Archive For August, 2013
IRNSS‐1A ‐ the first navigation satellite in a series of seven to be launched through 2015‐16 ‐ slides into final slot. After slotting its nine‐day‐old navigation satellite, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) now turns full steam on its next and high‐stakes test, the flight of the Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV) medium‐lift satellite launcher. […]
India’s biggest defence project in the making, the critical joint development of the fifth‐generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with Russia, has flown into some rough weather. Defence ministry sources said the inking of the final design and R&D contract for the stealth fighter has been hit by a huge delay, with Russia also jacking up costs […]
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science here have developed low noise technology for Rolls‐Royce aircraft engines. An 11 ‐member team led by Mr U Ramamurthy of IISc’s department of materials engineering began research in 2006 in collaboration with the UK Company and recently delivered the technology. The technology, developed using shape memory alloys, brings […]
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is all set to launch its fastest supercomputer at India’s first‐ever big data science institute in Bangalore later this month marking its entry into the new field of data intensive scientific discovery. The supercomputer will have a speed of 360 tera flops, making it the fourth fastest machine […]
India’s first air‐to‐air ‘Astra’ missile is finally back on track after an excruciatingly long delay due to technical glitches. The beyond visual range (BVR) missile, with an eventual strike range of over 100km, will be fired for the first time from a Sukhoi‐30MKI fighter this year. The need for a cheap, indigenous air‐to‐air missile cannot […]
India’s first dedicated navigation satellite, the IRNSS‐1A, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, was successfully put in orbit. The launch vehicle, PSLV‐C22, bearing the 1,425‐kg navigation satellite, blasted off the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the scheduled liftoff time of 11.41 p.m. As the PSLV‐C22 tore into the night skies […]
INSAT-3D was launched by Ariane-5 launch vehicle in the early hours of July 26 into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Two days after its launch, INSAT-3D, India’s advanced weather satellite, has reached an intermediate orbit which is much closer to the 36,000 km high geostationary orbit, its final orbital home, Indian Space Research Organisation said. INSAT-3D […]
In about a month, yet another but far more important Indian satellite for military communication network will be launched from the South American spaceport at Kourou. GSAT-7 or INSAT-4F is slated for launch on August 30 and is exclusively meant for the armed forces, primarily Indian Navy. From its slot over 74 degrees East longitude, […]
A little over a month after the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, India on Thursday night successfully launched a dedicated weather monitoring satellite with search and rescue capabilities. Called INSAT – 3D, the India made satellite will help the weather department issue early warnings about storms and cloud bursts. The satellite also carries special equipment to […]
Bangalore: Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) will meet its deadline, the Centre has assured. Minister of state for defence Mr Jitendra Singh said six months ago the LCA project was dogged by issues relating to the aircraft wheel and also overheating of the breaks. However, the aircraft will meet its December 2014 deadline, he added. After […]