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Moon Mission Is A Calculated Risk: ISRO Chairman

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 23, 2018

ISRO's moon mission Chandrayaan 2, a 'calculated risk' undertaken in the knowledge that 50 per cent of such launches have failed, will land at a spot where no country has gone before, its chairman K Sivan said Saturday.

For Internal Security, Home Ministry To Set Up An Emergency Response Room

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 20, 2018

The Home Ministry on Thursday signed an agreement with the ISRO for setting up of a state-of-the-art integrated control room for emergency response (ICR-ER) which will deal with disaster and internal security related urgency.

Ex-ISRO Scientist Says He Was Tortured, Underwent "Untold Misery" In Jail

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday September 19, 2018

Days after the Supreme Court cleared his name in a so-called spy scandal, former ISRO scientist S Nambi Narayanan alleged on Wednesday that he had to undergo "untold misery" and "suffering" when he was jailed.

ISRO Scientist Framed For Spying Died Hours Before Order That Cleared Him

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 18, 2018

It was a verdict he had been longing for after nearly two and half decades of wait in the ISRO espionage case. But it was not to be.

After UK Satellite Success, ISRO Plans 18 Missions In Next Six Months

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 17, 2018

With the continuing success of PSLV missions, ISRO has decided to take it up a notch and plans to launch 18 missions in the next six months, virtually one every two weeks.

ISRO to Launch 3 More Satellites to Improve Rural Connectivity

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 17, 2018

The satellites are AGSAT 20 (to be launched next year), GSAT 11, and GSAT 29.

ISRO Successfully Puts 2 UK Satellites Into Orbit

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 17, 2018

Two satellites aboard the Indian rocket - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - belonged to Surrey Satellite Technologies (SSTL), UK.

ISRO Likely To Launch Chandrayaan-2 On January 3 Next Year

India News | ANI | Monday September 17, 2018

Chandrayaan-2 is planned for a window from January 3 to February 16, 2019. It will be the first mission in the world going near the South Pole.

ISRO's Commercial Arm Launches Two UK Satellites, Will Fetch Rs 200 Crore

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Sunday September 16, 2018

The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched two British satellites tonight for which India will earn upwards of Rs 200 crore. It is the 44th launch of the Indian rocket the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at Sriharikota, India's rocket port on the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh.

Different Conspirators And Same Set Of Victims In Spy Case: Nambi Narayanan

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 16, 2018

ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, who has been awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation by the Supreme Court for being subjected to mental cruelty in the 1994 espionage case, says he became a pawn in the case in which the conspirators were different with different motives but the victims were the same set of people.

Countdown Begins As ISRO Launches Two British Satellites Today

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 16, 2018

The 33-hour countdown for the launch of two earth observation satellites on-board PSLV from the space port of Sriharikota, about 110 kilometers from Chennai, began at 1.08 PM on Saturday.

Russia Offers To Train Indian Astronauts For Future Space Missions

India News | Asian News International | Sunday September 16, 2018

Russia has offered to train Indian astronauts for its future space missions.

India Will Fly Its First Small Rocket in 2019: ISRO Chairman

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday September 15, 2018

The ISRO Chairman said the small rocket, weighing up to 500kg, will be launched from the existing rocketport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Russia Offers to Train ISRO Astronauts for Spaceflight

ANI | Saturday September 15, 2018

ISRO and ROSCOSMOS signed a new MoU on expansion of cooperation in the field of space exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

India Will Fly Its First Small Rocket In 2019, Says ISRO Chairman

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday September 15, 2018

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) expects to fly its first small rocket with a carrying capacity of about 500-700 kg sometime next year, according to a top official.