New Delhi: India is to launch Aditya-L1, its first mission to study the sun, in 2020, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan said on Thursday. “The aim of the mission is to keep a permanent eye on the sun without any disturbance. Aditya-L1 is meant to observe the solar corona,” Sivan told media in […]
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India will put man in space for seven days: ISRO Chairman
Chennai : For the first time, India’s space agency is planning to put an Indian astronaut for seven days in space at a cost less than Rs 10,000 crore as part of its manned mission by 2022, ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said on Wednesday. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving the Indian Space Research Organisation […]
GSAT-11 could be last Indian satellite to be launched by a foreign rocket
Chennai, Jan 21 : If things pan out as intended, the 5.7-tonne GSAT-11 will be most probably the last heavy Indian satellite to be launched by a foreign space agency, according to K. Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The GSAT-11 communication satellite will be launched by Arianespace’s Ariane rocket soon. “We […]
K. Sivan appointed new ISRO chief
New Delhi, Jan 10 : Eminent scientist K. Sivan, known as the “Rocket Man” for his significant contribution in the development of cryogenic engines for India’s space programme,was on Wednesday appointed as the new Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Currently the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Thiruvananthapuram which is responsible for the […]