ISRO launches 2G navigation satellite into intended orbit

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second generation navigation satellite, using a GSLV rocket with a cryogenic upper stage to do the job.  IMAGE:......

SSLV's second flight scheduled in first quarter of this year: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday gave a detailed account of what went wrong with the first development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle last year and why the mission......

Gaganyaan crewed space mission before I-Day 2022: Govt in LS

The launch of the crewed space mission, Gaganyaan, is being planned before the next Independence Day and this will be proceeded by two uncrewed missions, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Image......

Why BECA when we have NavIC?

'The goal seems to be that we do not invest further in our system to make our system more accurate and more reliable or more global in reach,' an ISRO source tells Shivanand Kanavi. IMAGE: India's......

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

While industry is upbeat, start-ups in the space sector are finding it difficult to cater to the demand due to a lack of funding, issues related to policy like foreign funding, intellectual......

The consortium powering India's space race

ISRO has an opportunity to be the one-stop shop for satellite manufacturing, and Alpha Design is just the booster it needed.Raghu Krishnan reports. When the Indian Space Research Organisation......

Isro plans to launch first privately built satellite by March

Research and markets estimated in May that the global opportunity for small and mini satellites would grow nearly one and half times to $5.32 billion by 2021 India’s space agency, Indian......

'Venture capitalists have confidence in Indians'

Shiv Kumar, chief executive officer of the San Jose, California headquartered Cybernet Software Systems Inc was in Chennai to announce the company's decision to hire 300 more IT professionals in......