The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will mass-produce solar cells that can be used in its space programs. ISRO has imported technology from the U.S. and will start manufacturing these products under the supervision of its scientists at the state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited based in Bangalore. Unlike the conventional solar...
Indian Scientists Discover a New Planet
Professor Abhijit Chakraborty and a team at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, in India's western state of Gujarat, has discovered a super-Neptune size planet around a Sun-like star. The research was published online in the Astronomical Journal of the American Astronomical Society. The planet which will be known as EPIC 211945201b...
U.S., India, China Step-Up Moon Exploration
NASA scientists have plans to visit the Earth-Moon Lagrangian point, or EML-2, about 37,000 miles above the far side of the Moon, where the gravitational pull of two separate bodies creates "parking places" or stable areas to land orbiting spacecraft. There is no clear timeline to this plan yet. China...
India Satellites to Help Fisherman Find Catch
With the aim to help fishermen easily locate their catch without wasting time and fuel, India's Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and the Space Application Center of the Indian Space Research Organization, both state-owned institutions, have formed a partnership to identify areas in the deep seas where fish can be...
India's Mars Probe Completes 1,000 Days in Orbit
Originally designed to last only six months, India's Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan, completed 1,000 earth days in orbit around the Red Planet, exceeding all expectations of the $74 million mission. Launched by state-owned Indian Space Research Organization on November 5, 2013, Mangalyaan entered Mars' orbit on September 24,...
India's Heaviest Rocket Launches Satellite
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...