In a significant move, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has turned to SpaceX, an American company, for launching its next-generation heavy communications satellite, GSAT-20. This marks the first time ISRO will utilize SpaceX's Falcon-9 heavy lift launcher, which is expected to lift off from Florida on a dedicated Indian...
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’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...