It includes a 500 watt blushless electric motor, front and rear suspension, hydraulic disc brakes, lithium batteries with a 45km range.

The country's space agency also tested the atmospheric re-entry of a crew module towards realising its ambition to send humans into space.

The rocket port is around 80 km from Chennai. The rocket's main luggage is the 714 kg French earth observation satellite SPOT-7.

PM Narendra Modi today had a brief meeting with Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa during a stopover here on his way to Sriharikota.

Modi, on a visit to Sriharikota to witness the launch of ISRO's PSLV C-23 rocket, said his govt is committed to give impetus to India's spa...

In his 1st trip to the south after he assumed office, Modi arrived today on a special aircraft enroute to Sriharikota to witness launch of ...

The countdown was progressing smoothly and preparations for Mobile Service Tower withdrawal to the parking end were going well.

There may be a three-minute delay in the launch of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C23 from the Sriharikota spaceport on Monday.

"After the clearance from LAB, the 49-hour countdown for the mission will commence at 08:49 AM on June 28," ISRO spokesperson B R Guruprasa...