GEOSYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER ORBIT

The countdown for the launch of INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite onboard a GSLV has commenced, Isro said on Friday. The lift-off for the GSLV-F14 in its 16th mission is scheduled at 5.35 pm on Saturday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikot...

The countdown for the INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite launch by ISRO has begun. The satellite will provide continuity of services to INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR. It will be deployed into a Geoynchronous Transfer Orbit and later placed into a Geo-stati...

This mission plan was also worked out to prevent the propulsion module from crashing on the Moon’s surface or entering the Earth’s geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) belt at 36,000 km and orbits below that.

The Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation is busy working on its flagship project, Gaganyaan, which envisages the demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400kms for 3 day...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday announced that it will transfer its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to the private sector amid growing demand for small satellites. The SSLV, which has had two development flights, seeks ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will soon transfer its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to the private sector, after conducting two development flights of the rocket that seeks to provide on-demand services to put satellites weigh...

The 51.7 metre tall rocket lifted off majestically from the second launch pad at this space port here, located about 130 km from Chennai.

The CE20 cryogenic engine indigenously developed for LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark 3) was subjected to a successful hot test at an uprated thrust level of 21.8 tonnes for the first time on November 9, the country's national space agency headquartered he...

The flight acceptance hot test of CE-20 engine has been carried out in the High Altitude Test facility of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. The engine is assigned for the LVM3-M3 mission identified for launching the next ...

Sunday's launch assumes significance as the LVM3-M2 mission is the maiden dedicated commercial mission for NewSpace India Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO. The mission is being undertaken as part of the commercial arrangement between NewSpace India L...

The LVM3 M2 is a three stage rocket with the first stage fired with liquid fuel, the two strap on motors powered by solid fuel, the second by liquid fuel and the third is the cryogenic engine.

OneWeb is a private satellite communications company. India's Bharti Enterprises is a major investor and shareholder in OneWeb. It will mark the launcher's entry into the global commercial launch service market, according to the Bengaluru-headquarte...

Central public sector enterprise, NSIL under the Department of Space, stated that the contract with OneWeb is a historic milestone for NSIL and ISRO. This is the first instance of a LVM3 making its entry into the global commercial launch service mar...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) embarked on its maiden small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) mission, carrying earth observation satellite EOS-02 and co-passenger students satellite AzaadiSAT on Sunday.

The country's newest rocket is 34-metre tall and weighs 120 ton SSLV-D1. The rocket has a maximum luggage carrying capacity of 500 kg and will carry an earth observation satellite-02 (EOS-02) formerly known as Microsatellite-2 weighing about 145 kg.

EOS-03 is a state-of-the-art agile satellite which will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10, it said.

The 26-hour countdown for the Saturday rocket launch from the first launch pad will begin on Friday afternoon. The rocket with 10 satellites is expected to lift off at 3.02 p.m. on November 7 from the Sriharikota rocket port, a senior ISRO official ...

ISRO has scheduled its GSLV-F10 geo imaging satellite, GISAT-1 launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on March 5 at 5.43 pm. Weighing about 2,275 kg, GISAT-1 is a state-of-the-art agile Earth observation satellite that will be placed ...

"It's tomorrow morning (tentatively between 8.30 am and 9.30 am). It's challenging," Chairman of ISRO, K Sivan, said.