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Mangalyaan-2 will be an orbiter mission: ISRO chief K Sivan

ISRO chief K Sivan said India's next mission to the Red Planet is likely to be an orbiter.

Isro on a mission to give leg-up to start-ups in space sector

ISRO has embarked on a mission to take startups in the space sector to a higher orbit with a string of initiatives to help them realise their business potential. It is keen on formulating an exclusive space startup programme -- "Space Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development (SEED)", Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan said. SEED is conceived as a competitive early stage encouragement programme to startups and MSMEs (Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises) keen on developing products/services in focus areas of interest to ISRO with the space agency helping them to use its facilities, officials said. A formal mechanism for the programme was expected to be announced soon, they said. With recent reforms opening up doors for enhanced private sector participation in the space sector, ISRO is thrilled to receive several proposals from industries and startups, Sivan said. "These proposals reflect the true ...

Isro, MapmyIndia join hands to take on Google's Maps, Earth products

The initiative aims to offer India's best and fully indigenous mapping portal and geospatial services

Isro to launch Brazil's Amazonia-1 and 20 co-passenger satellites on Feb 28

The launch is tentatively scheduled at 10:23 hrs IST that day

Brazilian, Indian startup satellite part of ISRO's first mission in 2021

Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and three Indian payloads are part of the mission

Pact with Isro boosts Skyroot's bid to launch India's first private rocket

Skyroot Aerospace's programme to launch India's first-ever privately-designed and developed rocket, Vikram-1, received a boost

Budget: Dept of Space allocated Rs 13,949 cr after a steep cut last year

Out of the allocated funds Rs 8,228 crore have been earmarked for capital expenditure

Isro decides to partner with industry to launch space-themed merchandise

Isro to identify and authorise parties, agencies on non-exclusive basis for a registration fee

Fuel filling for 2nd stage of PSLV-C50 carrying satellite complete: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation announced that the fuel filling and oxidiser process for the second stage of PSLV-C50 has been completed

Cyclone Nivar: How better preparation contained the damage in Tamil Nadu

The pressure is likely to concentrate into depression, moving westwards, and reach south Tamil Nadu coast by December 2

India's multi-wavelength satellite AstroSat makes rare discovery: IUCAA

AstroSat, India's first multi-wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme UV light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth

Isro checking space enthusiast's claim of Pragyan rover rolling on moon

According to him, the rover may be still intact on the moon's surface. Latest pictures from LRO (Jan 4, 2020) showed rover tracks on the moon from the lander

New education policy 'unilateral' drive to destroy Indian education: CPI(M)

The party alleged that Parliament has been completely bypassed in the process of forming the policy

Spectrum auction: DoT circulates Cabinet note for comments, keeps 5G out

Says industry may not have the appetite for it because of AGR issue

Estimate space sector's share in GDP before allowing pvt sector: Experts

The Indian government should first gather data as to the share of space sector in the country's GDP and resolve conflict of interest issue before framing policies, said industry experts.

Private firms can offer end-to-end space services: Isro chief K Sivan

Govt approves formation of a new organisation, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), seeking to open up space infrastructure to the private sector

Isro receives patent for protective garment for human spaceflight

The ISRO said that the garment is a close fitting long garment, covering the torso and limbs from neck to toe as a single piece lightweight comfort inner wear over which the flight suit has to be worn

Creativity can't be transferred through online classes: Ex Isro chairman

The National Education Policy, 2019, draft committee chairperson stressed the need for face-to-face contacts, interactions, exchange of ideas and thoughts as he backed the traditional mode

ISRO turnover to zoom if units converted into separate entities: Official

The best of the efforts in innovation in such a large industry, the conversion in product outputs are meagre to the extent of 5 to 10 per cent, he adds

Key takeaways from FM Sitharaman's fourth tranche of the economic stimulus

The eight sectors in which reforms are to be introduced are coal, minerals, defence production, aviation, power discoms in UTs, space technology and atomic energy