BENGALURU: Isro Saturday said it has demonstrated its commitment to nurturing a vibrant space ecosystem in India by providing extensive technical support and expertise to Agnikul Cosmos, the IIT-incubated start-up, for its recent suborbital mission, Agnibaan SOrTeD.“…This collaboration showcases Isri’s willingness to support and foster the growth of private start-ups in the country’s rapidly expanding…
BENGALURU: Isro Tuesday said it closely monitored and captured the signatures of the powerful solar storm triggered by the highly active sunspot region — AR13664 — that impacted Earth in early May 2024, unleashing a series of intense X-class flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) directed towards our planet. The resulting geomagnetic storm was the…
BENGALURU: Isro Tuesday said it closely monitored and captured the signatures of the powerful solar storm triggered by the highly active sunspot region — AR13664 — that impacted Earth in early May 2024, unleashing a series of intense X-class flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) directed towards our planet. The resulting geomagnetic storm was the…
NEW DELHI: Making India’s intention clear to join global efforts to remove debris from space, Isro chairman S Somanath on Tuesday announced that the country aims to achieve debris-free space missions by 2030.Addressing the 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meet in Bengaluru, Somanath said Isro has a clearly laid-out plan for space…
BENGALURU: In what it describes as a significant advancement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Tuesday said it has successfully developed a lightweight Carbon-Carbon (C-C) nozzle for rocket engines, marking a breakthrough in rocket engine technology.This innovation, accomplished by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), promises to enhance the vital parameters of rocket engines, including…
MUMBAI: India’s nuclear sector is set to fuel and power future Indian space missions, Isro chairman S Somanath said at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay’s Techfest on Thursday. He talked about the upcoming projects undertaken by the space agency and said it will also go for nuclear propulsion in collaboration with the department of atomic energy.Citing…
BENGALURU: Showing that India can not only send objects to the Moon but also bring them back, ISRO has successfully returned the Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module (PM), initially intended for lunar operations, to Earth‘s orbit after surpassing its lunar mission objectives.This marks another achievement, following the lunar hop by Vikram (lander), showcasing the capability of reigniting…
NEW DELHI: In a boost for India’s Solar mission, Isro’s spacecraft Aditya L1 has started sending data that is shedding light on the mysteries of solar wind as the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload on board the satellite has “commenced its operations and is performing normally”, an Isro statement said.ASPEX, comprising two cutting-edge…
BENGALURU: Isro on Tuesday said that the High-Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) instrument on India’s first solar space observatory, Aditya-L1, has “recorded the impulsive phase of solar flares”.HEL1OS — developed by the space astronomy group of Isro’s UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Bengaluru — carried out the observation during its first observation period…
BENGALURU: The crew module — where the astronauts will be contained in a pressurised Earth-like atmospheric condition during Gaganyaan — is under various stages of development.The space agency, which is aiming to conduct the first Test Vehicle abort mission or TV-D1 by the end of this month, will use an unpressurised CM which has completed…
