Tag: ISRO
Chandrayaan-2 Completes 1-Year in Lunar Orbit; Can Function for 7 More Years: ISRO
Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar mission, on Thursday completed one year orbiting the moon. In a press statement marking the occasion, the Indian Space Research...
ISRO Shares Image of Mars’ Biggest Moon ‘Phobos’, Captured by Mangalyaan
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday shared an image of Phobos, the closest and biggest moon of Mars. The image, as seen...
ISRO Postpones GISAT-1 Launch Due to Technical Issue
Owing to technical reasons, the launch of India's first Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1) scheduled for March 5 evening has been postponed, the Indian space...
What is NavIC and How It Is Better than GPS
While India is certainly late to the development of an indigenous satellite navigation system, it's still a huge advancement as only a handful of...
ISRO Begins Work on Chandrayaan-3, Will Attempt Second Soft Landing in 2021
In its second attempt to soft-land on the moon, India began working on its third lunar mission — Chandrayaan-3 — which is scheduled for...
ISRO Sending Humanoid ‘Vyommitra’ to Space Ahead of Manned Mission
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to send its first manned mission to space in December 2021, but before that, it is...
ISRO in Talks with Xiaomi to Add NavIC Chipsets to Smartphones in India
India's homegrown positioning system, NavIC is taking shape, and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is reportedly in talks with Xiaomi to include chipsets...
‘Chandrayaan 3’ Mission to Launch in 2020, Confirms ISRO
ISRO is not letting the failure of its Chandrayaan-2 mission to thwart its ambitions of becoming a space superpower in the coming decade. In...
ISRO Successfully Launches Spy Satellite RISAT-2BR1 Aboard 50th PSLV Mission
India on Wednesday successfully placed into orbit its latest radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 (s[py satellite) and nine foreign satellites from four countries...
ISRO to Launch India’s Latest Spy Satellite on December 11
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket would launch the country's latest spy satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites on December 11, said the...
ISRO Successfully Launches Cartosat-3 Earth Observation Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has added another feather to its hat. It has now successfully placed into orbit its own earth observation...
ISRO Working to Demonstrate Soft Landing on Moon: ISRO Chief
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will do everything to demonstrate soft landing of its satellite on Moon, its Chairman K. Sivan said here...
Here’s the First Illuminated Image of the Lunar Surface Taken by Chandrayaan-2
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has released the first image of the surface of the moon captured by the Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS)...
ISRO Releases Fresh Photos of Craters on the Moon’s Surface
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday released a fresh set of photographs of the surface of the moon and its craters taken...
Chandrayaan-2 Enters Lunar Orbit; Landing Expected on September 7
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday announced that the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver of its Chandrayaan 2 was completed successfully on...
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 Shares First Pictures of Earth From Space
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday took to micro-blogging platform Twitter to share the first pictures of Earth captured by the LI4...
ISRO Earned Rs. 6,289 Crore by Launching 239 Satellites in the Last Three Years
Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), launched 239 satellites over the past three years, earning revenues of Rs....
Chandrayaan-2 Launch Postponed to July 22 Following Technical Snag
The Indian space agency on Thursday announced that the launch date for its ambitious second Moon landing mission Chandrayaan-2 has been rescheduled for July...
India to Launch Second Moon Mission on July 15
India will launch its second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 on July 15 from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh and land its rover on the lunar...
ISRO’s Latest PSLV Launch Carries India’s HySIS Earth Imaging Satellite
Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off successfully from Sriharikota on Thursday with the country's Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS), an earth observation...