Archive For May, 2018

Tejas proves its mettle in biggest Indian war exercise Gagan Shakti 2018

The indigenously-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has performed well while it was put to trial by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in war-like operational conditions during Gagan Shakti, its biggest ever 14-day war exercise. “We did trials and validation of operational efficiency of LCA Tejas. We were able to generate six sorties per platform per day. In this exercise, we […]

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ISRO recalls mega GSAT-11 from Kourou for re-tests

Just over a fortnight after flying GSAT-11 out to Kourou for launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation has recalled the heaviest communication satellite it has built. The reason is said to be for conducting additional technical checks in Bengaluru, where it was built. The 5,700-kg high-throughput or Internet broadband satellite had reached French Guiana in […]

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NASA invests in technology for space exploration missions

NASA is investing in several next-generation technology concepts that will help the US space agency use them for future space exploration missions. This includes meteoroid impact detection, space telescope swarms and small orbital debris mapping technologies, NASA said in a statement. It has selected 25 early-stage proposals that have the potential to transform future human and robotic exploration missions, introduce new exploration […]

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NASA set to build quiet supersonic planes

For the first time in decades, NASA is set to develop an ‘experimental plane’ designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing the noise typical of supersonic flights. The X-plane’s mission is to provide crucial data that could enable commercial supersonic passenger air travel over land. NASA has awarded a $247.5 million contract to US-based […]

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TeamIndus get another chance at moon mission

TeamIndus, which captured the attention of the country with their ambitious plan to land a rover on the Moon to win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, will be able to continue with their mission even though the internet giant will no longer be a sponsor of the prize.  However, the XPRIZE foundation on said that it […]

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‘DGCA nod for seaplane flights’

Single-engine aircraft operations feasible with caveats, rules in 45 days: Mr Choubey A DGCA committee has observed that single-engine seaplanes can be used to operate commercial services feasibly subject to certain conditions, a senior government official said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation was now preparing rules for permitting the service and the norms would […]

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Cyient teams up with BlueBird for drones

Cyient Solutions & Systems Pvt Ltd and Israel-based BlueBird Aero Systems have entered into a joint venture to offer field-proven UAV systems to Indian defence, paramilitary, security, and police forces. In the joint venture, announced at DefExpo 2018, Cyient will have a 51 per cent and the rest 49 per cent to be held by […]

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ISRO successfully launches navigation satellite IRNSS-1I to replace faulty IRNSS-1A

The successful launch of PSLV-C41 rocket carrying India’s eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1I from Sriharikota at 4.04ambrought smile back on the faces of scientists of Indian Space Reserach Organisation (ISRO) amid tough time when the space agency is struggling to restore the snapped link with its recently launched communication satellite Gsat-6A. The textbook launch of PSLV-C41 took place in four stages and […]

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IRNSS-1I reaches space home, joins NavIC satellite constellation

The fourth and the final orbit raising operation of April 12-launched IRNSS-1I satellite was successfully carried out at 9.05 pm. With the completion of the series of four orbit-raising operations, the satellite is now close to its space home at 55 degree East longitude in the planned geosynchronous orbit, with an inclination of 29 degree […]

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ISRO sets the ball rolling for Mars Mission-2

A second Indian Mars orbiting mission plan has just been set in motion. Nearly three years after it launched a world record making MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) the Indian Space Research Organisation has invited Indian planetary scientists from the academia and research bodies to suggest which aspects of Mars should now be studied, along with […]

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