ISRO all set for launch of heaviest communication satellite from Indian soil onboard LVM3-M5India's heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03, weighing 4,410 kg, is set for launch from Sriharikota on Sunday aboard the powerful LVM3-...
02 Nov, 2025, 01.51 PM IST
Kulasekarapattinam launch complex expected to be ready by Dec'26: ISRO ChiefIndia is set to inaugurate its second launch complex in Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu, by December 2026. ISRO Chairman S. Somanath announc...
27 Aug, 2025, 10.55 PM IST
ISRO's 100th mission: GSLV-F15 launch of NVS-02 navigation satellite explainedISRO's 100th mission, the launch of the NVS-02 navigation satellite aboard GSLV-F15, is set for January 29. This mission, the first under n...
28 Jan, 2025, 03.34 PM IST
South Korea team showcases drone that serves as 'flying shopping cart'Members of the team demonstrated the hovering platform with a handle bar much like one on a push shopping cart moving objects up and down s...
22 Oct, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
ISRO eyes next generation launch vehicle for heavier payloadsAnother ISRO official said the new rocket would be helpful as India plans to have its own space station by 2035 and was also eyeing deep sp...
30 Oct, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Indian choppers ready for winter operations in Ladakh, says HAL chiefThe in-service Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), which has proved its worth in supply missions to the Siachen glacier, is being used by the ...
24 Sep, 2020, 09.12 AM IST
Agriculture drones cleared for night missionsIndia is the first country in the world to utilise drones in anti-locust operations and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisati...
30 Jun, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
Government issues draft rules for manufacturing, using dronesThe draft rules have been issued at a time when the use of drones has increased due to a coronavirus lockdown, for purposes like surveillan...
05 Jun, 2020, 08.19 PM IST
Isro @ 50: India's space agency now has a new missionOn the golden jubilee year of Isro, its chairman K Sivan said the agency is now looking to develop technologies required for future.
16 Aug, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
India needs new rockets to carry heavier payloadsIsro’s heaviest rocket is rated to carry about 8,000 kg to a low earth orbit (LEO) and half of that to higher orbits.
23 Jul, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
Isro successfully launches its monster rocket GSLV Mk IIIThe rocket that was as heavy as 200 full-grown Asian elephants, or equivalent to the weight of five fully-loaded Boeing Jumbo Jets, was lau...
05 Jun, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
Countdown for heaviest rocket launch progressing normally: ISROThe 25-and-half hour countdown began yesterday at 3.58 pm and was "progressing normally". The rocket is scheduled for a lift off at 5.28 pm.
05 Jun, 2017, 12.35 PM IST
ISRO's most powerful rocket planned to be launched in JuneThe ISRO currently has the capability to launch payloads of up to 2.2 tonnes into the intended orbit and anything above that it had to tap ...
13 May, 2017, 11.01 AM IST
ISRO set for first developmental flight of "game-changer" rocketISRO rockets (launch vehicles) at present have the capability to launch satellites up to 2.2 tons; it depends on international launchers to...
19 Apr, 2017, 04.09 PM IST
Country's air-breathing rocket 'scramjets' its way into spaceWhen the second stage, to which two scramjet engines were fixed, auto-ignited, the rocket had reached 20km altitude at Mach 6 and the flame...
29 Aug, 2016, 02.32 PM IST
NASA seeks student ideas to land massive cargo on MarsNASA is inviting university and college students to be part of the its "Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge."
21 Sep, 2015, 02.21 PM IST
Cryogenic engine for GSLV Mk-III rocket to be ready in 2 yearsThe GSLV Mk III was today launched with active S200 and L110 propulsive stages and a passive cryogenic stage (C25) with dummy engine.
18 Dec, 2014, 12.26 PM IST