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ISRO's commercial arm NSIL announces first demand driven satellite mission

ISRO's commercial arm, NewSpace India Limited on Friday announced its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the Government in June last year

Indian industry to produce two more entire rockets - GSLV-Mk III and SSLV

The Department of Space (DoS) plans to realise entirely-built rockets -- GSLV-Mk III and SSLV -- from Indian industry partners, in addition to PSLV, according to a top official of its commercial arm NSIL. NSIL (NewSpace India Limited) has received three bids -- HAL-L&T, BEL-Adani-BEML, and BHEL, in response to the request for proposal (RFP) floated by it for end-to-end production of PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). "We are now going through the techno-commercial evaluation (in respect of the three bids)", NSIL Chairman and Managing Director, Radhakrishnan D, told PTI here. He said the process will be completed within the next two months with one of the bidders bagging the contract. The selected bidder will be responsible for realisation of five numbers of PSLV. Immediately after selection of the bidder to produce the entire PSLV, NSIL will release Expression of Interest (EOI) for end-to-end production of another operational rocket -- GSLV-Mk III (Geosynchronous Satellite ...

India to revise FDI policy for space sector, says Isro chief Sivan

Presently, all FDI in the space sector has to be cleared by the government while the industry wants the investment under the automatic route.

Niti Aayog ties-up with ISRO, CBSE launch 'Space Challenge' for students

Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with ISRO and CBSE has launched 'Space Challenge' for school students across India, an official statement said on Friday.

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads made discovery-class findings, says ISRO

The observations of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads have yielded discovery-class findings, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). There were eight scientific payloads hosted on the orbiter craft. They are: Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS), Solar X-ray Monitor (XSM), CHandra's Atmospheric Compositional Explorer 2 (CHACE 2), Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR), Imaging Infra-Red Spectrometer (IIRS), Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC 2), Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC), and Dual Frequency Radio Science (DFRS) experiment. Earlier this week, ISRO opened up its scientific discussions on Lunar Science to "the people of the country, to engage the Indian academia, institutes, students, and people from all disciplines and walks of life", in the form of a two-day 'Lunar Science Workshop & Release of Chandrayaan-2 Data'. The workshop commemorated the completion of two years of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in the lunar orbit. The events .

ISRO releases Chandrayaan-2 data as it completes 2 years in lunar orbit

The Chairman of ISRO K Sivan on Monday inaugurated a Lunar Science Workshop 2021, to commemorate the completion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft around the lunar orbit.

Isro hot tests system demonstration model of Gaganyaan orbital module

Indian space agency ISRO said on Saturday that it has successfully conducted the first hot test of the System Demonstration Model of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System

ISRO seeks proposals for analysis, utilisation of Chandrayaan-2 data

ISRO has come out with an Announcement of Opportunity, seeking proposals towards scientific analysis and utilisation of data from all experiments of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

The space race is getting harder

A vast technological gap is opening up as humans race to colonise the solar system

ISRO's GSLV fails to place earth observation satellite into orbit

Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket, the space agency said on Thursday. The 51.70-metre tall rocket GSLV-F10/EOS-03 successfully lifted off from the second launch pad at the spaceport as planned at 05.43 hrs soon after the 26-hour countdown concluded. Ahead of the lift-off, the Launch Authorisation Board cleared the decks for a normal lift-off as planned. The performance of the rocket in the first and second stages of the rocket was normal, scientists at the Mission Control Centre said. However, minutes later the scientists were seen in discussion and it was announced in the Mission Control Centre by the Range Operations Director "mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly". "Performance anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage. The mission could not

Before EOS-03 setback, Chandrayaan-2 too did not yield desired results

The failure of a GSLV rocket to inject the EOS-03 satellite into the orbit on Thursday comes two years after the ISRO experienced another major setback during the launch of Chandrayaan-2

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 detects presence of water molecules on moon

Chandrayaan-2, ISRO's second lunar mission, has detected the presence of water molecules on the moon, data obtained from the mission has revealed.

Earth Observation Satellite 03 scheduled for launch on August 12

The Earth Observation Satellite-03 is scheduled to be launched on August 12, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Singh is the Minister of State in-charge of the Department of Space. "GSLV-F10 is slated to launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-03 on August 12, 2021 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. #ISRO," Singh tweeted on Monday. Last week, in a written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Singh had said that GSLV F10 would launch EOS-03 in the third quarter of 2021. PSLV-C52 is scheduled to launch EOS-04, another earth observation satellite, in the third quarter of 2021. The first developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV- D1, is scheduled to launch EOS-02 in the fourth quarter of 2021. PSLV-C53 is also scheduled to launch EOS-06 in the fourth quarter of 2021, Singh said.

Geo-imaging satellite scheduled for launch in Q3 of 2021: Jitendra Singh

A few countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Romania, have expressed interest in space cooperation with India

First uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan programme not possible in Dec: ISRO

The launch of the first uncrewed mission planned in December will be delayed due to the COVID-induced disruption in delivery of hardware elements for the ambitious venture, ISRO confirmed on Monday

ISRO's merchandiser programme takes off with 8 companies already onboard

The Indian Space Research Organisation's customised space-themed merchandise programme in partnership with industry has taken off with multiple companies on board. Now, one will be able to purchase authorised products connected to ISROs missions and work, such as scale models, T-shirts, mugs, space-themed educational games, science toys, and more. ISRO believes this brand promotion exercise can play a "game-changing" role in creating awareness and kindling interest of students, children and public, in the domain of space science & technology, and propagating its achievements. "Eight companies have so far registered with ISRO on a non-exclusive basis with a registration fee regarding customised ISRO-theme based articles / models", an official of the Bengaluru headquartered space agency, under the Department of Space (DoS), told PTI on Sunday. They include Indic Inspirations (Pune), 1947IND (Bengaluru), and Ankur Hobby Centre (Ahmedabad), sources said. "We will soon b

Rivals turn the heat on Sunil Mittal's stand on satellite spectrum

Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk applauds Isro's progress for Gaganyaan Mission

The ISRO on Wednesday successfully conducted the third long-duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme

ISRO, CII to organise international conference on space from Sept 13-Oct 4

The International Space Conference and exhibition will be held from September 13 to October 4, 2021

As Covid restrictions ease, Isro puts in place aggressive launch timelines

Isro's move is not only motivated by lower Covid-19 cases but also by the significance of some of the projects