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...
India’s Largest Rocket and Unmanned Capsule Launched Successfully
India has successfully launched its largest and heaviest rocket and an unmanned capsule which could send astronauts into space. On Thursday, December 17, a 630-ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (MK III) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The rocket's main...
India To Test Human Crew Module in Space
Just months after achieving the milestone of a successful mission to Mars, India is ready to launch a human crew module and then retrieve it from the sea upon re-entry. The crew module will be launched as a payload on the GSLV Mark III rocket. "The rocket can carry up...
Jitendra Singh, Minister of Space and Nuclear Energy
Dr. Jitendra Singh is a man who wears many hats -- author, physician, columnist and a politician. Singh joined Narendra Modi's Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009 and is a member of the party's National Executive Committee. The Modi government has appointed him as the Union Minister of State for Atomic...
Indian Space Research Organization readies its 100th launch
According to a report in Aviation Week, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will take up its 100th mission on September 9th with the launch of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying two international satellites. The launch vehicle weighs 230 tons and stands 44 meters tall. The two satellites are...