Filling of liquid fuel in the second stage of the Rs 70-crore Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket that would carry the Rs130-crore Oceansat2 India's remote sensing satellite.
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- ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D3 Launch 1 year 45 weeks ago
GSLV D3: April 15, 2010, today geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle D3 was scheduled took place and launched with failure Third stage calls as cryogenic rocket engines is 2.8 m in diameter and uses is liquid hydrogen and oxygen. Watch ISRO GSLV D3 live video.
- First student-made satellite to take off in April 2 years 48 weeks ago
India's first student-made satellite will take off from Sriharikota either on April 5 or 6, riding piggyback on ISRO's Risat satelliteuntil it separates and flies into its own designated orbit.Called Anusat, the micro-student satellite will be launched by the four-stage PSLV.
- India launches spy satellite RISAT-2 2 years 44 weeks ago
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched an all weather spy satellite at 6:45 a.m. from the spaceport in Sriharikota, boosting India’s defence surveillance capabilities.The PSLV-C12 rocket ascended towards the sky and placed its first Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT 2) and micro-educational satellite ANUSAT into orbit about 19 minutes later in a textbook launch.
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) Puts Oceansat-2 and Six Nano Satellites in Orbit 2 years 22 weeks ago
Three days after its 16th birthday, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Wednesday roared its way to success from the Sriharikota spaceport and put in orbit Indias Oceansat-2 and six foreign nano satellites.
- ISRO to put Israeli satellite in orbit 2 years 49 weeks ago
The launch would take place from the spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The vehicle, PSLV-C12, would also deploy a mini-satellite called ?Anusat?, built by the scientists of Anna University, Chennai.
- Atlas V to carry WGS-2 to its Orbit 2 years 51 weeks ago
The U.S. Air Force's second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) spacecraft is nearing launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on March 13.Liftoff off is scheduled from Space Launch Complex 41 during a 38-minute launch window from 9:25 p.m. to 10:03 p.m. EST. Generating about 1.7 million pounds of thrust at launch, the Atlas V includes a first stage powered by the kerosene/LOX RD-180 engine, and a liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen powered Centaur upper stage.
- India to launch satellite using own cryogenic engine 1 year 46 weeks ago
India will soon launch an advanced communications satellite, put into orbit for the first time by a cryogenic engine developed by its own scientists.Cryogenic engines are rocket motors designed for fuels that have to be held at very low temperatures to be liquid. They would otherwise be gas.
- India Satellite GSLV Mission Fails 1 year 45 weeks ago
It was a big moment for India – the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). But minutes into launch, there was crisis with the indigenous cryogenic engine underperforming and the rocket deviating from its path
- Japan Condems North Korea Over Rocket Launch 2 years 50 weeks ago
Japan on Friday condemned North Korea’s plan to launch a rocket next month, warning that it can legally shoot down any threatening object if it falls toward its territory.North Korea told international agencies earlier this week that it plans to put a communications satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8, using a rocket that will fly over Japan and likely drop spent fuel stages into the Pacific.For more information click below link
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/world/asia/14korea.html?ref=world