After the reforms in the Space sector, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission. They leased the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play. GSAT-24 is a Ku band communication satellite that has coverage for meeting DTH application needs across the country. Built by the Indian Space Research Organization for NSIL, the satellite, which weighs 4180 kgs, was positioned successfully into geostationary orbit by the Ariane 5 rocket, operated by Arianespace, a French Company from Kourou in French G
South Korea launched its first home-grown space rocket on June 21 in the country's second attempt, months after its first take-off proved unsuccessful to position a payload into orbit. If the mission is successful, South Korea will earn the reputation of becoming the 10th nation in the world to put a satellite into space with its domestically created technology. According to experts, the success of the launch would also boost the nation's increasing space ambitions and prove, especially to its rival North Korea, that it has the potential to create technology to build space-oriented surveil
SpaceX created a record in U.S. commercial space launch after launching a hat-trick of Falcon 9 rockets in just over 36 hours from California and Florida. The incredible spaceflight triple-header launches were carried out from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Space Force Station and placed communications, military, and Starlink satellites into orbit. According to a report from Space.com, the three launches in just 36 hours, makes it the quickest sequence of triple missions by any commercial launch company in history. On Friday, June 17, SpaceX launched 53 of its Starlink internet satellites f
US space agency NASA will launch three research rockets into space from a remote Australian private space port for scientific research. This will be NASA’s first blast off from a non-American commercial space port and first from Australia since 1995. The rockets will be launched from the Arnhem Space Center, near the mining town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory, between June 26 and July 12, said NASA and Equatorial Launch Australia, the owner of the launch pad. The aim of the mission is to investigate heliophysics, astrophysics, and planetary science phenomena which are observab
India placed its first order for indigenous air to air missiles worth Rs. 2,971 crore. The move was taken to cut the dependency on Russia by giving its fighter jets a fighting edge that lacked during the Balakot air engagements with Pakistan. The order was signed with Bharat Dynamics Limited for ASTRA MK-I Beyond Visual Range (BVR) and Air to Air Missile (AAM) for an undisclosed number of missiles. They will be fitted in the Su 20 MKI fighter jets of the Indian Air Force and the naval MiG 29/KUB carrier-borne combat aircraft. The Astra MK1 developed by the Defence Research and Developme
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured images of two spiral galaxies. IC 563 and IC 564, collectively known as Arp 303, are more than 275 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sextans. An image was created using data from two separate Hubble observations of Arp 303. The first observation used Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) to study the pair's star-forming regions in infrared light. Galaxy clusters such as IC 563 and IC 564 are very bright at infrared wavelengths and show many bright star-forming regions. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) was used
India and China are to collaborate soon in space after a joint commission on space cooperation for the Brics bloc was formed at a meeting of the leading space agencies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, on Wednesday, as reported by official Chinese media. The BRICS remote sensing constellation will include six existing satellites chipped in by the space agencies of Brics countries including the CBERS-4, a combined development by Brazil and China, Russia’s Kanopus-V-type, and China’s Gaofen-6 and Ziyuan III 02. The Indian satellites Resourcesat-2 and 2A will be part of the “virtual
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met on Monday in Tokyo and put forward their plans of working together to help a Japanese astronaut, accompanied by a US cosmonaut, to set foot on the lunar surface. The long-term allies aim to strengthen their partnership to combat China, which asserts to become a space power soon. The two countries released a joint statement stating to work together on human and robotic missions on the Moon including a cumulative desire to see a Japanese astronaut on the surface of the moon in the near future and sign a contract for the sam
On Friday, May 20, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station’s Harmony module for the first time at 8:28 p.m. EDT (5:28 p.m. (PDT). A day before, On May 19, the spacecraft was launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on a flight test at 6:45 pm to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex-42 at Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA schedules a teleconference to update Starliner’s progress that will be streamed on NASA’s official website. The hatch opening will be done on Saturday and coverage will air live
On Tuesday, a two-seater flying trainer aircraft HANSA-NG successfully completed an in-flight engine relight test. Designed and developed by CSIR-NAL the aircraft was ferried to DRDO’s Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility at Challakere on May 16 after DGCA’s approval. The flight test was carried out by Aircraft and System Testing Establishment’s (ASTE) test pilots Wg Cdr K V Prakash and Wg Cdr NDS Reddy which was monitored by Abbani Rinku, Project Director of HANSA along with the design team of CSIR-NAL and ASTE crew- Wg Cdr Senthil Kumar, Flight Test Director, Sq Ldr Sahil Sarin,