A new kind of rocket for launching small payloads into orbit, SSLV carried two satellites with payloads marking India’s 75th year of Independence. Status of satellites is currently unclear.
In order to expand India’s private sector success into the space industry, ISRO will have to provide knowledge support, says Chairman S. Somanath at Delhi event.
The rocket was successfully lifted off from the launch pad but the mission could not be accomplished due to a technical anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage, ISRO chairman said.
Union minister Jitendra Singh Wednesday said that ISRO is already monitoring and geo-tagging 67 projects at 221 sites in all eight states in a first-ever such undertaking.
The prototype of the ventilators developed at Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), has undergone in-house test & evaluation & meets various specifications.
CMS-01 will be India’s 42nd communication satellite to be placed into orbit and will provide improved telecom services for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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