Indian Space Research Organisation

India, US agree on future cooperation in Moon, Mars missions

Press Trust of India | Saturday March 23, 2013

India and the US have agreed to cooperate on future missions to the Moon and Mars after successful collaboration in Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission.

Indian startup aims for the moon - and $30 million

David Lalmalsawma, Reuters | Wednesday March 20, 2013

Rahul Narayan, who describes himself as a serial entrepreneur, is the founder of Team Indus. It is the only Indian team in a race to the moon by privately funded groups competing for the largest international incentive prize of all time - the Google ...

India to launch first navigational satellite in June

Press Trust of India | Saturday March 16, 2013

India plans to launch its first navigational satellite in June, a top official of the Department of Space (DoS) said today.

President Pranab Mukherjee hails ISRO for successful PSLV launch

Press Trust of India | Monday February 25, 2013

Hailing Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for its track record in launches, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the country was looking forward to the success of home-grown GSLV mission.

PSLV: India's 101st space mission successful, President Pranab Mukherjee witnesses launch

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from agencies) | Monday February 25, 2013

In an important landmark for the Indian space program, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV today placed the second Indo-French satellite 'SARAL' and six other co-passengers or small satellites from Canada, Austria, Denmark and the UK in orbit.

India's 101th space mission set for 6 pm lift off

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 25, 2013

The fuelling of the second stage of the Indian rocket that would sling seven satellites into space has been completed and it is expected to lift off around 6 pm on Monday, an official of the Indian space agency said.

India to launch seven satellites on February 25

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 15, 2013

The rocket will blast off from the Sriharikota rocket launch centre carrying seven satellites.

Indo-French satellite set for launch

Press Trust of India | Sunday February 10, 2013

Indo-French space cooperation is all set to soar to new heights with the scheduled launch of a satellite to study changes in the environment soon after the visit of French President Francois Hollande here next week.

52-year-old man held for entering ISRO centre using fake ID

Press Trust of India | Thursday January 17, 2013

In a security breach, a 52-year-old man entered the sensitive area of ISRO's cryogenic engine testing centre at Mahendragiri near Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu using a fake identity card and was arrested along with two others who facilitated his ingress.

No action against police officials in ISRO case

Press Trust of India | Friday December 14, 2012

Kerala government on Friday said it would not take disciplinary action against the three police officers who initiated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spy case.

Mohanlal to star in Bollywood film on ISRO spy case

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 9, 2012

The infamous 'ISRO spy scandal' that hit the headlines in the mid-1990s is all set to be made into a Bollywood film starring veteran superstar Mohanlal as an ISRO scientist who is falsely implicated in the non-existent case by the police and the loca...

India's heaviest satellite GSAT-10 successfully launched

Press Trust of India | Saturday September 29, 2012

India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched early Saturday on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. GSAT-10, with a design life of 15 years is expected to be operational by November and will au...

India not to undertake human space flight before 2017: ISRO

Press Trust of India | Monday September 17, 2012

India will not undertake a human space flight before the year 2017 and is likely to use a next-generation rocket for the ambitious mission, the cost of which would be reworked, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan said on Mo...

ISRO launches 100th mission; Prime Minister witnesses historic event

Sunday September 9, 2012

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made history as it launched its 100th indigenous mission today. The space agency's old warhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), successfully blasted off into space at 9:53 am with two foreign ...

ISRO launches 100th mission; Prime Minister calls it a 'spectacular success'

Reported by Pallava Bagla; written by Mala Das | Sunday September 9, 2012

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made history as it launched its 100th indigenous mission today. The space agency's old warhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), successfully blasted off into space at 9:53 am with two foreign ...