by David Todd | Sep 9, 2019 | exploration, India, Science, Seradata News, Technology
Controllers at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were licking their wounds after its unmanned landing attempt on the Moon ended in failure – and with India’s Prime Minister Modi looking on. Having journeyed to the Moon in a long-winded transfer...
by David Todd | Dec 21, 2018 | India, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
An uprated version (using higher propellant loadings and a higher thrust) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GSLV Mk II rocket using the indigenously produced cryogenic upper stage was successfully launched from Sriharikota in India. The rocket...
by David Todd | Dec 5, 2018 | commercial launch services, India, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
The Ariane 5-ECA roared off its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana at 2037 GMT on 4 December 2018. The launch carried two satellites: GSAT 11 and GEO-KOMPSAT 2A. Installed as the Ariane 5 ECA’s upper passenger, GSAT-11 is an operational telecommunication satellite...
by David Todd | Nov 29, 2018 | India, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
The Indian launch vehicle PSLV has made another successful launch from the Satish Dhawan Launch Centre, Sriharikota, India, at 0427 GMT on 29 November 2018. The rocket’s main payload was HYSIS (Hyper-Spectral Imaging Satellite) for ISRO. There were 30 other...
by David Todd | Nov 14, 2018 | India, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
India successfully launched the GSAT 29 communications satellite at 1138 GMT on a GSLV Mk III vehicle from Sriharikota on 14 November 2018. While its predecessor rocket the GSLV Mks 1 and 2 had a very poor launch record with a combined five failures out of 12, the...
by David Todd | Mar 31, 2018 | India, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
The GSAT-6A communications satellite sporting a new 6m communications antenna to deliver mobile S-band communications to India was successfully launched into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) using a GSLV 2/CUSP rocket. Lift off from the Sriharikota launch site...
