Archive For October, 2013
The moon has much more water than was believed in the past. Most of the water is underground, in molecular form and actually came from the earth more than 4 billion years ago. Earth’s only natural satellite was believed to be bone‐dry before India’s Chandrayaan‐1 stunned the world when one of its on‐board instruments found […]
Team Indus, comprising a team of entrepreneurs, space enthusiasts and explorers from the City, is on a mission to build a rover (robot) they could launch to the moon, make it walk for about 500 metres and send videos, pictures and data back to earth. The team, which is working on the prestigious moon mission, […]
India’s first exclusive defence satellite GSAT‐7 was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, giving a major push to the country’s maritime security. Indian Navy would be the user of the multiband home‐built communication spacecraft, expected to be operational by September end. The Rs 185‐crore GSAT‐7, […]
State-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) handed over the first naval variant of the Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) Hawk Mk-132 to the Indian Navy here. “We built the aircraft in time for delivery to the navy, which has placed order for 17 AJTs variants. Four more trainers will be delivered during this fiscal,” HAL […]
A re-engined and modified version of Saras, the first indigenous 14-seater plane, may fly around October, according to Dr T.S. Prahlad, former Director of National Aerospace Labs, that is developing the aircraft. Saras was grounded by the regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, after a prototype aircraft crashed during a test flight at Bidadi […]
India’s development of ICBMs is likely to see China deploy its own MIRV missiles which can carry multiple warheads, leading to an intense arms, race in the region, says a new report on global nuclear weapons by renowned US experts. The report says that the decision by China and India to equip their ballistic missiles […]
Australia has expressed interest in accessing top‐grade space data from an Indian remote‐sensing satellite that observes the ocean, besides willingness to be a part of a new regional‐satellite navigation system that New Delhi is putting in place. In addition, Canberra wants data from Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new microwave satellite (RISAT‐1) to monitor precise […]
The spacecraft designed for Mars Orbiter Mission, expected to be launched in the next two months, will be taken to Sriharikota in Andhra..Pradesh on September 27. The launch window for the mission is between October 21 and November 19. This mission to be launched using PSLV‐ C25 (an XL version of the launch vehicle) from […]
The INS Arihant, indigenous nuclear powered submarine, is all set to start the sea trial of its submarine launched ballistic missile, which will complete India’s nuclear triad or second strike capability from land, air and sea. “Weapon trials of Arihant will take place either in the last quarter of this year or in the beginning […]
Some civil liberties organisations with privacy concerns are urging strict limits on their use. Before long, drones will be flying across the skies of the United States, part of the way companies do business every day. These remotely piloted vehicles aren’t the weaponised ones that have long been tools of the military. Instead, they will […]