China's iSpace rocket fails soon after launch, 3 satellites lost

A Chinese rocket start-up has suffered yet another launch failure, resulting in the loss of three satellites as part of a commercial constellation being assembled for global weather forecasting and......

Lunar mission to bring back moon rocks get cabinet nod

In a boost to the space programme, the government on Wednesday approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back moon rocks to earth, to send a spacecraft to orbit planet Venus and to expand the......

ISRO's smallest rocket completes final test flight

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its third and final developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle here on Friday whose payloads can be used in......

ISRO's PSLV-C54 places earth observation satellite into orbit

The India Space Research Organisation's trusted workhorse PSLV on Saturday successfully injected an Earth Observation Satellite and eight other co-passenger satellites in multiple orbits, calling......

'India is a space power'

'India has got a unique opportunity to get more and more business from outside as India is cost-effective and reliable.' Former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation G Madhavan Nair......

Why India lost Rs 256 crores in one minute

When India's most ambitious Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV-F02, which was carrying the state-of-the-art communication satellite INSAT-4C, crashed into the Bay of Bengal on Monday,......

Kalam's 10-point vision for a competitive India

Inaugurating the Confederation of Indian Industry's Partnership Summit 2006 in Kolkata on Tuesday, President APJ Abdul Kalam emphasised the need for 'spiritual connectivity' in the 'dynamics of......