ISRO launched the EOS-09 aboard its trusted rocket PSLV Sunday morning, but had to abort the mission. 2025 is proving to be a tough year for the space agency.
At 4:04 pm, two PROBA-3 satellites took flight onboard PSLV-C59 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Mission marks European Space Agency’s return to space launches with ISRO after 2 decades.
DS-SAR, a radar imaging earth observation satellite, is the primary satellite for the mission. There are also 6 co-passenger customer satellites belonging to Singapore.
Main payload is 352-kg DS-SAR used for govt, military & commercial purposes. Others are National University of Singapore’s Galassia-2, NuLIoN, ORB-12 Strider & three built by students.
One of the 18 co-passenger satellites include one from Chennai-based Space Kidz India (SKI) which is engraved with a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PSLV-C49 lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Saturday at the end of a 26-hour countdown and injected EOS-01 and 9 customer satellites into the orbit.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
President of India has honoured 16 BSF personnel with gallantry medals for show of exemplary courage in the 87-hour ‘war’ between India and Pakistan that followed the launch of Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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