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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

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

Next Capital-backed Vestaspace to launch constellation of 35+ satellites

The company plans to replace traditional fibre networks with the satellite constellations and provide high-speed 5G network connections pan-India with its unmanned Software Data processing

Opening up the space

Pvt investment will increase opportunities

FM gives reforms pill for ailing economy with privatisation, policy tweaks

In the latest announcement, the government's focus was on structural reform in sectors such as coal, minerals, aviation, defence, aerospace, power, and social infrastructure

Commercialising space

It's a wake-up call for newcomers such as India

10 earth-observing satellites among 36 missions lined up by Isro for FY21

Gaganyaan (unmanned) is also part of Isro's mission for 2020-21

GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 called off, new launch dates in due course: Isro

The rocket GSLV-F10 carrying India's first agile Earth observation satellite was scheduled to launch on March 5

India plans to launch Chandrayaan-3 by first half of 2021: Isro chairman

Isro will attempt to launch in the same area, and would have a lander, rover and propulsion module like its predecessor

Countdown for Isro's GISAT-1 launch to begin on Wednesday evening

Weighing 2,268 kg, the GISAT-1 will be carried by the three stage geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-F10)

Only 15% R&D workforce are women: Kovind at launch of equality initiatives

Kovind recalled how women scientists played a critical role in ISRO's Mangalyaan and Chandrayaan 2

ISRO to launch geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 on March 5 from Sriharikota

GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian subcontinent, under cloud-free conditions

Xiaomi to bring ISRO technology NavIC to smartphones in 2020

Smartphone and smart TV brand Xiaomi on Tuesday announced it would bring ISROs Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System NavIC technology to its smartphones. Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is the regional geo-positioning system designed in the country by the city-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to provide accurate positioning in India and 1500 km around the Indian mainland. The capability has been currently enabled by Qualcomm Technologies Inc on several of their Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platforms and will be made available across multiple Xiaomi smartphones in India, Xiaomi said in a statement. In 2020, several Xiaomi smartphones across multiple price points will support NavIC initially supported by some Snapdragon chipsets. The implementation was possible after R&D efforts from Xiaomi for software along with ISRO's (Indian Space Research Organisation) and Qualcomms efforts, it said. "Xiaomi has taken this step to further ..

Awaiting lift-off: What keeps India's share of global space biz grounded

India's share in the estimated $360 billion global space industry is less than two per cent

Gaganyaan: Indian astronauts for 1st human mission start training in Moscow

Russian launch service provider Glavkosmos said the planned twelve month training programme of Indian candidates for a spaceflight started on Monday at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Moscow. After a thorough selection, the four Indian Air Force fighter pilots became the Indian Space Research Organisation candidates for the spaceflight. For India's first manned mission to space- Gaganyaan, which is planned around 2022, trained pilots will be selected from among them. "This Monday Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) has started the planned training program of Indian candidates for a spaceflight under the contract between Glavkosmos,JSC (part of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos) and the Human Spaceflight Centre of the (ISRO)," Glavkosmos said in a statement on its website. Most part of the training will take place at the GCTC facilities. Glavkosmos said the 12-month training programme includes comprehensive .

Isro YUVIKA: Apply for Isro Young Scientists Programme today; how to Apply

Isro YUVIKA Young Scientists Programme will be held for two weeks from May 11 to May 22, 2020

ISRO readying low-cost satellite launch vehicles worth Rs 30-35 cr

ISRO has planned some 500 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launches in the next five years, a press release quoting Haridas said

Pvt sector to get 70% of upcoming space projects worth up to $1.6 bn: Isro

In the last 25 years, the space agency has launched more than 50 PSLV rockets, and wants to launch another 50 in the next five years

Isro to send robot 'Vyommitra' in unmanned Gaganyaan mission this year

ISRO chairman K Sivan told reporters the half humanoid will simulate human functions in space and also interact with the environment control life support system