GSAT-7A, an advanced communication satellite with a Gregorian Antenna and many other new technologies, was launched successfully from Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F11) of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota on Wednesday 19 December 2018. This is expected to add a new space-based dimension to the way Indian Air Force int...
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India’s Heaviest Communication Satellite GSAT-11 Launched Successfully from French Guiana
‘Big Bird’, India’s first six-tonne-class advanced communication satellite GSAT-11, with the mission is to enable high-speed satellite-based Internet services to users in rural, remote areas and to businesses down home over the next 15 years, was put into orbit in the early hours of Wednesday 5 December 2018 from the European Spaceport in Guiana in South America.Continue Reading...
Earth Observation Satellite Hysis & 30 Foreign Satellites Launched
India’s Hyper-Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) was injected into a 645 km sun-synchronous polar orbit 17 minutes and 19 seconds after the lift-off, as Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C43) of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lifted off at 9:57:30 (IST) from First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota on 29 November 2018. Later, 30 foreign satellites were...
Deep Sea Submergence Rescue Vehicle Inducted into Indian Navy
Indian Navy's first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System, the most advanced system currently in operation globally, developed to maximise the chances of successfully rescuing the crew of a distressed submarine, was formally inducted by Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Naval Staff, at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on Wednesday 12 December 2018 .Acquisition...
Successful Test Firing of Long-Range Missile Agni-5
Agni-5, a Long-Range Surface-to-Surface Nuclear Capable Ballistic missile, was successfully launched from a canister on a road mobile launcher at the Dr Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) off the coast of Odisha on Monday 10 December 2018, achieving all the mission objectives. Strategic Forces Command (SFC) carried out and monitored the launch operations in...
SpiNNaker: World’s Most Powerful Computer to Mimic Human Brain
SpiNNaker, world’s fastest brain-mimicking machine, a novel computer architecture inspired by the working of the human brain, a supercomputer with a million processing cores and 1200 interconnected circuit boards that together operate like a human brain, was switched on for first time by the Researchers in the UK on 2 November 2018. A special computer chip that ...
Successful Launch of GSLV-MK-III D2 carrying GSAT-29 Satellite is a Historic Day for ISRO
India’s GSAT-29 Communication Satellite, the heaviest rocket ever launched from the Indian soil, was successfully launched by the second developmental flight of GSLV MkIII-D2 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MarkIII) on Wednesday 14 November 2018 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
GSAT-29 launch will help to bridge the digital divide.
GSAT-29 satellite is intended to se...
New Space Industry for Servicing Satellites on Orbit
New Aerospace Companies to Extend Lifespan of Satellites, when satellites run out of fuel and can no longer maintain their precise orbit, rendering them useless even if their hardware is still intact; have been founded in recent years. Satellites that circle the Earth have been left abandoned for decades. Companies now think that fixing such abandoned satellites in space is mor...
M777 Howitzers & K9 Vajra-T Artillery Gun Inducted in Indian Army
Globally combat proven M777 A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers, K-9 Vajra-Tracked Self Propelled Guns and 6x6 Filed Artillery Tractors, with induction of three guns of each type, were dedicated to the service of the Nation by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Raksha Mantri on Friday 9 November 2018 in a ceremony held at Deolali Field Firing Ranges at Nashik in Maharashtra, marking a major milestone towards capacity building and capability enhance...
India Completes Nuclear Triad with INS Arihant – Deterrence Patrol
INS Arihant: Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine (SSBN), India's first nuclear ballistic missile submarine, completed on Monday 5 November 2018, deterrence patrol - India’s nuclear-triad, which means the country can now fire nuclear ballistic missiles at enemy from land, sea and air. Mirage 2000s and Agni ballistic missiles complete the other two air and land components of India'...