The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk III, christened "Fat Boy", lifted off from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on June 5, 2017. At 6,914 lb, or more than three tonnes, and the height of a 13-story building, the GSAT-19 satellite is the heaviest that India has tried...
India Launches South Asia Satellite GSAT-9
India's Space and Research Organization (ISRO) launched the first South Asia Satellite, on May 5. Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that the satellite will help partner countries in effective communication, better governance, better banking and education in remote areas, more predictable weather forecasting and efficient resource mapping....
India Launches 100 Satellites on Single Rocket
India's Space and Research Organization disclosed that it had successfully launched more than a hundred nano satellites that weighed less than 22 pounds each, in a single mission. "All 104 satellites were successfully placed in orbit," the space agency’s chairman, A.S. Kiran Kumar, said. These included an Indian Earth observation...
NASA and India’s ISRO to Launch Satellite Ahead of Schedule
ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization is working with NASA to advance the launch of a satellite that was expected to be launched in 2021 to monitor climate change and earthquake patterns. The NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, is designed to observe and take measurements of some of...
India Launch Micro Satellites for U.S.A.
ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, will launch nine micro satellites for the United States in 2015-16, according to a news report in NDTV. India's space agency will launch these satellites using its polar satellite launch vehicle. "U.S. will be the 20th country to sign up for a commercial launch...