Isro is getting ready to launch a new-generation compact rocket on its maiden orbital test flight, the space agency said
ISRO chief K Sivan said India's next mission to the Red Planet is likely to be an orbiter.
ISRO has embarked on a mission to take startups in the space sector to a higher orbit with a string of initiatives to help them realise their business potential. It is keen on formulating an exclusive space startup programme -- "Space Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development (SEED)", Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan said. SEED is conceived as a competitive early stage encouragement programme to startups and MSMEs (Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises) keen on developing products/services in focus areas of interest to ISRO with the space agency helping them to use its facilities, officials said. A formal mechanism for the programme was expected to be announced soon, they said. With recent reforms opening up doors for enhanced private sector participation in the space sector, ISRO is thrilled to receive several proposals from industries and startups, Sivan said. "These proposals reflect the true ...
The initiative aims to offer India's best and fully indigenous mapping portal and geospatial services
The launch is tentatively scheduled at 10:23 hrs IST that day
Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and three Indian payloads are part of the mission
Skyroot Aerospace's programme to launch India's first-ever privately-designed and developed rocket, Vikram-1, received a boost
Out of the allocated funds Rs 8,228 crore have been earmarked for capital expenditure
Isro to identify and authorise parties, agencies on non-exclusive basis for a registration fee
The Indian Space Research Organisation announced that the fuel filling and oxidiser process for the second stage of PSLV-C50 has been completed
The pressure is likely to concentrate into depression, moving westwards, and reach south Tamil Nadu coast by December 2
AstroSat, India's first multi-wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme UV light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth
According to him, the rover may be still intact on the moon's surface. Latest pictures from LRO (Jan 4, 2020) showed rover tracks on the moon from the lander
The party alleged that Parliament has been completely bypassed in the process of forming the policy
Says industry may not have the appetite for it because of AGR issue
The Indian government should first gather data as to the share of space sector in the country's GDP and resolve conflict of interest issue before framing policies, said industry experts.
Govt approves formation of a new organisation, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), seeking to open up space infrastructure to the private sector
The ISRO said that the garment is a close fitting long garment, covering the torso and limbs from neck to toe as a single piece lightweight comfort inner wear over which the flight suit has to be worn
The National Education Policy, 2019, draft committee chairperson stressed the need for face-to-face contacts, interactions, exchange of ideas and thoughts as he backed the traditional mode
The best of the efforts in innovation in such a large industry, the conversion in product outputs are meagre to the extent of 5 to 10 per cent, he adds