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In a first for India, ISRO to Study Black Holes With XPoSat Satellite Launch 2 Years After NASA
1Jan By adminNo Comments
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In a first for India, ISRO to Study Black Holes With XPoSat Satellite Launch 2 Years After NASA

[ad_1] India's ISRO launched its first satellite, XPoSat, on Monday to study black holes as it seeks to deepen its space exploration efforts ahead of an ambitious crewed mission next year. The spacecraft, named X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, was propelled into an orbit of 350 kilometers from an island near India's main spaceport of Sriharikota, off the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, according to S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. The XPoSat satellite, weighing about 470 kilograms, will carry out research on X-rays emanating from around 50 celestial objects with the help of two payloads built by ISRO and a Bengaluru-based research institute.NASA launched a similar mission, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, in 2021 to answer questions such as why black...
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After Chandrayaan-3 mission success, ISRO eyes landing Indian astronaut on Moon by 2040
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After Chandrayaan-3 mission success, ISRO eyes landing Indian astronaut on Moon by 2040

[ad_1] The Indian Space Research Agency (ISRO) is all set to build on its success with the Chandrayaan-3 mission that landed the Vikram Lander on the moon along with a small vehicle called Pragyan Rover. The research findings by these instruments provided deeper insight into the makings of the Moon and set the scenario for future landings. The Chandrayaan-3 mission lasted for 14 earth days and led to discovering of aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, sulphur, manganese, silicon, and oxygen in lunar soil. The place was in South Pole of the Moon now known as Shiv Shakti point.However, ISRO is not simply thinking of sending another mission to the Moon in the form of Chandrayaan-4 mission, it has added one more objective - sending an Indian astronaut to the Moon by a certain date....
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Gearing up for Gaganyaan mission test: How ISRO will save the astronauts
13Nov By adminNo Comments
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Gearing up for Gaganyaan mission test: How ISRO will save the astronauts

[ad_1] In an effort to enhance the safety of the astronauts in its upcoming Gaganyaan mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to conduct crucial test on the crew module's stability during splashdown in the sea. The decision comes in the wake of an incident during the TV-D1 mission on October 21 this year when the crew module, intended for ISRO's inaugural human spaceflight, experienced an unexpected upended orientation during recovery in the Bay of Bengal. Uprighting SystemTo address this challenge, ISRO is gearing up for the second test mission (TV-D2) scheduled for the next year, preceding the comprehensive unmanned test flight into space for the crew module, utilising the LVM3 rocket as part of the Gaganyaan mission. S Shivakumar, the director of the TV-D1 missi...
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Gaganyaan Mission Test Flight: Successful launch after anomaly fixed, says a delighted S. Somanath
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Gaganyaan Mission Test Flight: Successful launch after anomaly fixed, says a delighted S. Somanath

[ad_1] The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its Gaganyaan mission TV-D1 test flight on Saturday after an initial anomaly halted the launch. The Test Vehicle carrying payloads related to the Gaganyaan human space flight programme fired again at 10 am on Saturday after ISRO engineers were able to fix the glitch.ISRO Chairman S Somanath expressed happiness over the successful launch, saying, "I am very happy to announce the successful accomplishment of the Gaganyaan TV-D1 mission." The purpose of the Gaganyaan mission was to demonstrate the crew escape system for the program. The test vehicle went up to a Mach number slightly above the speed of sound and initiated an abort condition for the crew escape system to function. The crew escape system successfully t...
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Gaganyaan mission: With hopes of a billion people in India, ISRO successfully launches test flight
21Oct By adminNo Comments
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Gaganyaan mission: With hopes of a billion people in India, ISRO successfully launches test flight

[ad_1] An important phase in the Indian Space Research Organization's Gaganyaan mission came to fruition today, October 21, as the space agency successfully launched its test vehicle into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The Gaganyaan mission test flight checks an important fail-safe mechanism to gauge whether the spacecraft can abort the mission mid-air and still safely bring back the crew or not. The Gaganyaan mission today did not carry any humans to space and it was an unmanned mission. The data ISRO collects from today's mission will help the agency build a more efficient vehicle when three Indian astronauts eventually go for the three-day long space flight and reach a height of 400 kilometers from Earth. The Gaganyaan mission is being conducted under the g...
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Gaganyaan mission launch date: ISRO prepares for first test flight
16Oct By adminNo Comments
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Gaganyaan mission launch date: ISRO prepares for first test flight

[ad_1] Gaganyaan mission launch date: India's space agency, ISRO, is gearing up for an important milestone in its human spaceflight project, Gaganyaan. On October 21, 2023, ISRO will conduct the first test flight for the mission. The mission will demonstrate the crew escape system's performance, and it's set to take place between 7 am and 9 am from Sriharikota spaceport. The actual Gaganyaan mission launch date will be revealed at a later date.The Gaganyaan project aims to prove India's capability for human spaceflight. It involves sending a human crew into orbit, 400 kilometers above Earth, and bringing them back safely by landing in the Indian Ocean. The upcoming Test Vehicle Development Flight (TV-D1) is a crucial step in this endeavor. It will test the crew module that will carry In...
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India’s first manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ to test special capabilities on THIS date
7Oct By adminNo Comments
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India’s first manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ to test special capabilities on THIS date

[ad_1] India is gearing up for a significant step towards its first-ever human space mission, Gaganyaan. Senior officials from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have announced that the crucial abort capability demonstration is expected to take place around October 25. This new capability will help astronomers understand whether the mission can be safely aborted in case something goes wrong.A Key Milestone for GaganyaanThis test flight is a vital part of the preparations for Gaganyaan, which aims to send a crew of three into space, orbiting 400 kilometers above Earth for a three-day mission before safely returning. It's a big deal for India, and this test is a major milestone. A senior ISRO official stated that if all goes according to plan, the abort test demonstration will ...
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ISRO gearing up for Gaganyaan mission’s first abort test of crew escape system this month-end
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ISRO gearing up for Gaganyaan mission’s first abort test of crew escape system this month-end

[ad_1] ISRO plans to undertake an inflight abort test of the crew escape system by this month-end using a test vehicle developed as part of the country's ambitious maiden human spaceflight venture Gaganyaan. "Preparations are going on. All vehicle systems have reached Sriharikota (for the launch). Final assembly is progressing. We are getting ready for launch by the end of October," Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) S Unnikrishnan Nair told PTI on Thursday. "(With) this crew escape system, we will demonstrate (validate) in different conditions like high dynamic pressure and for transonic conditions," Nair added Thiruvananthapuram-based VSSC is the lead centre of ISRO under the Department of Space. An ISRO official said the crew escape system (CES) is the most important ele...
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A packed launch schedule for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 mission
23Aug By adminNo Comments
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A packed launch schedule for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 mission

[ad_1] A mission to study the Sun, and launching a climate observation satellite, a test vehicle as part of Gaganyaan human space flight programme and an Indo-US synthetic aperture radar -- ISRO has a packed schedule ahead. In addition, XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite), the country's first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions, is also ready for launch, an ISRO official said on Tuesday. Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for the launch, most likely in September first week.According to ISRO Chairman, Somanath S, the space agency has also lined up the launch of a climate observation satellite INSAT-3DS. The launch of a test vehicle mission, for the validatio...
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2023 going to be filled with lot of new developments at ISRO: Somanath
11Feb By adminNo Comments
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2023 going to be filled with lot of new developments at ISRO: Somanath

[ad_1] The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will undertake a slew of missions in 2023 and prepare for manned space mission, Gaganyaan, the space agency's chief S Somanath said on Friday. According to ISRO, Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3-day mission and bringing them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters. A number of PSLV and GSLV missions were also scheduled through the year and Friday's successful SSLV D2 launch has "set the tone" for ISRO's busy schedule this year, he said. "Currently we are preparing the next launch of GSLV MKIII, the LVM 3 M3 mission leading to the launch of OneWeb India-2 (with) 36 satellites. So we are preparing that launch," which wi...
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