A new U.S.-India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) has been hailed as a critical part of a pioneering year for U.S.-India civil space cooperation by both President Trump and India's Prime Minister Modi during their visit in Washington in February. The NISAR launch will advance U.S.-India cooperation and...
India Achieves Docking of Two Spacecraft
India achieved a significant milestone in its space program by successfully completing its first unmanned space docking, joining an exclusive group that previously included only the United States, Russia, and China. The Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex) was carried out by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and involved two small...
India Launches Space Probe to Lunar South Pole
On July 22, India launched a 3.8 ton satellite destined for the Moon. Lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which means "moon vehicle" in Sanskrit, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 2:43 p.m., Monday local time (5:13 am ET). If the...
India Successfully Launches Radar Imaging Satellite
On May 21, 2019 state -owned Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched a new Earth-observation satellite, boosting the nation's space-based surveillance capabilities. ISRO used Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the PSLV-C46, to launch its third radar imaging satellite, named RISAT-2B, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, a barrier island...
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...
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...