The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landed on the surface of the Moon on August 23, 2023. With this India has become the fourth country to achieve a soft-landing on the Moon. The others being the United States, Russia…
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Chandrayaan-3 mission is attracting wider international collaborations for India. The Minister was speaking after a high-level Mauritius delegation led by Minister for Information Technology, Communication and Innovation (MITCI), Mr. Darsanand Deepak Balgobin…
Chairman, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and Secretary, Department of Space, Dr S. Somnath called on the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and apprised him of the status and readiness of Chandrayaan-3 for the moon landing scheduled on…
Chandrayaan-3 successfully underwent its second round of deboosting where the orbit of the lunar satellite’s Lander Module (LM) was reduced, as reported by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). While this activity brings the satellite closer to the moon, it is set to undergo internal checks, the space agency said. The key components of LM,…
The first de-orbit manoeuvre for the Lander module of Chandrayaan 3 was successfully conducted. Now the orbit of Lander Module is 113 km x 157 km. The Indian space agency ISRO has scheduled to conduct a second deboosting operation during the early hours on Sunday. The spacecraft is expected to reach the Moon in approximately…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for its first scientific expedition to study the Sun, Aditya-L1. ISRO is planning to launch by the end of August or early September this year. As of now, the satellite realised at the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru has reached the SDSC-SHAR / spaceport in…
ISRO / Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) have successfully conducted a series of Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests for Gaganyaan Mission. These tests were done at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh, during August 8-10, 2023. Also, the tests were conducted in collaboration with Aerial Delivery Research and…
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was successfully launched onboard LVM-3 on 14th July, 2023 at 14:35 hrs from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR. The spacecraft is currently undergoing a series of orbit maneuvers with the objective of reaching the moon’s orbit and has two phases namely Earth Bound Phase and Lunar Bound Phase. The spacecraft is currently in…
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Indian Space Policy-2023 has been approved and released in the public domain. The Policy opens up the sector for enhanced participation of Non-Government Entities (NGEs) across the entire value chain of…
According to a statement given by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, India is the fifth amongst spacefaring nations having end-to-end capabilities in space R&D (research and development). This includes the capability to launch from our own land and…
