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...
India Tests Air-Breathing Propulsion Technology For Space Launch
India's Space Research Organization (ISRO) conducted a successful experiment to demonstrate supersonic combustion using atmospheric oxygen on Sunday, August 28. It was the maiden experiment of ISRO's Dual Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) engine, which uses hydrogen as fuel and air from the atmosphere as the oxidizer, at hypersonic conditions, and was...
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’s Space Research Organization Set to Launch ‘Space Shuttle’
India’s Space Research Organization is in the final countdown stage of building and launching its very own version of a 'space shuttle'. The size of a sports utility vehicle, India's engineers have created a winged reusable launch vehicle which will be used 10 times (if reusable technology succeeds) as a...
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...
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...