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...
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 to Launch 103 Satellites in February Mission
India's Space Research Organization is poised to launch 103 satellites in a record single mission in the month of February. The rocket will be launched from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota, and will carry three Indian satellites that will observe and measure the earth's atmosphere, along with another 100 from...
India's Space Research Organization Launches Remote Sensing Satellite
India's Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully placed its latest 2722 pound remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A into a 508 miles polar sun synchronous orbit. The satellite was placed aboard ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C36. Intended for resource monitoring for the next five years, the satellite carries a high resolution...
India’s TeamIndus Contends for $20-Million Lunar XPrize
Limiting state investment to 10%, Google’s Lunar XPrize aims to encourage private investment in space technology and development of low-cost systems for space exploration. Bangalore-based startup TeamIndus, the only Indian team in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition, is building a privately funded Spacecraft capable of soft landing on the Moon by...
ISRO Places 8 Satellites in Two Different Orbits
India's Space Research Organization has successfully launched 8 satellites in two different orbits in a first ever payload launch of the kind. Mashable reports that the entire mission took 25 days since the team experienced many unprecedented challenges. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle -C35 had to be re-ignited a second...