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Indian space startup Agnikul launches country’s second privately built rocket

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Dr. Sarah Adams

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s Agnikul Cosmos launched its Agnibaan rocket for the first time on Thursday, powered by the only Indian rocket engine ...

India’s ambitious 2nd Mars mission to include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute

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Dr. Sarah Adams

India is preparing to launch a family of seemingly sci-fi robots to Mars, perhaps as soon as late 2024. The Mars Orbiter ...

Antenna work delays NISAR launch

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Dr. Sarah Adams

WASHINGTON — Modifications to a large deployable antenna on a joint U.S.-Indian radar spacecraft will delay its launch, likely to the second ...

Nisar reflector going back to US for additional coating: Nasa | India News

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Dr. Sarah Adams

BENGALURU: The launch readiness date of the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) satellite, an Earth-observing mission, will be determined at the end ...

India plans to include a helicopter on its next Mars mission

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Dr. Sarah Adams

India’s next Mars mission could include a helicopter that follows in the footsteps of NASA’s pioneering Ingenuity drone. The Indian Space Research ...

Watch India launch powerful weather satellite to orbit on Feb. 17

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Dr. Sarah Adams

India plans to launch a powerful weather satellite to orbit on Saturday morning (Feb. 17), and you can watch the action live. ...

India launches X-ray satellite to study black holes, supernovas and more (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

India sent its XPoSat X-ray observatory into orbit on New Year’s Day, in what was the first launch of 2024 worldwide. A ...

Sun mission: Isro chief explains what will happen to Aditya-L1 if final firing is not done on Jan 6

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CHENNAI: Aditya-L1, the spacecraft for India’s maiden solar mission, would reach its final destination — the L1 point — on January 6 ...

ISRO awarded Leif Erikson Lunar Prize for Chandrayaan-3’s success

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Dr. Sarah Adams

In a groundbreaking achievement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been bestowed with the prestigious Leif Erikson Lunar Prize by Iceland’s ...

India’s Aditya-L1 solar observatory captures 1st gorgeous views of the sun (images)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

An instrument onboard India’s first sun-studying observatory has officially opened its scientific eyes and sent home beautiful images of our star. The ...