Every year Seradata publishes its analysis of how well different nations are doing in the “great space race”. In this, we limit our analysis to manned spaceflight and to its two main exploratory targets: a return to the Moon and setting foot on Mars. On the basis of...
Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao (aka U.R. Rao), the former head of the Indian Space Research Organisation, which he lead from 1984 to 1994, has passed away at the age of 85. U.R. Rao, was a space physicist by training who specialised in cosmic ray research at MIT in...
At 0359 GMT at 23 June a PSLV-XL rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota Island, India. The launch was the 40th flight of the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) in total, and the 17th utilising the “XL” configuration...
At 1127 GMT on 5 May 2017, a GSLV-2 (CUSP) rocket launched the GSAT 9 communications satellite into orbit from the launch site at Sriharikota. GSAT 9 was claimed to be India’s first “all electric” spacecraft used in Geostationary Earth Orbit...
Space News reports that two teams have effectively pooled resources to afford a trip on a PSLV launch. The Japanese firm Team Hakuto has teamed with the Team Indus firm which already held a reservation after signing a contract to fly on a PSLV launch to fly in...
The Indian Space Resource Organisation (ISRO) had another success on its hands after a PSLV-XL launch vehicle lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on 7 December 2016. Lift off occurred at 0454 GMT. While the ISRO owned and operated 1,235...
