New Space India Limited

To promote the commercial utilization of the significant technical capabilities developed in the Indian Space industry, the Department of Space has incorporated the New Space India Limited under its administrative control. The NSIL was registered on March 6, 2019. What ..

Aditya-L1 : ISRO’s Mission to Study the Sun

Following the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-2 satellite to study the moon, ISRO now plans to launch a new satellite to study the sun. Dubbed the Aditya-L1, the satellite has been designed and will be built in mutual collaboration between ..

Chandrayaan-2 launch successful

A GSLV rocket successfully launched from Shri Harikota launch center (also known as Satish Dhawan Space Centre) placed the satellite carrying Lunar orbiter and lander in the orbit on July 22. The satellite dubbed the Chandrayaan-2 was successfully placed in ..

Kessler syndrome

The Kessler syndrome is a condition in which any collision between the objects in space is likely to generate a cascade of multiple space collisions in the low Earth orbit (LEO). Each further collision would generate more space debris which ..

India’s Lunar Mission: Chandrayaan-2

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has called off the Chandrayaan-2 at the last movement since technical snags were noticed while fuelling the rocket with cryogenic fuel. About the Mission Chandrayaan-2 Mission is India’s first moon lander and rover mission. ISRO ..

Rocket launch sites in India

Rocket launches in India are carried out through either of the three sites in India or foreign sites, mainly French Guyana or Baikonur. Satellite Launch sites in India Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala The center was earlier known as ..

Update : Chandrayaan 2 launch postponed

In a minor setback to Indian efforts to study the environment and ground of the south pole of the moon, the launch of Chandrayaan-2 was canceled, a full 1 hour before its schedule. ISRO officials gave the reason as a ..

Update : Chandrayaan 2

To test the effectiveness of the landing gear and motor assembly of the soon-to-be-launched Chnadrayaan-2 lunar rover, it was tested on a proto-Lunar Terrain Test Facility (LTTF) at ISRO’s advanced satellite testing unit, ISITE, in Bengaluru. This was done by ..

Update : India’s Manned Space Mission

India has decided to collaborate with a Russian organization to train and improve the Indians shortlisted for India’s first manned space flight, the Gaganyaan. The successful launch, flight and the recovery of the Gaganyaan will make India the fourth nation ..

Odisha: Flood Hazard Atlas

The state of Odisha has come out with a unique flood hazard atlas based on the historic flood inundation data captured through satellite imagery over the period from 2001 to 2018. All the satellite images from the combined flood layers ..