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File picture of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Lander resting on the moon’s surface | Photo Credit: ANI India celebrate its first National Space Day on Friday (August 23, 2024) with the theme, “Touching lives while touching the Moon: India’s space saga”. August 23 is celebrated as the National Space Day after India achieved a historic milestone…
The six-wheeled 26-kilogram Pragyan moon rover travelled nearly 103 metres. The Moon we see today was once a hot and fiery ball of molten rock a big finding being confirmed by the science team of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3. The team has published the first scientific results from the instruments that flew to the Moon onboard the…
New Delhi: In August last year, India became the first country to soft land a spacecraft near the South Pole of the Moon. A nail-biting 20 minutes of “terror” consumed most of the country as the Vikram lander module – carrying the Pragyan rover – descended to the lunar surface and touched down in one…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday launched its Earth Observation Satellite-8 (EOS-8) on a small rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) carried an experimental earth imaging satellite named EOS-8 and SR-0 Demo Sat which was made by a Chennai-based start-up Space Rickshaw. The mini…
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The objectives of the mission include designing and developing a microsatellite Sriharikota: ISRO today successfully placed an Earth observation and SR-O DEMOSAT satellites into intended orbit. The space agency launched its third and final developmental flight, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3, carrying Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08. The rocket lifted off majestically from the first launch pad…
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The spacecraft has a mission life of one year. Sriharikota: The countdown for the launch of an earth observation satellite, onboard the third and final development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-03 commenced on Friday, ISRO said. The SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission follows the second successful launch of the second test flight of the Small Satellite Launch…
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On Friday, the SSLV will blast off laden with the 175.5 kg microsatellite EOS-08. The countdown for the launch of India’s small rocket — Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) — carrying earth observation satellite (EOS-08) and SR-0 satellite belonging to the startup Space Rickshaw will begin at around 2.30 am on Friday, senior officials said….
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The space agency had earlier announced that the launch will be on August 15 Bengaluru: ISRO on Monday said its latest earth observation satellite EOS-08 will now be launched onboard the third and final developmental flight of its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 on August 16. The space agency had earlier announced that the launch…
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ISRO Chairman S. Somanath, MBU Chancellor M. Mohan Babu and Pro-Chancellor Vishnu Manchu particpating in the ‘National Space Day’ event in Tirupati on Thursday. Over 1,000 students from across 30 colleges and 25 schools located in the vicinity of Mohan Babu University (MBU) turned attentive, even as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath…
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Mr Somanath said he expects Ms Williams to return on the Boeing Starliner capsule. New Delhi: Astronaut Sunita Williams’ mission may have been prolonged because of glitches in the Boeing Starliner capsule but she is in the “safest possible place in space” and there is no cause for concern, ISRO Chairman S Somanath has said. …
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