France to build high-security prison in remote South American jungle — Here's whyFrance plans to construct a high-security prison in French Guiana by 2028, targeting drug kingpins and Islamist radicals. Justice Minister ...
The drug mules carrying Europe's cocaine in their gutsWomen -- some of them pregnant -- and even children are among those who risk their lives for a few thousands euros (dollars) by swallowing ...
Communication satellite GSAT-24 launch on June 22, says ISROGSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4180 kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs. NSIL has leased...
Bharti-backed OneWeb deploys 34 satellites; its in-orbit fleet now at 428 satellitesBharti-backed OneWeb on Friday announced the successful deployment of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, ...
NASA's path breaking telescope set for launch on million-mile voyageThe James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, will leave Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket ...
ISRO set to launch communication satellite GSAT-31 on Feb 6The satellite with a mission life of 15 years will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites
GSAT-17 to be launched from French Guiana tomorrowGSAT-17 carries equipment for meteorological data relay and satellite based search and rescue services being provided by earlier INSAT sate...
- Unfavourable weather condition delays launch of Indian satellite
Chennai, Oct 5 (IANS) The liftoff of Ariane 5 rocket with Indian satellite GSAT-18 has been postponed to October 6 due to unfavourable weat...
Paving green paths of the scenic Amazon RainforestThis year World Environment Day is themed on Fight against the Illegal Trade in Wildlife and the slogan is ‘Go Wild for Life’.
India to launch communication satellites GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 in 2016, 2017Arianespace said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has selected it to launch GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 telecommunication satellites on Ar...
GSAT-16 satellite set to be launched on Sunday"GSAT-16 launch is rescheduled on early morning of Dec 07 at 02:10 hrs (IST) from French Guiana," ISRO said on its website.
GSAT-16 rescheduled for launch tomorrowISRO had last night announced that due to inclement weather, the launch of GSAT-16 onboard Ariane 5 VA221 which was scheduled for 02.08 am ...
- British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta sets world auction record for any stamp at Sotheby’s New York
The stamp was rediscovered by a 12-year-old Scottish boy living in South America in 1873, and from there passed through some of the most im...
Sotheby’s to auction rare stamp British Guiana One-Cent Magenta in New YorkSotheby’s New York will offer the most famous stamp in the world in a dedicated auction on 17 June 2014.
India's heaviest satellite GSAT-10 launched successfullyIndia's advanced communication satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched early today on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in ...
European rocket to launch Indian satellite GSAT-10 on September 22India's latest communication satellite GSAT-10 is slated to be launched from Kourou in French Guiana on September 22.
- DTH services satellite launched
An advanced communication satellite GSAT-8, aimed at augmenting direct-to-home TV broadcast services, was launched by Arianespace from Kour...