On July 14, 2023, India launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole. The rocket, Launch Vehicle Mark III, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the island of Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh. https://youtu.be/q2ueCg9bvvQ The Chandrayaan-3...
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'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...
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 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...