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06 Sep 2021

Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft completes over 9,000 orbits around moon: ISRO

ISRO Chairman, K Sivan said the eight payloads on board the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft are conducting remote sensing and in-situ observations of the Moon at around 100 km altitude from the lunar surface. The science data are being made available for analysis by academia and institutes, for a greater participation to bring out more science from Chandrayaan-2 mission.

National Space Transportation Policy

26 Jun 2021

Private players in India can now build and operate rocket launch sites

India has decided to allow private companies to establish and operate rocket launch sites within and outside the country Any rocket launch from Indian or overseas territory can be carried out only with authorisation from IN-SPACe The launch could be from own or leased launch site and also from mobile platforms (land, sea or air)

Department of Space

03 Dec 2020

India's Space dept joins hands with Indian startup to help build small rockets

Under the agreement, the company will be enabled for accessing the facilities and technical expertise available in ISRO centers Agnikul Cosmos is a Chennai based start-up company located in the National Centre for combustion R&D, IITM, Chennai ISRO would be providing support to the fledgling rocket company to test and qualify their launch vehicle

Indian astronomers

01 Sep 2020

Indian astronomers see extreme-UV light from galaxy billion light-years away

The galaxy called AUDFs01 was discovered by a team of Astronomers led by Dr Kanak Saha from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics(IUCAA) Pune. India's AstroSat/UVIT was reportedly able to achieve this unique feat because the background noise in the UVIT detector is much less than one on the Hubble Space Telescope of US-based NASA.

29 Jun 2020

COVID-19 will not affect India’s first human space mission 'Gaganyaan'

About Chandrayaan-3 Lunar mission, Jitendra said, "As of today, it is planned for launch next year. This mission will involve a lander, rover and a propulsion system to carry the modules to move but it would not have orbiter as the previous orbiter is fully operational."

16 Dec 2018

In-flight voice calling, internet access on phone will soon be possible

Indian and foreign airlines and shipping companies operating in the country can provide in-flight and maritime voice and data services in partnership with a valid Indian telecom licence holder.

04 Feb 2018

In Jaitley's Budget, Space department tasked to deliver 3 earth observation, 2 communication satellites

The Department of Space has been allocated Rs 8,936.97 crore in the Budget for various space-related projects. It has also been tasked to achieve certain targets - deliver three earth observation, two communication satellites - next fiscal.

31 Mar 2016

ISRO to launch last series of INRSS satellite next month

Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State in the PMO that looks after the Department of Space, said the last satellite of the IRNSS series will be launched on April, 28, 2016.

30 Sep 2015

ISRO to contest damages in Devas-Antrix deal

In a belated response, state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday said it would contest the damages an international arbitration court awarded to its commercial arm for cancelling a satellite contract in 2011 with a multimedia services provider.

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