Weather satellite INSAT-3D successfully launched

India's advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D has been successfully launched by commercial launch services provider Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana. INSAT-3D, developed by the Indian Space......

India to launch sat-based navigation system GAGAN

A satellite-based navigation system to aid air traffic from Southeast Asia to Africa, including over the high seas in the vast region, would be launched on Tuesday, placing India into a select......

How GSAT-15 will help India's communications

  The ‘context’ of the launch of GSAT-15 highlights that India has much ground to cover in the transponder arena while in satellite navigation arena ISRO’s progress has been......

Why ISRO is betting big on GPS

India has made a good beginning in the area of satellite navigation but still there is a long way to go, says Wing Commander Ajey Lele  For many years, India has been mostly dependent on......

Airstrips for Northeast

The Northeastern region will get better air connectivity under the 12th Five Year Plan as the government plans to build airstrips in this part during the 2012-17 period. The move was being made......

Aviation sector to get a facelift

Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel on Wednesday said the modernisation and restructuring of major airports has started with Delhi and Mumbai airports. He said large investments in the order of Rs......

India plans 'intelligent' airports

As the roadmap for modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports nears completion, top Civil Aviation Ministry officials on Wednesday said new terminals coming up at major airports across the......

Govt plans 10-15 greenfield airports

Giving a push to aviation infrastructure development, government is planning to build 10-15 greenfield airports and modernising 50 others in the non-metro cities over the next few years."About 50......