NASA and India's ISRO - the Indian Space Research Organization - will jointly build a satellite called NISAR or the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite which could be the world's most expensive Earth imaging satellite, and will cost the two countries over 1.5 billion dollars. In a meeting in Toronto,...
Tata Motors Launches Fuel Cell Powered Bus
Headquartered in Mumbai, India's largest automobile maker, Tata Motors, showcased its most recent vehicle: the hydrogen powered "Starbus", a zero-emission mass transport solution, for inter-city commutes. This bus, developed in partnership with India's Space Research Organization, works by combining hydrogen and oxygen in a fuel cell. The fuel cell produces...
India Launches Advanced Weather Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR using its GSLV-F05 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The cryogenic engine used in the satellite was made in India. This advanced meteorological satellite is configured with an imaging system, an atmospheric sounder, data relay...
House Committee Seeks Details on India's Launch Services
U.S. Congressman Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, and Rep. Brian Babin, chairman of its space subcommittee, sent letters to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman and Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy John...
India to Launch an Earth Observation Satellite in May
India will launch its new Earth observation satellite, Cartosat-2C, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in south India in May, to boost the country’s military reconnaissance and surveillance capability. Aviation Week reports that according to an official at the Indian Space and Research Organization, the observatory will be...
French Space Agency, India's ISRO to Collaborate on Mars Mission
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, signed a letter of intent with the Indian Space Research Organization for French participation in the next Mars mission, with plans for launch in 2018. Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of CNES, said in an interview with Business Insider, “We know the...