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ISRO to launch EU’s Proba-3 Sun observation mission in December: Dr Jitendra Singh The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the European Union’s Proba 3 Sun Observation Mission in December, said Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, on Tuesday.  Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the Indian Space Conclave 3.0 in New Delhi, he said the space scientists from India will partner with those in Europe to unravel the mysteries of the Sun. Proba-3, which aims to study the Sun’s faint ...
ISRO to launch EU’s Proba-3 Sun observation mission in December: Dr Jitendra Singh
ISRO to launch EU’s Proba-3 Sun observation mission in December: Dr Jitendra Singh
Source: IANS
2024-11-05 03:54:46 pm
L&T eyes aerospace expansion to ride India`s $44 billion private space market push Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T), India's largest private-sector defense manufacturer by revenue, is looking to ramp up its aerospace division to strengthen its foothold in the country's burgeoning private space sector, a senior executive said on Thursday. The move follows the government's recent efforts to open its space industry - traditionally led by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) - to private firms. The success of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing and Aditya-L...
L&T eyes aerospace expansion to ride India`s $44 billion private space market push
L&T eyes aerospace expansion to ride India`s $44 billion private space market push
Source: Reuters
2024-10-31 04:52:18 pm
International Astronomical Union approves Chandrayaan-3 landing site name `Shiva Shakti` The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the Chandrayaan-3 landing site name 'Shiva Shakti'. The approval came on March 19 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement following the success of the mission on August 26, 2023. "IAU working group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name station 'Shiv Shakti' for the landing site of Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander," the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, which provides det...
International Astronomical Union approves Chandrayaan-3 landing site name `Shiva Shakti`
International Astronomical Union approves Chandrayaan-3 landing site name `Shiva Shakti`
Source: IANS
2024-03-25 10:23:15 am
Agnikul plans to launch sub-orbital mission in March-end Private rocket maker Agnikul Cosmos Private Ltd is planning a sub-orbital mission for its Agnibaan rocket sometime this month-end and is waiting for official permission, said officials in the space sector. The company will launch its rocket from its launch pad in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The launch pad is located inside Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) rocketport in Sriharikota. “Agnikul’s application for the permission to launch its rocket in a suborb...
Agnikul plans to launch sub-orbital mission in March-end
Agnikul plans to launch sub-orbital mission in March-end
Source: IANS
2024-03-10 09:17:10 am
Union Minister Jitendra Singh unveils IN-SPACe Technical Centre  Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday unveiled the Technical Centre of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in Bopal, Ahmedabad. The advanced facility is set to offer comprehensive support to non-government entities (NGEs) within the space sector, ranging from design and development to simulation and testing of space technologies. Aimed at addressing the myriad challenges NGEs face in turning conceptual space innovations into tangible realities, t...
Union Minister Jitendra Singh unveils IN-SPACe Technical Centre
Union Minister Jitendra Singh unveils IN-SPACe Technical Centre
Source: IANS
2024-03-06 12:14:34 pm
Narendra Modi first PM to visit ISRO`s VSSC in 4 decades, meets Gaganyaan astronauts Narendra Modi on Tuesday became the first Prime Minister to visit the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in four decades, where he met the four astronaut-designates of India's Gaganyaan Mission Soon after landing at the airport at 10.50 a.m., the Prime Minister reached the VSSC to review Gaganyaan-related activities and went around the centre with the ISRO Chairman S Somanath in tow. Chairman S Somanath briefed the Prime Minister on...
Narendra Modi first PM to visit ISRO`s VSSC in 4 decades, meets Gaganyaan astronauts
Narendra Modi first PM to visit ISRO`s VSSC in 4 decades, meets Gaganyaan astronauts
Source: IANS
2024-02-27 06:22:47 pm
PM Narendra Modi to review Gaganyaan progress, inaugurate three ISRO facilities on Tuesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here on Tuesday and review the Gaganyaan activities and also dedicate three ISRO facilities to the nation. In a statement issued here by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, it said the Prime Minister will also inaugurate three facilities which includes Trisonic Wind Tunnel, here, Semi-cryogenic Integrated Engine and Stage Test Facility at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri and the PSLV Integration Facilities a...
PM Narendra Modi to review Gaganyaan progress, inaugurate three ISRO facilities on Tuesday
PM Narendra Modi to review Gaganyaan progress, inaugurate three ISRO facilities on Tuesday
Source: IANS
2024-02-26 03:44:33 pm
Esri India, CKS to train 5 lakh students in geospatial tech skills in 5 yrs Esri India and the Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty (CKS) on Friday announced the launch of the pilot programme of the Master Mentors Geo-enabling Indian Scholars (MMGEIS) programme, which aims to train up to 5,00,000 students in the country in geospatial technology skills over the next five years. The online programme is aimed at inculcating geospatial thinking and developing a research-oriented mindset among students from 8th grade to undergraduate level, who will form the future workfor...
Esri India, CKS to train 5 lakh students in geospatial tech skills in 5 yrs
Esri India, CKS to train 5 lakh students in geospatial tech skills in 5 yrs
Source: IANS
2024-02-23 05:59:42 pm
Salem-based college students power ISRO`s new INSAT-3DS with precision equipment  After successfully developing stepper motor for Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, students at the Sona College of Technology here have now powered Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) latest weather satellite with precision equipment. The college’s SonaSPEED (Sona Special Power Electronics & Electric Drives) division once again displayed its sound research capabilities with a key equipment during the launch stage of ISRO’s meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS. I...
Salem-based college students power ISRO`s new INSAT-3DS with precision equipment
Salem-based college students power ISRO`s new INSAT-3DS with precision equipment
Source: IANS
2024-02-22 05:48:16 pm
Next generation rocket project report ready: ISRO Chairman The project report for the next generation rocket has been submitted by the project team and the next stage is to seek government funds, said S. Somanath, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He also said internal discussions are on about the next moon mission – Chandrayaan-4 as to what it should achieve differently that was not done by others. Speaking to the reporters here after the successful orbiting of the country’s latest weather satellite INSAT-3DS Som...
Next generation rocket project report ready: ISRO Chairman
Next generation rocket project report ready: ISRO Chairman
Source: IANS
2024-02-18 10:22:17 am
Indian rocket GSLV lifts off with weather satellite INSAT-3DS  Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on Saturday blasted off successfully with the country's third generation weather satellite, INSAT-3DS from the rocket port here. The three-staged GSLV rocket standing 51.7 metre tall and weighing 420 tonne rose up into the skies at 5.35 p.m. breaking free from the Earth's gravitational pull. The rocket carried India's latest meteorological/weather satellite, INSAT-3DS weighing 2,274 kg, which would augment th...
Indian rocket GSLV lifts off with weather satellite INSAT-3DS
Indian rocket GSLV lifts off with weather satellite INSAT-3DS
Source: IANS
2024-02-17 06:21:18 pm
Countdown for India`s Febuary 17 rocket launch to begin at 2.05 pm today The Indian space agency ISRO will begin the countdown on Friday afternoon for the Saturday evening launch of the country’s latest weather satellite INSAT-3DS, said a senior official. “The countdown will begin at 14.05 hours on Friday,” the official told IANS, on condition of anonymity. In its 16th mission, the GSLV rocket (code-named GSLV-F14) will blast off from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday at 5.35 pm. The 51.7 ...
Countdown for India`s Febuary 17 rocket launch to begin at 2.05 pm today
Countdown for India`s Febuary 17 rocket launch to begin at 2.05 pm today
Source: IANS
2024-02-16 04:18:05 pm
IN-SPACe facilitates transfer of six ISRO technologies companies The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has facilitated transfer of six technologies belonging to the Indian space agency to private players. According to IN-SPACe, it has been mandated to facilitate the transfer of technologies developed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to Indian companies. The recent technology transfers are: A novel de-mating tool for D-type connector to Amphenol Interconnect India Pvt. Ltd, Pune; SCA-911 adhesive used excl...
IN-SPACe facilitates transfer of six ISRO technologies companies
IN-SPACe facilitates transfer of six ISRO technologies companies
Source: IANS
2024-02-16 10:37:58 am
India to put new meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on Febuary 17 India will put into orbit its new meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS on February 17 at 5.30 p.m. with the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, the Indian space agency said on Thursday. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in its 16th mission, the GSLV aims to put INSAT-3DS into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Subsequent orbit-raising manoeuvres will ensure that the satellite is positioned in a Geo-Stationary Orbit. The INSAT-3DS is India’...
India to put new meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on Febuary 17
India to put new meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on Febuary 17
Source: IANS
2024-02-09 01:02:05 pm
30 space missions planned from India in next 14 months  A total of 30 space launches -- commercial and non-commercial by government and private players-- are being planned from India over the next 14 months from the Indian spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) said on Thursday. Included in the proposed missions are the test flights relating to India’s human space mission, Gaganyaan. This was stated by IN-SPACe, the regulator for the private sector in th...
30 space missions planned from India in next 14 months
30 space missions planned from India in next 14 months
Source: IANS
2024-02-08 05:02:39 pm
PLI, GST exemption on budget wishlist of Indian Space Association  Production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for space grade components, exemption from good and services tax (GST), tax holiday, concessional custom duty, lower tax rate on external commercial borrowing and others are on the budget wishlist of the Indian Space Association (ISpA). The ISpA is the lobby body for the private players in the Indian space sector. According to ISpA, the GST should be exempted to satellites, rockets and ground equipment manufacturing as well as on procuremen...
PLI, GST exemption on budget wishlist of Indian Space Association
PLI, GST exemption on budget wishlist of Indian Space Association
Source: IANS
2024-01-24 02:57:15 pm
Rocketing on Jan 1, a first for ISRO For the first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) will carry out a space mission on January 1. The Indian space agency on Monday morning will send its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-DL (PSLV-DL) variant rocket to space with the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) with 10 other payloads. Earlier, ISRO has carried out space missions with its two rockets – PSLV and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in the month of January a couple of...
Rocketing on Jan 1, a first for ISRO
Rocketing on Jan 1, a first for ISRO
Source: IANS
2024-01-01 10:20:26 am
Indian spacetech startups growing faster than ever, ready for perfect lift off: AWS  The friendly government policies and timely investments have given a much-needed boost to startups in the aerospace sector compared to other countries and the country is ripe for tremendous growth in the space industry over the next decade, a top AWS executive has said. The Indian space economy is currently valued at around Rs 6,700 crore ($8.4 billion) with a 2 per cent share in the global space economy. As per estimates by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Ce...
Indian spacetech startups growing faster than ever, ready for perfect lift off: AWS
Indian spacetech startups growing faster than ever, ready for perfect lift off: AWS
Source: IANS
2023-11-28 12:15:18 pm
Space-tech company Skyroot raises Rs 225 cr India's leading private space-tech company, Skyroot Aerospace has raised an additional $27.5 million, equivalent to Rs 225 crore, in a pre-Series C funding round led by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore. The present capital infusion builds upon the company's previous raise in 2022, bringing its total funding to USD 95 million, which is the largest ever for an Indian Space-tech startup. Skyroot plans to utilize the newly acquired capital to drive its...
Space-tech company Skyroot raises Rs 225 cr
Space-tech company Skyroot raises Rs 225 cr
Source: IANS
2023-10-30 02:05:57 pm