Isro achieves breakthrough with lightweight carbon-carbon rocket engine nozzle | India News – Times of India

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…

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Isro brings back Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module to Earth Orbit, shows off tech to return from Moon – Times of India

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…

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Aditya-L1 payload HEL1OS captures first glimpse of solar flares | India News – Times of India

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…

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Scientists analyse Chandrayaan-1 data, shed new light on lunar water | India News – Times of India

BENGALURU: New research led by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) planetary scientist, Shuai Li, has led to a discovery that may help explain the origin of the water ice previously discovered in the lunar permanently shaded regions. The researchers analysed remote sensing data collected by Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument.University of Hawai‘i…

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Chandrayaan-3: Vikram lander successfully underwent a hop experiment, Isro says | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Chandrayaan-3‘s Vikram lander has soft-landed on Moon, once again, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said on Monday.The lander exceeded its mission objectives and successfully underwent a hop experiment, according to a post by the space agency on X (formerly Twitter).Describing the softlanding, Isro said, “On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself…

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In a first, Isro uses high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya mission | India News – Times of India

BENGALURU: Isro has achieved a new milestone, graduating from the S-band telemetry and command regime used for communication with its space modules to a high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya-L1, India’s first solar space observatory that completed the first of five Earth-bound manoeuvres at 11.40am Sunday.So far, Isro had used X-band only for payload data…

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India’s Chandrayaan-3 triumph gets front page coverage in Pakistan – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Several Pakistani newspapers on Thursday carried front-page stories on India’s moon mission, a day after Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the lunar surface. Pakistani ministers and media figures referred to it as a noteworthy achievement for India’s space agency Isro. India on Wednesday became the fourth nation to successfully soft-land on the lunar surface…

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