocket booster for heavier satellites (Lead)
January 24th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 24 (IANS) India successfully conducted the static test of its largest solid fuel booster for launching heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III), the space agency ... Read more...
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ISRO to launch rockets to study Friday’s solar eclipse
January 13th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Jan 13 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a series of rockets from its two launch centres between Thursday and Sunday to study Friday's solar eclipse and ... Read more...
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ISRO to launch rockets to study solar eclipse
January 13th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) The Indian space agency will launch a series of rockets from its two centres between Thursday and Sunday to study Friday's solar eclipse and its aftereffects.
The Indian ... Read more...
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NASA set to bomb the moon today
October 9th, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moffett Field, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) NASA has launched a special moon-specific mission called Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) that will send a missile that will literally crash ("bomb") into ... Read more...
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ISRO starts filling liquid fuel for PSLV rocket
September 21st, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) Filling of liquid fuel in the second stage of the Rs.70-crore Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket that would carry the Rs.130-crore Oceansat2 -- India's ... Read more...
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India to launch ocean-watching satellite this month
September 7th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) Some time between Sep 20 and 25, India will launch a specialised satellite to watch over the Indian Ocean, an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation ... Read more...
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NASA’s Moon mission successfully completes lunar maneuver
June 24th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, successfully completed its most significant early mission milestone on June 23 with a lunar swingby and calibration of its ... Read more...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was’present’ at missile launch
April 6th, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Apr.6 (ANI): North Korea said on Monday that its leader Kim Jong-il was present at Sunday's controversial rocket launch and praised scientists after watching a satellite propelled into orbit.The official ... Read more...
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Hilary Clinton warns N. Korea of “consequences” for missile launch
April 1st, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
The Hague (Netherlands), Apr. 1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned North Korea that its plans to launch a missile is being considered as another provocation against Japan, and ... Read more...
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North Korea to launch rocket April 4: Report
March 20th, 2009 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 20 (RIA Novosti) North Korea will launch a rocket April 4 to deliver a communications satellite into orbit, a media report said Friday.
The communist state earlier announced plans to launch ... Read more...
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NASAs Ares I rocket first stage igniter successfully tested
March 11th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 11 (ANI): NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.The March 10 test paves ... Read more...
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NASAs Kepler mission blasts off in search of Earth-like planets
March 7th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 7 (ANI): NASAs Kepler mission, which would search other Earth-like planets, has been successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US, aboard a United Launch ... Read more...
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NASA mission to seek water ice on Moon
February 18th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): NASAs Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), which will seek water ice on Moon, is enroute from Northrop Grummans facility in Redondo Beach, California, to the ... Read more...
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Russia puts fifth German spy satellite into orbit
July 22nd, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 22 (RIA Novosti) A Russian carrier rocket has successfully put into orbit a fifth German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite, a Russian Space Forces spokesman said Tuesday. "A Cosmos 3M carrier rocket, ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft to search for water on the Moon
June 25th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search ... Read more...
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Russian rocket blasts off with US satellites
June 19th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, June 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia has successfully launched a Cosmos 3M rocket with six US satellites onboard from a space centre in southern Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Strategic ... Read more...
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India to send an astronaut on a Russian spacecraft
March 26th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by admin
Moscow, Mar 26 (ANI): India is planning to send one of its astronauts on a Russian spacecraft to acquire skills necessary for future manned space missions.
''India would like to have one ... Read more...
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