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ISRO to launch 19 satellites, including one with Modi’s picture engraved on panel

One of the nano satellites to be launched has an engraved picture of PM Modi on the top panel of the satellite as well as Bhagavad Gita in a flash.

Chandrayaan-3 likely to be launched in 2022, says ISRO chief K Sivan

The Covid lockdown has hit several projects of the ISRO including Chandrayaan-3, which was scheduled to be launched in late 2020, and Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission.

India’s next Mars mission likely to be an orbiter, ISRO to also explore Venus

Following the successful Mars landing by NASA's Perseverance, ISRO said it was working on Mars Orbiter Mission 2. Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan remain immediate priorities.

ISRO plans to launch Brazilian satellite, 3 Indian payloads on 28 February

ISRO's first mission for 2021 will have Amazonia-1, Brazil's first earth observation satellite, as primary payload and India's Anand, Satish Dhawan satellite and UNITYsat as co-passengers.

Mars, Moon & a fresh pair of eyes in the sky — the big space missions planned for 2021

Among other things, the coming year will provide a glimpse at the progress being made by the burgeoning private space industry — with many new rockets set for their maiden flights.

Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian space programme who was also a connoisseur of arts

Vikram Sarabhai, whose legacy lives on in India’s space programme, died of unknown causes on 30 December 1971 in Kerala. A crater on the Moon is named after him.

ISRO developing green propulsion for human space mission, says chairman K Sivan

Sivan, also the Secretary, Department of Space, advised the new graduates to take up 'calculated risk' in their life as it may safeguard them from 'absolute failure'.

ISRO’s PSLV rocket successfully puts communication satellite CMS-01 into orbit

The communication satellite has a life span of seven years and is envisaged for providing services in India including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.

ISRO set to launch satellite CMS-01 tomorrow, improve telecom coverage for Indian islands

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.

Aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha, ‘an authority on fluid dynamics’, dies at 87

Roddam Narasimha's contributions to the aerospace sector of the country are unparalleled and he is best known for his work on fluid dynamics.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.