Archive For September, 2019

Foundation Stone of Space Situational Awareness Control Centre by Chairman, SIRE

Chairman, ISRO laid foundation stone for Space Situational Awareness Control Centre at Peenya, Bengaluru on 2nd August 2019, which is an important milestone in the progress of ISRO. Space Situational Awareness & Management (SSAM) has become an internationally significant area due to the ever growing manmade space debris population and the increased collision threat with […]

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Chandrayaan-2 Successfully enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory

The final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully carried out today (August 14, 2019) at 02:21 am IST. During this manoeuvre, the spacecraft’s liquid engine was fired for about 1203 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2 entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory. Earlier, the spacecraft’s orbit was progressively increased five times during July 23 to August […]

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Press Meet – Briefing by Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, SIRE

A Press Meet was organised today (August 20, 2019) at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru on the occasion of Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. Dr K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO addressed and interacted with several regional, national and international media persons during the meet. The live telecast of this meet was made available on ISRO website […]

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M.S. Velpari Takes Over as Director (Operations) at HAL

Mr M.S Velpari, has taken the charge as Director (Operations)-HAL from Mr Sunil Kumar who superannuated on July 31, 2019.  Earlier, he was holding the post of Chief of Project (LCA Tejas) at LCA-Tejas Division. Mr Velpari holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai and did his Masters from […]

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Long-awaited indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas Mk II targeted by 2022

The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will unveil the Tejas Mark II with a heavier stand-off weapon capacity in the 75th year of India’s independence, in 2022, and the long-awaited indigenous fighter, which will be manufactured by the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), will go into production by […]

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Manned mission:12 Indian astronauts to train in Russia

ISRO is planning to send 12 Indian astronauts to Russia, where they will undergo 15 months of intensive training, after which four will be selected for the country’s first manned mission into space. The training contract between ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, was signed […]

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Images of Lunar Surface captured by Terrain Mapping Camera -2 (TMC-2) of Chandrayaan 2

Jackson is an impact crater located in the northern hemisphere of the far side of the Moon.  It is a 71 km dia crater at 22.4°N and 163.1°W (shown in the inset).   The interesting feature at the western outer rim of Mach crater is another impact crater, Mitra (92 km dia).  It is named after […]

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ISRO releases second set of images from Chandrayaan-2

India’s boldest Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-2 has relayed a second set of lunar surface images, unprecedented in their high resolution and close-up imagery. The images were captured by the Terrain Mapping Camera-2 (TMC-2) aboard the Mission’s Orbiter component.  Releasing the images the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) informed that the visuals were captured on August 23 […]

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India successfully test fires Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile

India successfully test-fired a Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) with 30-kilometre range from a test range off the Odisha coast. The missile successfully engaged its target during the flight test and met all the desired parameters. The missile was successfully flight tested against live aerial targets on August 4, 2019, from ITR, Chandipur. Two missiles […]

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Laser weapons, swarm drones on DRDO menu

Directed energy weapons or DEWs are among the next bunch of military technologies that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on, Organisation Chairman Dr G. Satheesh Reddy said. Laser-based or microwave-based high-power DEWs can quietly disable enemy drones or missiles temporarily or permanently without leaving physical debris. In contrast, the ASAT or […]

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