Archive For August, 2012

ISRO gears up for mission to Mars

Mysore: ISRO is gearing up to launch a mission to Mars even prior to receiving the much awaited go-ahead from the government. The engineering models of two of the payloads are ready, and tests are in full progress.  Rajmal Jain of the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory, an affiliate of ISRO, told that the mechanical structure […]

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Power plant in space soon

Former president of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were actively pursuing research in various technologies to bring down the cost of access to space to make the vision to set up a space-based power plant at an economically viable cost. Inaugurating […]

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From Mars To Moon

In a first of its kind in space technology, India will fly an instrument to the Moon. Called Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), it will be a part of the rover which will fly on Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the Moon, tentatively slated to lift off in 2014. Chandrayaan-2 will consist of an orbiter, […]

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Global vision needed to foster space research: ISRO chairman

Calling for a global vision and cooperation on fostering space research, ISRO chairman Dr K. Radhakrishnan said that the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) was the ideal platform to promote such collaboration. Speaking at the inauguration of the 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and the awards presentation ceremony on the Infosys campus, Dr. Radhakrishnan said the […]

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TN village similar to Mars: Scholar

At Cospar 2012 (Committee on Space Research), a student of ISRO’s Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Mr Tushar Wankhede, revealed that an area which seems similar to Mars is a place called Muttom in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. “The mud cracks and gullies at the Dunes of Muttom are like those on […]

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Indian Mars mission may be green-lighted soon TOI

The much-awaited Indian Mars mission is now in the last stage of approval, and soon there’ll be an announcement about the government’s go-ahead, ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan announced. At a media interaction on the eve of the 39th scientific assembly of the Committee on Space Research (Cospar-2012 ), at the Mr N R Narayana […]

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Astrosat set to hit orbit by mid-2013

The country’s first dedicated astronomy satellite, Astrosat, will hit the orbit by mid 2013. Bangalore-headquartered Indian Institute of Astrophysics is leading the project with other premier scientific institutions in the country. The satellite will help broaden coverage of astrophysical objects ranging from the nearby solar system objects to distant stars to objects at cosmological distances. […]

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India’s second P-8I makes flight debut, as testing advances

India’s second 737-based P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft has completed its flight debut, with Boeing to install its mission system equipment in the coming weeks. Already carrying the Indian navy registration IN 321, the new aircraft was flown from Renton Field to Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on 12 July, with the sortie […]

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India to build second aircraft carrier

India plans to build its second indigenous aircraft carrier after the first one becomes operational by 2015 -16. The first one – 40,000 tonnes Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1) – is being constructed at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) since 2009 and is expected to be inducted by 2017. Subsequently, CSL will undertake construction of the […]

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Pilotless fighters set to fly over UK from 2013

Pilotless fighter planes have come a step closer to reality as British Aerospace revealed that it would test such a new fighter jet next year. It is not a drone, but rather a robotic plane with a far wider range of equipment and capabilities, the company said. The company is set to unveil a new […]

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