Saarc Communication Satellite

Leaders of seven South Asian countries today came on the same platform via live video conference to witness, and celebrate the launch of the communication satellite from Sriharikota that promises to touch lives of millions of people in the region. "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas (Together, development for all)," Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom said...

GSAT-9 is being launched with an objective to provide different communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countries.

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) at ISRO, Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh successfully launched the 450-crore GSAT-9 or the South Asia Communication Satellite - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gift to six SAARC nations - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

India's heaviest rocket, which scientists like to call the "naughty boy of ISRO", has failed in half its missions of launching satellites into space. Today, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) cannot afford to fail. At 4:57 pm, it will lift off at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying a 450-crore communications satellite that Prime ...

ISRO's GSAT-9, touted as a 'gift' to India's South Asian neighbours, is all set to ride piggyback on the space agency's GSLV-F09 rocket at 4:57pm IST.

ISRO or the Indian Space Research Organisation has this morning reported good weather and smooth progress in a 28-hour countdown for the launch of the GSAT-9 or the South Asia Communication Satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Lift-off is at 4.57 pm today. Pakistan has opted out and the Rs 450-crore project, India's gift to its neighbours,...

India is ready to launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gift - a communications satellite made under a Rs 450-crore project. Seven nations, including India which are part of SAARC, will use the satellite. But most of them have their fledgling space programmes. In real terms, the biggest beneficiaries could be Bhutan and Maldives, which have none. P...

A 28-hour countdown is underway for the South Asia Satellite, which will lift off today from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

On Friday, India will launch the South Asia Satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The communications satellite will be propelled into space by the Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-year-old promise of a satellite for SAARC nations will be fulfilled this week. The Rs 235-crore "South Asia Satellite", which will cater to seven nations, including India, will take off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on May 5, piggybacking on the 'naughty boy of ISRO' - the Satellite Launch Vehicle - on its 11...

On May 5, the skies above the island of Sriharikota on the coast of the Bay of Bengal will light up with the launch of India's Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on its 11th mission as it lifts off with what is being billed as "a message of peace like never before".

ISRO plans to launch the GSLV MARK II satellite carrying the SAARC satellite in March this year, GSLV MARK III carrying GSAT-19 communication satellite in April, and Chandrayaan-2 in the first quarter of 2018.

The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) is ready with their own friendly bird that could fly as early next year. The Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed yesterday that the eight SAARC countries could get their own special satellite by the end of next year.

Leaders of seven South Asian countries today came on the same platform via live video conference to witness, and celebrate the launch of the communication satellite from Sriharikota that promises to touch lives of millions of people in the region. "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas (Together, development for all)," Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom said...

GSAT-9 is being launched with an objective to provide different communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countries.

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) at ISRO, Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh successfully launched the 450-crore GSAT-9 or the South Asia Communication Satellite - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gift to six SAARC nations - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

India's heaviest rocket, which scientists like to call the "naughty boy of ISRO", has failed in half its missions of launching satellites into space. Today, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) cannot afford to fail. At 4:57 pm, it will lift off at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying a 450-crore communications satellite that Prime ...

ISRO's GSAT-9, touted as a 'gift' to India's South Asian neighbours, is all set to ride piggyback on the space agency's GSLV-F09 rocket at 4:57pm IST.

ISRO or the Indian Space Research Organisation has this morning reported good weather and smooth progress in a 28-hour countdown for the launch of the GSAT-9 or the South Asia Communication Satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Lift-off is at 4.57 pm today. Pakistan has opted out and the Rs 450-crore project, India's gift to its neighbours,...

India is ready to launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gift - a communications satellite made under a Rs 450-crore project. Seven nations, including India which are part of SAARC, will use the satellite. But most of them have their fledgling space programmes. In real terms, the biggest beneficiaries could be Bhutan and Maldives, which have none. P...

A 28-hour countdown is underway for the South Asia Satellite, which will lift off today from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

On Friday, India will launch the South Asia Satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The communications satellite will be propelled into space by the Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-year-old promise of a satellite for SAARC nations will be fulfilled this week. The Rs 235-crore "South Asia Satellite", which will cater to seven nations, including India, will take off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on May 5, piggybacking on the 'naughty boy of ISRO' - the Satellite Launch Vehicle - on its 11...

On May 5, the skies above the island of Sriharikota on the coast of the Bay of Bengal will light up with the launch of India's Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on its 11th mission as it lifts off with what is being billed as "a message of peace like never before".

ISRO plans to launch the GSLV MARK II satellite carrying the SAARC satellite in March this year, GSLV MARK III carrying GSAT-19 communication satellite in April, and Chandrayaan-2 in the first quarter of 2018.

The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) is ready with their own friendly bird that could fly as early next year. The Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed yesterday that the eight SAARC countries could get their own special satellite by the end of next year.