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ISRO lines up 7 launches, including uncrewed Gaganyaan mission by March 2026

December 14, 2025 admin

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ISRO has lined up seven launch missions by March next year, including one to demonstrate home-built electric propulsion systems for satellite and quantum key distribution technologies, and the first uncrewed mission of the Gaganyaan project. The first of the seven launches is expected to take…

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ISRO’s ‘heaviest’ CMS-03 communication satellite launched, successfully placed in intended orbit

November 2, 2025 admin

The satellite riding piggyback on the LVM3-M5 rocket, after a flight journey of about 16-20 minutes, is expected to be separated upon reaching an altitude of about 180 km, ISRO said. Credit: ISRO An ISRO heavylift rocket with communication satellite CMS-03, the ‘heaviest’ to be carried by an Indian launch vehicle and into the Geosynchronous…

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NISAR satellite sends first radar images of Earth’s surface

September 26, 2025 admin

Captured on August 21, this image from NISAR’s L-band radar shows Maine’s Mount Desert Island. Green indicates forest, while magenta represents hard or regular surfaces, such as bare ground and buildings. The magenta area on the island’s northeast end is the town of Bar Harbor. Photo: Special Arrangement The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Earth-observing…

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Indigenous clocks delay ISRO’s plans to replace defunct Navic satellites

August 23, 2025 admin

NVS-02 undergoing a vibration test. Photo: ISRO Officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) say they are looking to launch at least three satellites before 2026-end, to replace defunct satellites that are part of the ‘Indian GPS’ or Navic (Navigation with Indian constellation) system. However, there seems to be a key element impeding the launch…

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ISRO gearing up for next U.S. collaboration with BlueBird communications satellite launch after NISAR

August 1, 2025 admin

ISRO’s launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite lifts off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on July 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is hoping to launch the Block 2 BlueBird communications satellite, developed by the U.S.-based AST…

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ISRO chief V. Narayanan says PSLV-C61/EOS-09 failure analysis completed, report to be sent to PM soon

August 1, 2025 admin

ISRO chairman V. Narayanan (file) | Photo Credit: NASA via PTI Photo The failure analysis committee has pinpointed the problem that caused the failure of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C61/Earth Observation Satellite-09 (PSLV-C61/EOS-09) mission in May 2025, V. Narayanan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said on Friday (August 1, 2025). The analysis is over…

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ISRO’s Latest Mission Hits A Hurdle, Satellite Faces Technical Glitch

February 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s 100th rocket mission hit a hurdle after its navigation satellite, which was launched on Wednesday, suffered a technical glitch on Sunday. In an update on the mission on its website, ISRO said the “orbit raising operations towards positioning the satellite to the designated orbital slot could not…

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ISRO Carries Out 100th Rocket Launch, Places Navigation Satellite In Orbit

January 29, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched their GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 on 6:23 AM at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, marking ISRO’s 100th rocket mission. The mission is also the first for the space agency’s Chairman V Narayanan, who assumed office recently. It is ISRO’s maiden venture this year. The satellite was “precisely…

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ISRO appoints M. Mohan as director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in Thiruvananthapuram

January 27, 2025 admin

M. Mohan has been appointed as director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) located at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Mr. Mohan, who is currently Director (Projects) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), succeeds V. Narayanan as the LPSC director. ISRO issued his appointment order on January 25. Mr. Mohan was director of the Human Space…

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ISRO dispatches crew module for first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan

January 22, 2025 admin

The model of the Gaganyaan crew module, a spacecraft that will carry a crew of three astronauts into orbit and back to Earth displayed at HAL stall. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO has dispatched the Crew Module for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1) after successfully completing…

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