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Astra Microwave Products zooms on bagging orders worth Rs 158 crore Astra Microwave Products is currently trading at Rs. 391.00, up by 21.00 points or 5.68% from its previous closing of Rs. 370.00 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 388.05 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 398.60 and Rs. 377.65 respectively. So far 162821 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 398.60 on 25-Jun-2023 and a 52 week low of Rs. 213.15 on 28-Mar-2023. Last one week high and low of the scr...
Astra Microwave Products zooms on bagging orders worth Rs 158 crore
Astra Microwave Products zooms on bagging orders worth Rs 158 crore
Source: Accord Fintech
25/08/2023 11:21:43 AM
US space firm Astra cuts 25% of its workforce Struggling space firm Astra has reduced its overall workforce by approximately 25 per cent, including a reduction of approximately 70 employees. The affected employees primarily supported the company's launch, SG&A, and shared services functions. Astra Space announced a strategic reallocation of its workforce from its Launch Services organisation to its Astra Spacecraft Engines business to support its growing customer base and order backlog of its spacecraft engines. Astra la...
US space firm Astra cuts 25% of its workforce
US space firm Astra cuts 25% of its workforce
Source: IANS
5/08/2023 5:38:42 PM
Analysis-Liftoff: Narendra Modi`s space push for India counts on private players Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade - an effort boosted by the personal support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the year after the country opened the way for private launches in 2020, the number of space startups more than doubled, from 21 to 47. At the end of 2022, Skyroot Aerospace, whose investors include Sherpalo Ventures and Singapore's ...
Analysis-Liftoff: Narendra Modi`s space push for India counts on private players
Analysis-Liftoff: Narendra Modi`s space push for India counts on private players
Source: Reuters
12/05/2023 9:28:26 AM
In election year 2024, ISRO to send up uncrewed rocket as part of Gaganyaan Mission  Ahead of the 2024 General Elections, the Indian space agency ISRO will launch the first uncrewed test rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) as a part of the Gaganyaan Mission - India's human space mission. The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S. Somanath said here on Saturday the space agency is planning to send up the first uncrewed GSLV rocket in February 2024 as part of the Gaganyaan Mission. The human module will land in the sea. He was...
In election year 2024, ISRO to send up uncrewed rocket as part of Gaganyaan Mission
In election year 2024, ISRO to send up uncrewed rocket as part of Gaganyaan Mission
Source: IANS
23/04/2023 9:47:54 AM
ISRO expected to touch 424 foreign satellite launches on Saturday The Indian space agency on Saturday is likely to successfully launch two Singaporean satellites with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), taking the total number of foreign satellites put into orbit to 424. On April 22 afternoon, the core alone variant of the PSLV rocket (code named as PSLV-C55) will be carrying two Singaporean earth observation satellites - TeLEOS-2 weighing 741 kg, and the 16 kg Lumilite-4. These two apart, there will be seven non-separable experimental payloads...
ISRO expected to touch 424 foreign satellite launches on Saturday
ISRO expected to touch 424 foreign satellite launches on Saturday
Source: IANS
21/04/2023 8:53:53 AM
NASA`s Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes 50th flight on Red Planet Originally tasked with only five test flights to prove its "pioneering" technology, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter has completed its 50th flight on Mars, exceeding all expectations, the US space agency said. The first rotorcraft ever to make powered flight beyond Earth reached the half-century mark on April 13, travelling over 322.2 metres in 145.7 seconds. The helicopter also achieved a new altitude record of 18 metres before alighting near the 800-metre-wide "Belva Cra...
NASA`s Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes 50th flight on Red Planet
NASA`s Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes 50th flight on Red Planet
Source: IANS
15/04/2023 2:06:21 PM
ESA launches JUICE mission to explore Jupiter`s icy moons he European Space Agency's (ESA) first-ever mission to find alien life on the icy worlds of Jupiter successfully took off on Friday. The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer or JUICE mission launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Friday at 8:14 a.m. EDT (5:44 p.m. IST), after a one-day delay caused by the threat of lightning at the launch site. "Liftoff for humankind's next bold mission to the outer Solar System - #ESAJuice onboard @A...
ESA launches JUICE mission to explore Jupiter`s icy moons
ESA launches JUICE mission to explore Jupiter`s icy moons
Source: IANS
15/04/2023 10:30:04 AM
Union Cabinet approves Indian Space Policy, 2023 The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Indian Space Policy, 2023, which aims to enhance the role of the Department of Space, boost activities of ISRO missions, and give a larger participation of research, academia, startups, and industry. The government had earlier opened up the space sector for the private sector to help boost development of the segment."In brief, it will offer clarity in the role of the components set up (in the recent past)," said Union Minister Jitendra S...
Union Cabinet approves Indian Space Policy, 2023
Union Cabinet approves Indian Space Policy, 2023
Source: IANS
7/04/2023 10:56:08 AM
ESA spacecraft finds closest ever black holes to Earth A team of astronomers used the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft to discover two new black holes that are closer to Earth than any other black hole known yet. The black holes, Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2, are respectively located just 1,560 light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus and 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. In galactic terms, these black holes reside in our cosmic backyard, the ESA said in a statement. The two bla...
ESA spacecraft finds closest ever black holes to Earth
ESA spacecraft finds closest ever black holes to Earth
Source: IANS
5/04/2023 4:40:45 PM
Astra Microwave Products soars on receiving order from India Meteorological Department Astra Microwave Products is currently trading at Rs. 244.60, up by 5.60 points or 2.34% from its previous closing of Rs. 239.00 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 240.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 244.60 and Rs. 240.00 respectively. So far 6413 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 375.15 on 26-Aug-2022 and a 52 week low of Rs. 182.65 on 20-Jun-2022. Last one week high and low of the scrip ...
Astra Microwave Products soars on receiving order from India Meteorological Department
Astra Microwave Products soars on receiving order from India Meteorological Department
Source: Accord Fintech
5/04/2023 9:59:03 AM
ISRO`s reusable rocket mission boosts indigenous tech As India moved a step ahead in getting its own reusable launch vehicle or reusable rocket with the country's space agency successfully completing the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX), the entire country rejoiced at this unique milestone with several firsts. Barely 320 km away in Salem, Tamil Nadu, the joy of 'SonaSPEED' team knew no bounds that its 25kW quadruplex 'Brushless DC' motor was used in the helicopter hoist for lifting RLV LEX to 4....
ISRO`s reusable rocket mission boosts indigenous tech
ISRO`s reusable rocket mission boosts indigenous tech
Source: IANS
4/04/2023 10:41:42 AM
Webb finds no `significant atmosphere` on rocky exoplanet The next-generation James Webb Space Telescope has found no significant atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b, mission officials said on Tuesday. An international team of researchers used Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to measure the temperature of the TRAPPIST-1 b, based on the exoplanet's thermal emission -- heat energy given off in the form of infrared light. The result indicates that the planet's dayside has a temperature of about 500 kelvins (roughly 450...
Webb finds no `significant atmosphere` on rocky exoplanet
Webb finds no `significant atmosphere` on rocky exoplanet
Source: IANS
28/03/2023 1:56:02 PM
Waiting for India's policy to offer OneWeb's satellite broadband services in country: Sunil Bharti Mittal Bharti Group-backed satellite communications company Network Access Associates Ltd (OneWeb) is awaiting India's Space Communication policy and the policy on Spectrum Allocation to launch its services in India, Bharti Enterprises Founder & Chairman and One Web Executive Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said. He also said India has a big role to play as regards OneWeb as the user terminals will be made in the country. Mittal also said the group is setting up two ground stations in I...
Waiting for India's policy to offer OneWeb's satellite broadband services in country: Sunil Bharti Mittal
Waiting for India's policy to offer OneWeb's satellite broadband services in country: Sunil Bharti Mittal
Source: IANS
26/03/2023 5:47:17 PM
NASA's Curiosity spots first 'Sun rays' on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover has captured first-ever "sun rays" on Mars, the US space agency said. The rays were imaged as the Sun descended over the horizon on February 2, with "rays of light illuminated a bank of clouds". These are also known as crepuscular rays, from the Latin word for "twilight". "It was the first time sun rays have been so clearly viewed on Mars," according to the mission officials. Curiosity captured the scene during the...
NASA's Curiosity spots first 'Sun rays' on Mars
NASA's Curiosity spots first 'Sun rays' on Mars
Source: IANS
7/03/2023 4:01:11 PM
'Rocket Boys 2' trailer tracks Smiling Buddha, launch of Indian satellites The trailer of the second season of the hit streaming series 'Rocket Boys' was unveiled recently and it tells the story of independent India's formative years. It shows the country grappling with the loss of its first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the rising geopolitical tensions. As the country sails through the turbulence with belligerent political hostility, changing hands of power within the country and international agencies keeping close watch on the country's a...
'Rocket Boys 2' trailer tracks Smiling Buddha, launch of Indian satellites
'Rocket Boys 2' trailer tracks Smiling Buddha, launch of Indian satellites
Source: IANS
7/03/2023 2:13:00 PM
S.Korea's lunar orbiter Danuri enters Moon's orbit South Korea's unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully entered the orbit of the Moon earlier than planned, the science ministry said on Wednesday. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, was captured by the Moon's gravity on Tuesday and began rotation, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT. It was achieved after three rounds of lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuvers since the first one held on December 17, reports Yonhap news agency. Danuri was s...
S.Korea's lunar orbiter Danuri enters Moon's orbit
S.Korea's lunar orbiter Danuri enters Moon's orbit
Source: IANS
28/12/2022 4:22:12 PM
International conclave to focus on entrepreneurship in space industry A three-day international space conclave titled 'Space Technology: The Next Business Frontier' will focus on entrepreneurship and networking in the space industry. The space conclave organised by the US Consulate General, Chennai, and hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT- Madras), and the Indian Space Association (ISpA) will explore the ways to optimise business opportunities and collaboration across the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. The three-day conclave...
International conclave to focus on entrepreneurship in space industry
International conclave to focus on entrepreneurship in space industry
Source: IANS
16/10/2022 9:34:33 AM
India's space launch segment to propel to $13 bn by 2025: Report  With the rapidly growing space ecosystem, the space launch segment in India is likely to grow to $13 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 6 per cent, a report showed on Monday. The space launch segment in the country is spurred by growing private participation, latest technology adoption and the low-cost of launch services, said the report by Indian Space Association (ISpA) and EY. "I'm glad our Prime Minister Narendra Modi encouraged us to go ahead as space domain becam...
India's space launch segment to propel to $13 bn by 2025: Report
India's space launch segment to propel to $13 bn by 2025: Report
Source: IANS
11/10/2022 10:32:48 AM
NASA`s Hubble captures spectacular pair of interacting galaxies NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning pair of two face-on galaxies, providing spectacular views of their spiral arms, background stars and galaxies. The two interacting galaxies, making up the pair known as 'Arp-Madore 608-333', seem to float side by side in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. "Though they appear serene and unperturbed, the two are subtly warping one another through a mutual gravitational interaction that is disrupting and distor...
NASA`s Hubble captures spectacular pair of interacting galaxies
NASA`s Hubble captures spectacular pair of interacting galaxies
Source: IANS
8/10/2022 12:01:31 PM
Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites in first night mission Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has successfully launched seven satellites to low Earth orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF) in its fourth consecutive satellite launch mission, and first conducted during night. The launch, named Straight Up, began at 10:50 p.m. local time on July 1 (8:20 am IST), and concluded with the successful deployment of all seven payloads at approximately 12:55 a.m. Pacific (1:25 pm IST) on July 2, the company said in a statement. Virgin ...
Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites in first night mission
Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites in first night mission
Source: IANS
3/07/2022 1:49:48 PM
PM hails IN-SPACe, ISRO for successful launch of 2 payloads of Indian startups Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated IN-SPACe and ISRO for successfully launching two payloads of Indian Startups in Space by PSLV C53 mission. In a tweet Prime Minister Modi said, "The PSLV C53 mission has achieved a new milestone by launching two payloads of Indian Start-ups in Space. Congratulations @INSPACeIND and @isro for enabling this venture. Confident that many more Indian companies will reach Space in near future." Last month, the Prime Minister inaug...
PM hails IN-SPACe, ISRO for successful launch of 2 payloads of Indian startups
PM hails IN-SPACe, ISRO for successful launch of 2 payloads of Indian startups
Source: IANS
1/07/2022 11:46:39 AM
NASA now ready with Artemis 1 moon mission test launch The US space agency has determined that its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is ready for the Artemis 1 flight test. The agency will now roll SLS and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy next week to prepare the rocket and spacecraft for launch, NASA said in a statement late on Friday. Artemis 1 will be the first integrated test of NASA's deep space exploration systems -- the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket and supporting ground systems. As the first in a...
NASA now ready with Artemis 1 moon mission test launch
NASA now ready with Artemis 1 moon mission test launch
Source: IANS
25/06/2022 12:16:14 PM
ISRO facilities will be open for private sector for joint ventures: PM Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the headquarters of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) at Bopal in Ahmedabad. IN-SPACe is a new platform launched with the motto to facilitate the private sector in the space programme. Once private sector players join hands with ISRO scientists, such joint ventures will make India proud in the global market, said the Prime Minister. Addressing the event, Modi said, "Past governments thought tha...
ISRO facilities will be open for private sector for joint ventures: PM Narendra Modi
ISRO facilities will be open for private sector for joint ventures: PM Narendra Modi
Source: IANS
11/06/2022 11:00:54 AM
China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station construction China on Sunday sent three astronauts on spaceship Shenzhou-14 to its space station for a six-month mission. The trio -- commander Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe -- will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station, Xinhua news agency reported. The astronauts will develop the space station from a single-module structure into a national space laboratory with three modules -- the core module Tianhe and two lab modules Wentian an...
China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station construction
China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station construction
Source: IANS
5/06/2022 10:12:45 AM