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Ananth Technologies Successfully Completes Satellite Integration Project for ISRO Ananth Technologies Private Limited (ATL), a leading Aerospace and Defence company, has successfully completed the integration of two 400 KG class satellites for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). This marks a significant milestone as the first time ISRO has awarded such a project to a private industry partner.   Groundbreaking Achievement in India's Space Sector   The Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) of the satellites were conducted at ATL's ...
Ananth Technologies Successfully Completes Satellite Integration Project for ISRO
Ananth Technologies Successfully Completes Satellite Integration Project for ISRO
Source: PR Agency
2024-10-20 10:05:14 am
Wipro, Indian Institute of Science to offer online Master's programme in AI Amid the government's call to bridge the skill gap in emerging technologies, IT major Wipro on Thursday announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to offer eligible employees a higher education programme in artificial intelligence (AI). The online Master's in Technology (MTech) course will emphasise upon key areas such as AI, foundations of ML/AI, data science and business analytics, addressing the growing demand for skilled professionals in these domains...
Wipro, Indian Institute of Science to offer online Master's programme in AI
Wipro, Indian Institute of Science to offer online Master's programme in AI
Source: IANS
2024-03-29 08:57:47 am
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
Elon Musk`s SpaceX aces third test flight of Starship on Thursday Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched the third test flight of its huge Starship vehicle on Thursday. While the winds played havoc, delaying the launch by an hour, the flight took from SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in south Texas at 9.25 a.m. EDT (6.55 IST). "Liftoff of Starship!" the company wrote on X.com. "Starship reached orbital velocity! Congratulations @SpaceX team!!" added SpaceX founder Elon Musk in a post. Thi...
Elon Musk`s SpaceX aces third test flight of Starship on Thursday
Elon Musk`s SpaceX aces third test flight of Starship on Thursday
Source: IANS
2024-03-15 11:59:16 am
A decade of science under PM Narendra Modi placed India on world pedestal: Union Minister The leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past 10 years boosted science in India and placed the country on the world pedestal, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh, said on Thursday. Singh said this while unveiling a report titled ‘A Decade of Science & Technology Panorama for Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ at the Vigyan Bhavan here on Thursday. “A decade of science based on the three pillars of self-esteem and...
A decade of science under PM Narendra Modi placed India on world pedestal: Union Minister
A decade of science under PM Narendra Modi placed India on world pedestal: Union Minister
Source: IANS
2024-03-15 11:27:58 am
Japanese Space One`s maiden rocket explodes after lift-off The inaugural rocket launch of Japanese company Space One failed on Wednesday as the Kairos rocket exploded seconds after lifting off, marking the first attempt from the country's private sector to put a satellite into orbit. Shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time (7:30?am IST) at the launch site in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, smoke and fire were seen following the take-off of the 18-metre, four-stage solid-fuel rocket, multiple local media live streams showed, Xinhua news agency ...
Japanese Space One`s maiden rocket explodes after lift-off
Japanese Space One`s maiden rocket explodes after lift-off
Source: IANS
2024-03-13 11:33:46 am
SpaceX aces double launch of 46 Starlink satellites under 6 hours  Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX on Monday aced double launches of 46 Starlink internet satellites in low-Earth orbit -- all under just six hours. The satellites lifted onboard the company’s reusable, two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the company said, in a statement. The first set of 23 satellites lifted off at 4:35?am on Monday (India time). “This was the 11th flight for the ...
SpaceX aces double launch of 46 Starlink satellites under 6 hours
SpaceX aces double launch of 46 Starlink satellites under 6 hours
Source: IANS
2024-03-11 10:22:20 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
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
US makes 1st lunar landing in over 50 yrs US company Intuitive Machines' first lunar lander touched down on the moon early Friday morning, marking the first American spacecraft to land on the lunar surface in more than 50 years. The uncrewed lander, named Odysseus, landed at the lunar South Pole on Thursday at 6.23 p.m. Eastern Time (4.53?a.m. India time), according to NASA. Odysseus carries NASA science and other commercial payloads to the moon. The spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday last we...
US makes 1st lunar landing in over 50 yrs
US makes 1st lunar landing in over 50 yrs
Source: IANS
2024-02-23 11:38:29 am
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
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
NASA-backed private US firm's lander finally launches to Moon NASA backed private US company Intuitive Machines' lander has finally launched to the Moon on Thursday. The lander was earlier scheduled to launch on February 14, but was delayed over a methane fuel issue. The Houston-based Intuitive IM-1 lunar lander lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1.05 a.m. ET from pad 39A at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. “Today’s mission to the Moon is just the first our Falcon fleet will launch for NASA's CLPS prog...
NASA-backed private US firm's lander finally launches to Moon
NASA-backed private US firm's lander finally launches to Moon
Source: IANS
2024-02-15 03:20:29 pm
Saluting ISRO`s outstanding accomplishments, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance sets yet another GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title with its unique fitness initiative - Plankathon Bajaj Allianz Life, one of India’s leading private life insurers, today, organized the fourth edition of #Plankathon in Bengaluru’s Sri Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium to celebrate the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) remarkable achievements with Chandrayaan and the Solar Mission, Aditya L1. The on-ground Plankathon event was a culmination of the Company’s hugely popular campaign #PlankForAces that invited Indians to come togeth...
Saluting ISRO`s outstanding accomplishments, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance sets yet another GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title with its unique fitness initiative - Plankathon
Saluting ISRO`s outstanding accomplishments, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance sets yet another GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title with its unique fitness initiative - Plankathon
Source: PR Agency
2024-02-12 11:44:04 am
NASA uses new hybrid antenna to track deep space communication An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space. This shows it is possible for the giant dish antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), which communicate with spacecraft via radio waves, to be retrofitted for optical, or laser, communications. The 34-metre radio-frequency-optical-hybrid antenna, called Deep Space Station 13, has tracked the downlink laser from NASA&rsquo...
NASA uses new hybrid antenna to track deep space communication
NASA uses new hybrid antenna to track deep space communication
Source: IANS
2024-02-12 09:22:26 am
Indian-American scientist`s essay published on NASA EarthData Indian-American scientist Rahul Ramachandran's essay has been published on NASA EarthData website. The essay titled 'From petabytes to Insights: Tackling Earth Science’' Scaling Problem' addresses the challenge of scaling in Earth science due to increasing data volumes. He also discusses the issue of scale in science and how the integration of artificial intelligence into informatics may be a solution to this challenge. The essay was originally intended as a pre...
Indian-American scientist`s essay published on NASA EarthData
Indian-American scientist`s essay published on NASA EarthData
Source: IANS
2024-02-11 04:24:28 pm
Musk plans to shift 1 mn people to Mars Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday announced plans to shift one million people to Mars. "We are mapping out a game plan to get a million people to Mars," Musk wrote in a post on X.com. "Civilisation only passes the single-planet Great Filter when Mars can survive even if Earth supply ships stop coming," he added. He said this in response to a post which said "Starship is the largest rocket ever built and it'll take us to Mars". "One day, a trip ...
Musk plans to shift 1 mn people to Mars
Musk plans to shift 1 mn people to Mars
Source: IANS
2024-02-11 03:26:06 pm
Another NASA-SpaceX backed US firm to launch Moon mission on Valentine's Day NASA backed private US company Intuitive Machines aims to launch a lander on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on February 14. This comes after another NASA-backed company Astrobiotic Technology's lunar lander, last month, suffered "critical" fuel loss and could not make it on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive IM-1 lunar lander is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Feb. 14 at 12:57 a.m. EST, sending Intuitive ...
Another NASA-SpaceX backed US firm to launch Moon mission on Valentine's Day
Another NASA-SpaceX backed US firm to launch Moon mission on Valentine's Day
Source: IANS
2024-02-09 03:11:08 pm
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
New NASA satellite to study ocean, atmosphere lifts off on SpaceX rocket A new NASA climate mission to study ocean, atmosphere has successfully launched into orbit on Thursday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Known as PACE, short for, the Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem satellite mission blasted off at 1:33 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA confirmed signal acquisition from the satellite about five minutes after launch, and the spacecraft is performing as expected. “Congratulatio...
New NASA satellite to study ocean, atmosphere lifts off on SpaceX rocket
New NASA satellite to study ocean, atmosphere lifts off on SpaceX rocket
Source: IANS
2024-02-08 04:56:18 pm
Japan`s Moon sniper appears to ace 1st ever pin-point Moon landing on Friday Japan appears to have become the fifth country to successfully land on the Moon, after Russia, US, China, and India. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday said that Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) appears to have successfully made a "precision landing" on the Moon. However, the agency is yet to confirm its status. "From the telemetry, what we see is the SLIM has landed," a spokesperson with the JAXA said during live commentary of the l...
Japan`s Moon sniper appears to ace 1st ever pin-point Moon landing on Friday
Japan`s Moon sniper appears to ace 1st ever pin-point Moon landing on Friday
Source: IANS
2024-01-20 10:57:34 am
Astronomers try to solve puzzle around free-floating Jupiter-sized `planets`  Free-floating Jupiter-sized "planets" found in space and orbiting only each other have baffled astronomers, forcing them to rethink their theories of star and planet formation. Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to identify 500 or so previously unseen spots in Orion Nebula in October. The telescope observed about 40 pairs in a detailed new survey of the famous Orion Nebula and found that dozens of the worlds appear to be in pairs orbiting each other...
Astronomers try to solve puzzle around free-floating Jupiter-sized `planets`
Astronomers try to solve puzzle around free-floating Jupiter-sized `planets`
Source: IANS
2024-01-01 02:19:03 pm
NASA`s Juno to make closest ever flyby of Jupiter`s moon Io on Saturday  NASA’s Juno spacecraft is set to make the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Juno will pass within roughly 1,500 kilometres from the surface of Io -- the most volcanic world in our solar system -- on Saturday. “By combining data from this flyby with our previous observations, the Juno science team is studying how Io’s volcanoes vary,” said Juno’s principal investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest ...
NASA`s Juno to make closest ever flyby of Jupiter`s moon Io on Saturday
NASA`s Juno to make closest ever flyby of Jupiter`s moon Io on Saturday
Source: IANS
2023-12-28 03:39:28 pm
South Korean orbiter Danuri releases photographic map of moon  South Korea's unmanned lunar orbiter Danuri has released a comprehensive photographic map of the moon to mark the one-year anniversary of its mission, the science ministry said on Tuesday. The mosaic map, compiled from polarized camera views captured over the past 250 days, encompasses both the front and back of the moon, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, orbits approximately 100 kilometers above the lunar s...
South Korean orbiter Danuri releases photographic map of moon
South Korean orbiter Danuri releases photographic map of moon
Source: IANS
2023-12-26 10:35:10 am
NASA flies drones to test autonomous flight capabilities of air taxis Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia have successfully flown multiple drones to test autonomous flight capabilities of air taxis. The drones were flown beyond visual line of sight with no visual observer for its air taxi. The drones successfully flew around obstacles and each other during takeoff, along a planned route, and upon landing, all autonomously without a pilot controlling the flight. This test marks an important step towards advancing self-flying ca...
NASA flies drones to test autonomous flight capabilities of air taxis
NASA flies drones to test autonomous flight capabilities of air taxis
Source: IANS
2023-12-25 12:57:16 pm
ISRO to flight test human space mission`s crew module escape system on Oct 21 Indian space agency will fly the first of the four Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) to demonstrate the crew escape system on October 21 as part of its human space mission/Gaganyaan, said a top official.Speaking to reporters Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S.Somanath said the first unmanned test mission TV-D1 will happen on Oct 21.Somanath said there will be three more test flights TV-D2, TV-D3 and TV-D4 to test the systems.?Preparations for the Flight Test Vehicl...
ISRO to flight test human space mission`s crew module escape system on Oct 21
ISRO to flight test human space mission`s crew module escape system on Oct 21
Source: IANS
2023-10-15 11:40:50 am
Social media and private partnership: inside the changes at India`s space agency When the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission landed on the moon, more than 8 million people tuned in for the event's YouTube live-stream - a record for the site.The landing was a win for India's low-cost space engineering, and science, as well as a quiet initiative to rebrand India's 54-year-old space agency as approachable, according to more than a dozen current and former employees, and 10 consultants and industry experts."ISRO used to be a very closed organiza...
Social media and private partnership: inside the changes at India`s space agency
Social media and private partnership: inside the changes at India`s space agency
Source: Reuters
2023-09-29 09:31:06 am
Government rolls out new set of national awards in Science, Technology and Innovation fields The Government on Thursday rolled out a new set of national awards named ?Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar? for conferring the highest recognition in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation.?The objective of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is to recognise the notable and inspiring contribution made by the scientists, technologists, and innovators individually or in teams in various fields of science, technology and technology-?led innovation,? according to an official statement.Scientists, tec...
Government rolls out new set of national awards in Science, Technology and Innovation fields
Government rolls out new set of national awards in Science, Technology and Innovation fields
Source: IANS
2023-09-21 02:11:07pm
AWS partners ISRO, IN-SPACe to boost space-tech innovations in India Amazon Web Services (AWS) India on Wednesday said it has signed a strategic MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to support space-tech innovations through cloud computing.The collaboration, said the Amazon?s Cloud subsidiary, will give space startups, research institutes and students access to cutting edge cloud technologies that accelerate the development of new solutions in the space sector.?We are at ...
AWS partners ISRO, IN-SPACe to boost space-tech innovations in India
AWS partners ISRO, IN-SPACe to boost space-tech innovations in India
Source: IANS
2023-09-13 03:47:19pm