by Matt Wilson | Oct 6, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, India, Launches, Satellites
At 2030 GMT, on 5 October, the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, carrying two telecommunications satellites, Sky Muster II, for NBN Co and GSAT-18, for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). This marks the...
by David Todd | Oct 5, 2016 | ESA, History, India, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Technology
IAC 2016 Guadalaraja: Mars missions and new rockets feature… and so does the rain The annual meeting of the World’s space agencies, engineers and scientists at the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) took place in Guadalajara, Mexico, during late September...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 27, 2016 | commercial launch services, India, Launches, Satellites
At 0342 GMT, 26 September 2016, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in south-east India. The mission was the fifth PSLV launch this year, a new record for the vehicle, and sixth in total for ISRO (Indian...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2016 | India, Launches, Satellites
Arianespace has announced that its Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle will carry the GSAT-11 communications satellite into orbit in 2017. The spacecraft, owned and built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has a mass of 5,725 kg. The Ku-band payload will employ...
by David Todd | Sep 9, 2016 | India, Launches, Satellites
An uprated GSLV 2 rocket was launched from the Satish Dahwan Space Centre at Sriharikota on 8 September 2016, carrying India’s INSAT 3DR meteorological satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit on its way to its eventual geostationary operating...
by David Todd | Jul 27, 2016 | India, Satellites
In what promises to be a US$1 billion blow to the finances of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favour of the multimedia firm Devas Multimedia over Antrix Corp Limited – the commercial arm of...
