The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has inaugurated a new medium version of its PSLV rocket called the PSLV-DL which uses only two PSOM-XL strap on rockets instead of the more normal six. The first launch of this newly modified rocket on the PSLV-C44 flight...
After writing his latest book on the subject, during November, space historian and author, Gurbir Singh, presented a precis lecture at the British Interplanetary Society detailing the history of the Indian Space Programme. Singh showed how modern space science...
The 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018) was held in the city of Bremen near the coast of Northern Germany. The Congress is both a technical symposium, where engineers, scientists and even lawyers present their papers, and a place where the great space...
On 16 August, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of the United Kingdom signed an agreement with Antrix Corporation – the commercial wing of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – for a PSLV mission to carry two SSTL-built satellites to Low...
Having had its confidence shaken by the post launch failure of its GSAT-6A satellite, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) bounced back with the successful launch of its IRNSS-1I (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1i) navigation satellite by...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has revealed the cause of the recent launch failure of its PSLV launch vehicle. That flight (PSLV C39) in August 2017 failed to deliver the IRNSS-1H navigation satellite payload, which remains aboard the rocket. The...
