Friday, April 27th, 2012
On an early Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh, some 80 km from Chennai. With the launch of Risat-1, India has...
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Achieving yet another milestone in its space programme, India on Thursday successfully launched its first indigenous all-weather radar imaging satellite RISAT-1 that will boost its remote sensing capabilities and facilitate agriculture and disaster management. The perfect launch...
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
As North Korea counts down toward its planned “satellite” rocket launch in the coming weeks, Japan’s government is reassuring residents in the expected flight path — mostly in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa — that they...
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Japan has ordered missile defence systems to be prepared in response to the planned launch of a North Korean long-range rocket next month, Japanese Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka has said. Reports said the defence systems would be...
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
China has launched a new remote sensing satellite on Tuesday, with the YaoGan Weixing-13 satellite lofted into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The launch - which took place at 18:50 UTC - also marks the return to flight...
Monday, October 31st, 2011
China will have launched 20 rockets and 25 satellites into space by the end of 2011, indicating that the country's space exploration is "highly intensive," an aerospace expert said Sunday. China launched 15 rockets to send 20...
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Megha-Tropiques satellite, along with three micro satellites, aboard their Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle today. The Megha-Tropiques earth observation satellite is an Indo-French Joint Satellite Mission that will study...
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Russia’s first Earth remote sensing satellite, the Kondor, may be launched in January 2012, a space official said on Thursday. The Kondor is an 800 kg Earth remote-sensing spacecraft designed to provide high-resolution radar imagery and terrain...
Monday, September 12th, 2011
India will launch on October 12 a satellite dedicated to studying climatic and atmospheric changes in the tropical regions. The project is a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the French space agency. India,...
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Continuing its programme of commercial launch of foreign satellites, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has lined up launch of an image capturing satellite of France next year, according to Parivakkam Subramaniam Veeraraghavan, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre...
