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India's first space-based Sun observatory, Aditya-L1, prepares for launch, will take off by August-end
Mehul Das •ISRO is now preparing to launch India's first space-based Sun observatory, the Aditya-L1. The satellite has been sent to ISRO's space launch pad at Sriharikota, from where it will be launched by the end of August or early September
Chandrayaan-3 integrates with launch vehicle: Why is this significant?
Fp Explainers •The ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon will be launched between 12 and 19 July from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. On 5 July, it was integrated with its launch vehicle, LVM3, which is India's heaviest rocket
Mission Gaganyaan: India's first mission to send humans to space runs into trouble
Fp Staff •Mission Gaganyaan aims to take a crew of three astronauts to an orbit 400 km above the Earth's surface. The project was conceived in 2007. It was formally started in 2018 and Rs 10,000 crore was allocated for it
ISRO achieves another breakthrough, launches Oceansat-3, 8 other satellites into orbit
Fp Staff •ISRO launched the PSLV C54/EOS06, also known as Oceansat-3, with a PSLV-XL rocket. Along with the OceanSat-3, 8 nano satellites were also launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Rocket Boys: The team behind Vikram-S, India’s first private rocket
Fp Explainers •India launched its first privately made rocket, Vikram-S. And this was possible because of two men who dared to dream. Now in their early 30s, Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka quit ISRO and started Skyroot Aerospace, the start-up which developed the suborbital vehicle
Countdown for launch of 36 satellites on ISRO's heaviest rocket LVM3 begins tonight
•The launch of 'LVM3 - M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission' is scheduled at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22). OneWeb is a private satellite communications company
How 750 girls from rural India created an 8-kg microsatellite that ISRO rocket will carry to space
Fp Explainers •Come 7 August and India’s smallest launch vehicle (SSLV) will take flight. It will carry AzaadiSAT, a microsatellite with 75 small payloads developed by an all-girls team from government schools across India
ISRO to launch Earth Observation Satellite on 14 February: All you need to know about it
Fp Staff •The PSLV-C52 will launch with EOS-04 at 05:59 am on 14 February, making it the space agency's first mission for 2022
Watch: PSLV-C51 launches Brazil's Amazonia-1, 18 other satellites; Narendra Modi congratulates ISRO
Fp Staff •Amazonia-1, which became the first Brazilian satellite to be launched from India, is an optical earth observation satellite of National Institute for Space Research
India launches latest communication satellite CMS-01 on board PSLV C-50 from Sriharikota
•The satellite is going to function as a replacement for communication satellite GSAT-12 which was launched 11 years ago. CMS-01 will have a lifespan of over seven years, as per ISRO.