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Topic: Satellite

Now, a satellite to monitor culprits releasing harmful methane into the atmosphere

Iris — a microwave-sized gadget set to be launched into orbit from French Guiana this weekend— will track methane released from oil and gas wells, coal mines, power plants among others.

Canadian start-up predicted Coronavirus outbreak in China back in December

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Two satellites missed a close smash in space — but how did we reach this disaster

Collisions in space can be disastrous and can send high-speed debris in all directions. This endangers other satellites, future launches, and especially crewed space missions.

There are 40 million people in modern slavery. AI and satellite imaging can end that

Modern slavery is a market failure of massive proportions, present in just about every country, generating an estimated $150 billion of profit globally.

Want to build satellites, rockets in India? Here’s how you can & challenges that lie ahead

While ISRO is the surest way forward, there about 150 private companies that work in the ISRO supply chain as new start-ups have emerged in the space sector.

It’s time to bring in regulation for outer space

Growth of commercial space companies and the desire of more and more governments to exploit space is dramatically increasing collision risks.

As the race for Moon heats up, Chandrayaan-2 could give ISRO an edge, and spoils

Private efforts to get to the surface of the moon have gained tremendous attention and investment over the last decade.

Cold War spy images show Himalayan glaciers are melting faster

650 glaciers under study were found melting twice as fast as they did between 1975 & 2000. About 13% of ice seen in 1975 disappeared by 2000.

How ISRO can help satellite launch startups tap a billion-dollar (and growing) market

Commercial satellite launches have emerged as a new business frontier as companies look to place their own devices in space for imagery, cheap internet and other services.

What ISRO’s new spy satellite can do, and how it can penetrate clouds

With ISRO’s launch of its new spy satellite, ThePrint takes a look at RISAT-2B's functioning and use, and how it will be affected by clouds.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

How Op Mahadev unfolded: A day-by-day account of how the net closed in on Pahalgam terrorists

New Delhi: The killing of the three LeT terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre was the culmination of an operation that started immediately after the...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.