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36 OneWeb satellites launched by ISRO’s commercial arm NSIL from Sriharikota

23Oct

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36 OneWeb satellites launched by ISRO’s commercial arm NSIL from Sriharikota

[ad_1] OneWeb on Sunday announced the successful deployment of 36 satellites launched by ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India. OneWeb on Sunday announced the successful deployment of 36 satellites launched by ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Bharti Global is the largest investor in OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company. This latest launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NSIL marks one of the biggest commercial orders by India's premier space organisation, and the first using the LVM3 rocket, OneWeb said in a statement. OneWeb said it is committed to providing connectivity across the length and breadth of India by 2023. "36 OneWeb satellites successfully launch...

ISRO all set for maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband satellites

22Oct

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ISRO all set for maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband satellites

[ad_1] The ISRO is all set to make its maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband communication satellites. on-board the space agency's heaviest rocket LVM3-M2, the countdown for which began early on Saturday at Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. The 43.5 metre tall rocket is scheduled to lift-off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 12.07 am on Sunday. The rocket is dubbed as one of the heaviest for its ability to carry satellites upto 8,000 kgs.Sunday's launch assumes significance as the LVM3-M2 mission is the maiden dedicated commercial mission for NewSpace India Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO. The mission is being undertaken as part of the commercial arrangement between NewSpace India Ltd and United Kingdom-based Network Access Assoc...

Chandrayaan-3 launching in June 2023, confirms ISRO chairman in its latest update

21Oct

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Chandrayaan-3 launching in June 2023, confirms ISRO chairman in its latest update

[ad_1] Chandrayaan-3 will be the third mission to the Moon and India’s second attempt to land a rover there. After a depressing first attempt to land a rover on the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation, or ISRO is readying its second attempt to land a lunar rover on the surface. The mission will be called Chandrayaan-3 and is expected to launch in June 2023, if everything goes according to plan. Chandrayaan-3 will be a copy of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, but ISRO has made big technological changes to ensure it doesn't suffer the same fate as before.“Chandrayaan-3 (C-3) launch will be in June next year onboard the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)," said ISRO chairman S Somnath in an interaction with the PTI. “C-3 is ready now. It is not a replica of C-2. The rover is there. The engi...

Proud moment! ISRO LVM3 rocket to launch 36 OneWeb satellites on October 23

17Oct

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Proud moment! ISRO LVM3 rocket to launch 36 OneWeb satellites on October 23

[ad_1] ISRO LVM3 rocket will launch British start-up OneWeb's 36 broadband satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. ISRO's heaviest rocket LVM3 will launch British start-up OneWeb's 36 broadband satellites from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on October 23, marking the launcher's entry into the global commercial launch service market. LVM3 was earlier called GSLV Mk III. The launch of 'LVM3 - M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission' is scheduled at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22), the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Friday. "Cryo stage, equipment bay (EB) assembly completed. Satellites are encapsulated and assembled in the vehicle. Final vehicle checks are in progress," it said. Earlier this month, ISRO said...

In big setback, ISRO announces death of India’s Mars Mission

12Oct

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In big setback, ISRO announces death of India’s Mars Mission

[ad_1] Mangalyaan, India’s Mars Orbiter mission comes to end officially after serving for 8 long years. India's Mars Orbiter mission comes to an end after serving steadfastly for 8 long years in Martian orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization has confirmed that the Mangalyaan has lost communication with the ground station on October 3, 2022. The spacecraft became non-recoverable last week. Confirming the death of India's maiden interplanetary mission i.e, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), Dr S Somanath, the chief of ISRO has said that the unmanned spacecraft had entered the end of its lifecycle. Despite being designed for a life-span of six months, the MOM lived for about eight years in the Martian orbit. It has provided scientists with a gamut of significant scientific data on Mar...

In a first, India’s Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon

8Oct

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In a first, India’s Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon

[ad_1] X-ray spectrometer 'CLASS' on the Chandrayaan-2 has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon, says ISRO. The X-ray spectrometer 'CLASS' on the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) detected sodium from its characteristic line in X-rays which opened up the possibility of mapping the amount of sodium on the moon, ISRO said. In a recent work published in 'The Astrophysical Journal Letters', Chandrayaan-2 mapped the abundance of sodium on the Moon for the very first time using CLASS (Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer), the national space agency said in a statement on Friday. "Built at the U R Rao Satellite ...

Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter is dead and THIS is why we are sad to see it go

7Oct

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Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter is dead and THIS is why we are sad to see it go

[ad_1] Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter is dead and this is why the Indian scientific community mourns it. Mangalyaan's Mars Orbiter quietly died and the Indian scientific community is mourning it. On October 3, ISRO reached out to the world announcing the unseen demise of the orbiter staying in Mars orbit for eight years. "The spacecraft is non-recoverable and attained its end-of-life," ISRO said, adding that "the mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat in the history of planetary exploration."The orbiter, popularly known as MOM, was inserted in the Martian orbit on September 24, 2014, and it has continued to be India's frontier in exploration of the Red Planet. The spacecraft was originally designed to function for six months and then turn itself off. ...

India loses contact with budget Mars orbiter after eight years

4Oct

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India loses contact with budget Mars orbiter after eight years

[ad_1] India has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, its space agency said. India has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, eight years after the low-cost probe made it the first Asian nation with a spacecraft circling the red planet, its space agency said.Although "designed for a life-span of six months as a technology demonstrator, the Mars Orbiter Mission has lived for about eight years in the Martian orbit with a gamut of significant scientific results", the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Monday. The agency said in a statement that, after an eclipse in April cut off sunlight to the probe, its "propellant must have been exhausted" and that it "attained its end-of-life". Launched in 2013 before entering Mars's orbit the following year, the probe made India one of only ...

Mangalyaan mission is dead! ISRO Mars Orbiter breaks Indian hearts; it was truly SPECIAL

4Oct

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Mangalyaan mission is dead! ISRO Mars Orbiter breaks Indian hearts; it was truly SPECIAL

[ad_1] ISRO has confirmed that the Mars Orbiter is now non-recoverable and the Mangalyaan mission is dead. But what made this tech marvel so special? On October 3, the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) broke the hearts of 1.2 billion Indians when it revealed that the Mars Orbiter has lost communication with the ground station and with its current non-recoverable state, the Mangalyaan mission has been brought to an end. The orbiter was in its eighth year (7 years, 6 months, 8 days), which had extended its original mission timeline by seven years. Yet, the death of Mangalyaan has saddened many who were looking forward to celebrating the eighth anniversary of the mission. So, why was the Mangalyaan mission so loved i...

With drained battery, no fuel, India’s Mars Orbiter craft dies quietly in space

3Oct

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With drained battery, no fuel, India’s Mars Orbiter craft dies quietly in space

[ad_1] Country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have finally completed its long innings. India's Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have finally completed its long innings. The ₹450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November five, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. "Right now, there is no fuel left. The satellite battery has drained," sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told PTI. "The link has been lost". There was, however, no official wor...