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Countdown for launch of ISRO’s Bluebird Block-2 Mission begins in Sriharikota

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Countdown for launch of ISRO’s Bluebird Block-2 Mission begins in Sriharikota

In this image posted on December 23, 2025, Indian Space Research Organisation’s LVM3M6 set to launch the BlueBird Block-2 spacecraft from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Photo: X/@isro via PTI Photo The 24-hour countdown for the launch of LVM3-M6 rocket, which will carry a new generation U.S. communication satellite commenced in Sriharikota on Tuesday (December…

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ISRO’s LVM3 to launch next-generation communication satellite on Dec. 24

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ISRO’s LVM3 to launch next-generation communication satellite on Dec. 24

The LVM3-M6 Mission launch is scheduled on December 24, 2025 at 08:54 hrs IST from the Second Launch Pad (SLP), SDSC SHAR. Photo: X/@isro/ANI ISRO’s upcoming LVM3 M6 mission will carry the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit on December 24, as part of a commercial deal with U.S.-based AST SpaceMobile. The historic mission will deploy…

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

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

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

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

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

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NISAR satellite sends first radar images of Earth’s surface

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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