The textbook launch of PSLV-C21 rocket from the spaceport here on Sunday is important not just because it is the 100th space mission for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) but also since it

With the need for lightweight and efficient satellite launch vehicles, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will conduct flight tests for air-breathing rocket systems which use atmospheric ox

India on Sunday successfully launched its 100th space mission with the indigenous PSLV-C21 rocket putting in orbit two foreign satellites.

In a copybook launch, witnessed by Prime Minister Manmohan

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday defended spending millions of dollars on space exploration despite many people in the country living in grinding poverty.

India plans to launch a probe

In a textbook launch, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off fro

Indian space programme's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV proved its flight worthiness yet again on Monday when it successfully placed Cartosat 2B and four other satellites in orbit in a textbook precisi

Isro on Monday announced it would launch two more vehicles this year and said preparation for the unmanned moon mission in 2013 was in full swing with the setting up of one more launch pad.

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