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...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... sample return of Chang’e-5. India may startle the space community with 2019 lunar landing firsts from ISRO South Pole Chandrayaan-2. The ESA Moon Village, International Space Exploration Coordinating Group and International Lunar...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... and satellites, while investing strongly in small and medium businesses and enterprises. India’s space agency (ISRO) is encouraging its private sector and entrepreneurship via technology transfer initiatives and development of complete end-to-end...
October 2026
Singapore – a small nation with big space ambitions
... TeLEOS-2 satellite equipped with an all-weather synthetic aperture radar for surveillance, was launched aboard the ISRO PSLV rocket in April 2023. For some international companies, setting up a regional base in Singapore is also worth considering...
02 December 2014
Feats of humanity
... of participation. Human activity in space has been quite intense during this time. Of course, I’m talking about the ISRO launch of Mangalyaan into Martian orbit (which will aid in further development of interplanetary missions), and Rosetta – the...
15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
... satellite was launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). CARBONITE-2 (referred to as VividX2 by the Earth-i team) is a technology demonstration mission, that is set to demonstrate and...
