10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
With a resurge of interest in flying to the Moon and establishing a settlement on the lunar surface gaining momentum, ensuring a safe passage around the Moon is of paramount importance for any future mission. However searching for derelict ...
03 May 2019
Debris from India's ASAT test worse than predicted
At the end of March this year, India carried out an unexpected anti-satellite missile test by successfully obliterating a low earth orbit target in space. The test however received widespread global criticism, as although the space-faring nation ...
11 October 2018
ISRO: a personal history
...of young engineers and scientists in establishing a rocket station in Kerala and, ultimately, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) itself. The style of the book is, as the subtitle suggests, personal: “I remember clearly the moment I decided...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
...would require thorough planning, appraisal for budgets by the Government of India and effective execution. Given that ISRO has already charted a roadmap up to 2021 to develop over 70 satellites to meet the current demands, any additional requirements...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... 13 minutes in flight before landing. Some 600 scientists at ISRO have been working on the agency’s shuttle programme for a decade...eminent sense. India’s GSAT-12 communication satellite launched by ISRO in July 2011 A variety of technology and cost...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... Convention, such as deliberate omissions, will be a breach of an international obligation of a State. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-40, launches the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite for earth...
