Indian Space Research Organisation
India set to launch IRNSS-1B satellite on 4 April
02 Apr 2014
The Indian Space Research Organisation has completed the integration of its indigenously made regional navigation satellite IRNSS-1B with the satellite’s launch vehicle PSLV-C24
ISRO to launch Chadrayaan-2 by 2016
11 Jan 2014
ISRO’s GSLV-D5 rocket blasts off into space; India makes history
06 Jan 2014
With its likely lower cost, ISRO is confident of bagging commercial satellite launch contracts, as the current mission is estimated to have cost just around Rs360 crore, or just about $58 million
ISRO clears GSLV-D5 for 5 January launch
28 Dec 2013
ISRO performs first trajectory correction on Mars Orbiter
11 Dec 2013
ISRO has successfully carried out the first trajectory correction manoeuvre of the Mars Orbiter spacecraft, by transferring the spacecraft to a solar orbit, nearly 3 million km away from the Earth
ISRO readies GSLV-D5 for early January launch
03 Dec 2013
ISRO places `Manglyaan’ on a trajectory towards Mars
02 Dec 2013
ISRO on Sunday successfully completed a critical operation of catapulting its Mars Orbiter spacecraft on its onward journey towards Mars
India’s Orbiter spacecraft set to start journey towards Mars tonight
30 Nov 2013
While leaving the Earth’s orbit, the Mars Orbiter Mission will rely on Sun's gravity and laws of the universe to travel to Mars
Mars Orbiter camera sends first pictures of Earth; captures cyclone`Helen’
22 Nov 2013
The three-colour camera captured images of the Indian subcontinent, parts of Africa and the severe cyclonic storm `Helen’ hurtling towards the Andhra Pradesh coast
ISRO takes Mars Orbiter spacecraft’s orbit beyond 1,00,000 km
12 Nov 2013
The spacecraft’s apogee (farthest point from earth) has been successfully raised from 78,276 km to 1,18,642 km
ISRO completes first orbit-raising manoeuvres of Mars Orbiter
08 Nov 2013
ISRO has successfully conducted the first orbit-raising manoeuvre of its Mars Orbiter spacecraft
PM pleased as India’s Mars mission makes good launch
05 Nov 2013
The satellite is expected to go around Earth for 20-25 days before embarking on a nine-month voyage to the red planet on 1 December and reach the orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014
India’s Mars orbiter mission all set for Tuesday launch
04 Nov 2013
ISRO is all set to launch its first interplanetary satellite mission to Mars, on Tuesday, 5 November
ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission set for 5 November launch
23 Oct 2013
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its prestigious mission to Mars on 5 November
India’s Rs450 cr Mars orbiter passes simulation tests
11 Sep 2013
The thermo-vacuum test of the Rs450-crore Mars orbiter due to be launched this year, was successfully tested with a full payload of scientific instruments
NASA may join hands with ISRO for new satellite
30 Jul 2013
India launches weather satellite INSAT-3D
26 Jul 2013
A little more than a month after Uttarakhand was ravaged by floods, India last night successfully launched a dedicated weather monitoring satellite with search and rescue capabilities.
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