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Why India's first high-throughput satellite broadband service is a big deal

The resulting explosion of bandwidth would provide a big boost to commerce in underserved areas

Australia, the Netherlands look to scale up space cooperation with ISRO

Top officials from Australia and the Netherlands discussed potential opportunities to strengthen space cooperation with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath. Head of Australian Space Agency (ASA) Enrico Palermo and Ambassador of the Netherlands to India, Bhutan and Nepal Marten van den Berg visited ISRO headquarters here on Tuesday. Australia's active support in establishing temporary ground station in Cocos (Keeling) Island for India's 'Gaganyaan' missions, potential opportunities for cooperation in earth observation, satellite navigation, space situational awareness, and weather and climate studies using satellite data were the highlights of the discussion, according to ISRO. In a separate meeting between the Dutch ambassador and ISRO Chairman, apart from the ongoing interactions for cooperation in remote sensing applications focussed on air pollution and water management, potential opportunities for cooperation in space-based astronomy were ...

HAL-L&T consortium bags Rs 860-crore Isro contract for five PSLVs

Isro has been providing satellite launch services since 1990 through the PSLV, launching 319 customer satellites from 33 countries

Isro demonstrates new tech that can be used for Mars, Venus missions

ISRO on Saturday successfully demonstrated a new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) that it said is a game-changer with multiple applications for future missions including to Mars and Venus. An IAD, designed and developed by ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), was successfully test flown in a 'Rohini' sounding rocket from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). The IAD was initially folded and kept inside the payload bay of the rocket, according to the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). At around 84 km altitude, the IAD was inflated and it descended through atmosphere with the payload part of sounding rocket. The pneumatic system for inflation was developed by ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), it said. The IAD has systematically reduced the velocity of the payload through aerodynamic drag and followed the predicted trajectory. "This is the first time that an IAD is designed specifically for spe

ISRO spy case 'victim' Maldivian national Fousia Hassan dies in Colombo

The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when S. Nambi Narayanan, a top scientist at the ISRO unit here, was arrested on charges of espionage

Delhi HC junks arbitral award directing Antrix to pay $560 million to Devas

Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva on Monday said the arbitral award of September 14, 2015 was plagued with patent illegalities and fraud and was also in conflict with the public policy of India

Centre extends GAGAN compliance for Boeing 787 planes till Dec 2025

The government has given time till the end of December 2025 for aircraft maker Boeing to ensure its 787 Dreamliners are compliant with the GAGAN navigation system as major design changes will be required, according to a senior official. GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GAGAN has been jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI). On August 18, the civil aviation ministry issued a notification saying Boeing 787 aircraft have been exempted from the GAGAN compliance requirement till December 31, 2025. The senior official at the ministry said the compliance requirement for Boeing 787 planes has been extended after due consultation with AAI and DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation). "Boeing has informed that to make 787 compliant with the GAGAN equipment, major design changes have to be carried and given a time frame of 4th quarter of 2025. Accordingly, the exemption to Boeing 787 has been provided," the official

TMS Ep241: UPI charges, FIFA bans AIFF, jewellery stocks, ISRO's SSLV

Should there be charges on UPI fund transfers? What's at stake as FIFA bans Indian football federation? Should you buy jewellery stocks this festive season? Why is ISRO's SSLV important? Answers here

What is ISRO's new SSLV and why is it important?

This month, a small glitch derailed an ISRO plan to place light-weight satellites into orbit. For the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle it was the first assignment and there is a lot in store for it

Devas Multimedia seizes $87,457 cash in US in Antrix Corporation dispute

Devas Multimedia has seized USD 87,457.47 cash that ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation held in the US as it looked to enforce a USD 1.2 billion compensation it had won over a cancelled satellite deal, its lawyer said on Wednesday. Devas Multimedia America Inc had sought seizure of USD 145,000 but the actual recovery was USD 87,457.47 (a little less than Rs 70 lakh). This came after it secured a favourable order from the Eastern District Court of Virginia, Matthew D McGrill said. Originally, the company stated that it had seized USD 145,000 cash but later clarified that the actual seizure was lower than that amount. "The original claim amount was around USD 145,000 but was reduced as part of the bankruptcy proceedings (normal bankruptcy proceedings)," it said. The satellite company has been embroiled in a fight with the Indian government since a contract it had to develop wireless broadband in the country was cancelled in 2011. It was awarded USD 1.2 billion in international

Isro successfully tests Gaganyaan Low Altitude Escape Motor from Andhra

In another important milestone in the Gaganyaan project, ISRO successfully carried out the test-firing of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of Crew Escape System, from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

Why Isro's maiden SSLV mission failed

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Satellites no longer usable after deviation: ISRO on maiden SSLV mission

'Failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and go for a salvage action caused the deviation,' says the Indian space agency

SSLV suffers 'data loss' at terminal stage: ISRO chairman Somanath

ISRO maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) suffered "data loss" at the terminal stage, although three stages "performed and separated"

ISRO launches maiden SSLV carrying earth observation and student satellites

The SSLV-D1/EOS-02 mission by the Indian space agency is aimed at garnering a larger pie in the small launch vehicles market, as it can place the satellites into Low Earth Orbit

Indian Navy inks pact with ISRO's Space Applications Centre on data sharing

"The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the SAC and the Indian Navy to further meaningful interactions and professional exchanges in the future," said an official.

ISRO all set to launch SSLV on August 7; here's all you need to know

The SSLV is third launch vehicle of the research organisation after Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Isro earns $279 million in foreign exchange through satellite launches

ISRO in association with its commercial arms has successfully launched 345 foreign satellites from 34 countries on-board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)

R Madhavan's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect streams on Amazon Prime Video now

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is R Madhavan's passion project and the film is written, produced, and directed by actor R Madhavan, who also plays the lead role in the film