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TRISHNA satellite is in advanced stage of realisation, says ISRO official

October 11, 2026 admin

A Computer Aided Design (CAD) view of the TRISHNA satellite. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indo-French satellite TRISHNA (Thermal Infra-Red Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment) will be launched in the next 12-16 months, said Jasvinder Singh Khoral, Director (Projects), U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), on Sunday (October 11, 2026). He said this…

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ISRO scientists lead space awareness rally in Rajamahendravaram

October 7, 2026 admin

Students, academicians, bureaucrats led by Scientists of the ISRO’s Satish Dhavan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota, on Wednesday took out a space awareness rally in in Rajamahendravaram on Wednesday to highlight India’s achievements in space science . The rally was held ahead of the two-day International Space Week celebrations scheduled to be celebrated in Anam Kalakendram in Rajamahendravaram…

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Space Wrap newsletter: Buzz on space privatisation upstages ISRO’s moment of glory

October 6, 2026 admin

The successful predawn launch of the advanced earth observation satellite EOS-05, on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on September 4, 2026 from the spaceport in Sriharikota brought considerable relief for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): it had finally successfully launched a rocket and place a satellite in orbit after a gap of…

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Space Wrap newsletter: Buzz on space privatisation upstages ISRO’s moment of glory

September 30, 2026 admin

This article is part of Space Wrap, a round-up of space news and developments in and related to India every month The successful predawn launch of the advanced earth observation satellite EOS-05, on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on September 4, 2026 from the spaceport in Sriharikota brought considerable relief for the Indian…

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Space Wrap newsletter: Will ISRO be part of NASA’s moonshot?

September 5, 2026 admin

A year after the launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission and the Axiom-4 mission that sent astronaut-candidate Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, the U.S. space agency has formally extended an invitation to India to join its ambitious ‘Moon Base’ programme under the Artemis Accords. At the ninth meeting…

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ISRO’s GSLV-F17 carrying EOS-05 lifts off from Sriharikota

September 3, 2026 admin

ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO) A GSLV rocket, carrying ISRO’s Earth observation satellite EOS-05, lifted off from the spaceport in a pre-dawn mission on Friday (September 4, 2026). The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish…

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Gaganyaan Episode 1: Why India’s Human Spaceflight Mission Matters | The Scope

August 31, 2026 admin

In the first episode of The Scope’s special series on Gaganyaan, we explore why India’s first human spaceflight mission is about much more than sending astronauts into orbit. Discover what Gaganyaan is, why human-rating a rocket is essential, how ISRO has prepared through years of testing, and why this mission could make India only the…

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India produces smart scientists but is struggling to retain them

August 3, 2026 admin

Representative image of the Tata Instityte of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. India is spending a historically unprecedented, but otherwise still insufficient, amount of money on scientific research. | Photo Credit: TIFR/Special arrangement Recent reports of nearly 120 scientists resigning from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have rightly raised concerns. ISRO has been a symbol of…

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Science must become priority of space missions, we need more money for it: ISRO chief Somanath

August 3, 2026 admin

S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told The Hindu that scientific missions ought to be more important in the future. Excerpts: The LVM3 launch vehicle successfully placed 36 satellites of the privately owned OneWeb consortium. However, you have recently indicated that the Chandrayaan-3 mission (to place a rover on the moon)…

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Did you know India’s space programme turned 60?

July 29, 2026 admin

From a small launch pad, the 715-kg Nike Apache rocket rose 208 km into the sky. The sight fascinated thousands of people in the area, which even motivated some of them to join the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Nike Apache launch was an international effort under the United Nations. The launch took place in…

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