Satellites

Bengaluru, Feb 6: The Indian space agency should get 50 percent hike in the union budget for 2016-17 to enhance its manpower and launch more satellites, a parliamentary committee chief said on Friday. "We have recommended 50 percent…

Chennai, Dec 14: The 59-hour countdown for the launch of six Singaporean satellites by an Indian rocket is progressing smoothly at the rocket port in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh around 80km from here, said the Indian space agency.…

Washington, Dec 3: US space agency NASA is set to launch three small research satellites, or CubeSats, which have been designed and developed by more than 400 students from two universities and a primary school. CubeSats were selected…

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 28: A rocket, carrying seven satellites, including India's first space observatory, Astrosat satellite blasted off from here on Monday. Exactly at 10 a.m. the 44.4 metres tall weighing around 320 ton polar…

Chennai, April 30 (IANS): India will launch six more satellites during 2015-16 of which two would be communication satellites, three navigation satellites and one space science satellite ASTROSAT, parliament was told on Thursday. In a…

US-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the world's first all-electric communications satellites into orbit. Blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in California…

The Indian space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched India's largest rocket GSLV Mark II, which can carry heavy satellites to the space. The rocket was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Prime…