The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its 100th rocket on January 29. The GSLV-F15 rocket will carry the NVS-02 satellite into orbit. India's accomplishments in space India's ...
In a landmark achievement for Indian space exploration, ISRO’s GSLV-F15 rocket successfully lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at precisely 6:23 AM.
1980 Rohini Satellite Series (RS-1 ... 2013 Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) India’s first interplanetary mission, which made India the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit.
Bringing them to an inter-satellite distance of 5 km was done by the usual, ground-based (orbit maintenance and attitude control) methods. Once they were 5 km apart, a suite of (four) sensors came ...
The Mangalyaan also carried with it five scientific ... 2013 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with the powerful Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
ISRO is well known for its low-cost space programmes and the organisation surged to global prominence in 2014 after its Mangalyaan mission, wherein a satellite was sent to Mars for a cost that was ...
the satellite’s orbit decayed on August 19, 1979. The SHAR facility has two launch pads that have important launches, including India’s lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 and Mars orbiter Mangalyaan.