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The First Launch in 1979 failed.The launcher collapsed in Bay of Bengal. The second launch in July 1980 placed successfully the imaging satellite into orbit. But the satellite perigee was less than required and finalluy satelliete burnt in atmosphere after 130 orbits.
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Many Milestones in The Never Ending Journey.
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The first two launches in 1987 and 1989 were failed.Later it was only used two times and it successfully placed scientific experiment satellites in orbit in 1992 and 1994. It placed a satellite of 150 kg at a height of 435 Kms.
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The First Launch in 1993 was unsuccessful.But after betwen 1993 and 2010 15 successful launces were done and imaging and experimental satellites were placed into orbits. This also include four foreign satellites.India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C14, in its 16th Mission launched 958 kg Oceansat-2 and six nano-satellites into a 720 km. intended Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO) on September 23, 2009. PSLV is a four-stage launch vehicle employing both solid and liquid propulsion stages. PSLV is the trusted workhorse launch Vehicle of ISRO. PSLV has repeatedly proved its reliability and versatility by launching 39 spacecrafts (17 Indian and 22 for international customers) into a variety of orbits so far. It may be recalled that during its previous mission, PSLV had successfully launched RISAT-2 and ANUSAT spacecrafts on April 20, 2009. In its standard configuration, the 44 m tall PSLV has a lift-off mass of 295 tonne. It is a four-stage launch vehicle with the first and the third stages as well as the six strap-ons surrounding the first stage using HTPB based solid propellant. PSLV's first stage is one of the largest solid propellant boosters in the world. Its second and fourth stages use liquid propellants. This mission is unique for PSLV as this is the first time that new AMC/ATS based avionics is being used for a typical SSPO mission. A Core Alone configuration of the vehicle with PS4 L2.5 stage is being employed to put the satellites in orbit. This is the fifth mission of PSLV in Core alone configuration. In 2003 , it launched India's remote sensing satellite IRP6 which is capable of resolution of 5m. The photos of Puri temple obtained were shown to then Prime minister Mr. Bajpayee. He was amussed seeing the clarity and resolution. This vehicle can launch upto around one ton capacity.
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The First flight was done in 2001.Two more launches in 2003 and 2004 successfully placed two commercial satellites in orbit.Two types are there, one MK-1 and MK-2. MK- 2 is with a Indian design engine. On 20 September 2004, the GSLV launched the 2-tonne EDUSAT, the world's first satellite dedicated to providing support for educational projects. The ground tests for the cryogenic engine are completed> The completely indigenious GSLV MK- II will hit the sky soon.
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The Most pwerful rocket of India. It can launch the biggest satellites. Once it is commpletely up, India can strongly contend in the commercial space market. With this launcher, the launch would be half the cost that is charged by countries like US, France, Russia.
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in its twentieth flight PSLV C-18 proved its reliability and consistency by successfully launching four satellites with a total pay load of 1047 kgs from Satish Dhawan Space Centre(SDSC) - SHAR, Sriharikota on 12th october 2011. The four satellites are Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French mission to study the weather and climate in the tropical regions of the world; SRMSat, built by students of SRM University, near Chennai; Jugnu, put together by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur students; and VesselSat from Luxembourg...
Date: 12 Oct 2011 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 534/Rating:3.6
It is yet another successful launch for the ISRO's workhorse PSLV. India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C17) successfully launched GSAT-12 communication satellite today (July 15, 2011) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch of PSLV-C17 was the eighteenth successive successful flight of PSLV out of total nineteen flights.
After a smooth countdown of 53 hours, the vehicle lifted-off from the Second Launch Pad at the opening of the launch window at 16:48 hrs (IST). After about 20 minutes of flight time, GSAT-12 was successfully injected into sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (sub-GTO) with a perigee of 284 km and an apogee of 21,020 km with an orbital inclination of 17.9 deg.
Date: 17 Jul 2011 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1243/Rating:3.8
It was a perfect launch. At exactly 02.08 a.m. Indian time on Saturday, from Kourou, French Guiana the 800-tonne Ariane 5 launcher carrying two communications satellites weighing over 9000 kilos in its nose fairing, blasted off into space. India’s GSAT-8, the largest and heaviest satellite built by ISRO and its partners weighing 3,100 kg , was one of the two "co-passengers" on the flight. The other, an even heavier satellite weighing 5 tonnes was from Singapore and Taiwan.
Date: 21 May 2011 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1255/Rating:4.1 / Comments:
Indian Space Research Organisation has built a supercomputer, which is to be India's fastest supercomputer in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220 TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per second). The supercomputing facility named as Satish Dhawan Supercomputing Facility is located at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. The new Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) based supercomputer named "SAGA-220" (Supercomputer for Aerospace with GPU Architecture-220 TeraFLOPS) is being used by space scientists for solving complex aerospace problems. The supercomputer SAGA-220 was inaugurated by Dr K Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO today at VSSC...
Date: 4 May 2011 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 964/Rating:5 / Comments:
The eighteenth mission of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) turned out to be a success on Wednesday, with the rocket placing the 1206 kg Indian Remote Sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2 as well as 92 kg Indo-Russian YOUTHSAT and the 106 kg X-SAT of Singapore, which are auxiliary payloads – into an 822 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). This was also the seventeenth consecutively successful launch of the PSLV, which has become the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) workhorse...
Date: 20 Apr 2011 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1146/Rating:3.2
It happened to be a disaster - when the launch was scheduled today evening - all awaiting eyes have cheered the smooth lifting , but no one expected it to be a disaster...
Launch of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-5P onboard homegrown GSLV-F06, powered by Russian cryogenic engine, failed today when the rocket developed a snag soon after lift-off from the spaceport here...
Date: 25 Dec 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 752/Rating:3
So it's Christmas time , and celebrations are in every corner . Not less in India , which being a secular country not only Christians but also other people join to celebrate the X-mas . So Candles and prayers may mark the day . But ISRO is planning to celebrate in quiet a different way - by launching it's heaviest satellite to date ,GSAT - 5P on board GSLV - F06 
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Date: 23 Dec 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 993/Rating:3
An advanced communication satellite HYLAS (Highly Adaptable Satellite) built by ISRO on a commercial basis in partnership with EADS-Astrium of Europe, was successfully launched on November 27, 2010 at 00.09 hours Indian Standard Time (IST) by the European Ariane-5 V198 launch vehicle. It has successfully reached the geostationary orbit...
Date: 1 Dec 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 916/Rating:4
After a successful Chandrayaan I mission ISRO is now all geared up for Chandrayaan II. India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 had accomplished nearly 95 per cent of its scientific objectives and is considered a success internationally. It's on board NASA instrument made a buzz by confirming the presence of water/ice on Moon.
The Chandrayaan mission II is targeted in 2013. ISRO recently finalised the payloads that are to be flown onboard Chandrayaan II . Chandrayaan 2 will have an orbiter (satellite), a lander and a rover. Chandrayaan-2 is planned to be launched onboard Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. While the lander will be provided by Russia, the orbiter and the rover are being built by ISRO....
Date: 6 Sep 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1680/Rating:3
PSLV proved it again .The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C-15 carrying remote sensing Cartosat-2B along with four satellites blasted off from the spaceport near here on Monday morning...
Date: 12 Jul 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1251/Rating:5
PSLV-C15 is the 17th flight of ISRO's versatile Polar Satellite launch vehicle, PSLV. In this PSLV will place the 694 kg CARTOSAT-2B and four auxiliary payloads in a 630 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) . ISRO recently announced that the schedule launch of PSLV-C15 will be on 12th july. ..
Date: 10 Jul 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1817/Rating:4.5 / Comments:
Senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists, who met at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram to examine the reasons for the failure of the GSLV-D3 mission with indigenous cryogenic upper stage, on Sunday ascertained that contrary to initial reports the cryogenic stage had doubtless ignited in the vacuum of the space...
Date: 20 Apr 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1606/Rating:3.5 / Comments:
India will soon launch an advanced communications satellite, put into orbit for the first time by a cryogenic engine developed by its own scientists.GSLV-D3 carrying GSAT-4 satellite is scheduled for launch on April 15, 2010
Cryogenic engines are rocket motors designed for fuels that have to be held at very low temperatures to be liquid. They would otherwise be gas. Officials say that only five countries in the world have this technology...
Date: 9 Apr 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1306/Rating:3.6 / Comments:
You must be well aware of the "Incredible India" campaign - with tag "Athithi devo Bava" meaning Guest is equal to god. Treating guests with utmost obedience and respect is what all ancient Indian texts preach. Now some may have reservations whether Indians still cling to it - but this respect to Guests is what attracted many foreign travelers and behind them the invaders and behind them colonizers. Ofcourse thats all a big history. The point here ISRO may soon come up with "Incredible (or Astonishing) Space" campaign 
I am not kidding - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is known to be taking space tourism very seriously. With the new chief Dr K Radhakrishnan in position, the organization is exploring new strategies and technologies for low cost space tourism.
Date: 8 Apr 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1395/Rating:0
The activities related to the realisation of Hylas satellite are progressing satisfactorily for delivery in August 2010 to the customer- - said in a update dated 2nd April on ISRO's website. So the schedule launch of Hylas can be by the year end of 2010.
HYLAS,( Highly Adaptable Satellite) is the name of a small geostationary communications satellite planned for launch in 2010. HYLAS is being constructed by EADS Astrium for the UK telecommunications company Avanti Communications Plc.
Date: 5 Apr 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space, Science / Views: 1362/Rating:0
Who says Chandrayaan I was a failure ? First it confirmed water on moon. Now it finds water ice....
Date: 2 Mar 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space, Science / Views: 2576/Rating:5
The GSLV-III or Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mark III is a launch vehicle currently under development by the Indian Space Research Organization. It is intended to launch heavy satellites into geostationary orbit, and will allow India to become less dependent on foreign rockets for heavy lifting..
Date: 1 Feb 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space, Technical News / Views: 2361/Rating:4
Another Good news for ISRO.. ISRO chief ,Dr G Madhavan Nair takes over as the President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took over as the President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) on October 11, 2009 during the General Assembly of the IAA in Daejeon, South Korea. Dr Madhavan Nair was the Vice-President of Scientific Activities of the IAA during the last four years.
Date: 13 Oct 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India, India Space / Views: 1913/Rating:0 / Comments:
The ISRO's oceansat-2 is doing great job beaming out high quality images. After Chandrayaan -I 's finding of water on moon, ISRO is all geared up to make more Impacts(ofcourse not on moon till Chandrayaan -II). ...
Date: 13 Oct 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India, India Space, Science / Views: 1400/Rating:5
Another Cheer for ISRO, with the successive 15th flawless launch of PSLV. PSLV C-14 launches Oceansat-2 and six more nano satellites!!!
Date: 24 Sep 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1243/Rating:5
It is already known the abrupt end of Chandrayaan - I mission and the slight media uproar there after. Now scientists have first announced their first ground breaking finding.. Moon has water
Date: 24 Sep 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1239/Rating:3
India will soon design and develop its heaviest communications satellite GSAT-11 to provide advanced telecom services from 2011-12, a senior official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said...
Date: 25 Aug 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1858/Rating:5 / Comments:
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA performed a unique joint experiment on Aug. 21, 2009 that could yield additional information on the possibility of existence of ice in a permanently shadowed crater near the North pole of the moon.
Date: 25 Aug 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1100/Rating:5 / Comments:
India plans to power some parts of the Chandrayaan II--its next unmanned mission to the moon-- with nuclear energy and the feasibility studies are being carried out by ISRO and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
Date: 16 Aug 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1711/Rating:3
Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to Moon, launched on October 22, 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, has completed eight months of successful operation and has made 3,000 revolutions around the Moon. Besides sending more than 70,000 images of the lunar surface......
Date: 11 Aug 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1129/Rating:5
Another Successful launch by ISRO
Date: 22 Apr 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India, India Space / Views: 1650/Rating:3.5
An Isro (Indian Space Research Organization) satellite, Saral (Satellite with ARgos and ALtika), will embark the AltiKa altimeter (working in Ka-band, 35 GHz), built by Cnes, as well as a Doris instrument. Signal frequencies in the Ka-band will enable better observation of ice, rain, coastal zones, land masses (forests, etc.), and wave heights.
Date: 5 Apr 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India, India Space / Views: 1171/Rating:0 / Comments:
Megha-Tropiques (‘Megha’ in Sanskrit means clouds and ‘Tropiques’ is the French word for tropics) is a joint ISRO and CNES (French Space Agency) science collaboration project..
Date: 5 Apr 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: Environment, India Space / Views: 1218/Rating:0
After the reckoning Success of Chandrayaan I .. ISRO is all set with New Plans....
Date: 27 Mar 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 2061/Rating:3.6
Date: 19 Mar 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space / Views: 1205/Rating:3
