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Tag Archives: ISRO
Is it so blasphemous to think ISRO ought not to be compared to other space agencies?
Is it so hard to consider the possibility that we might get a better sense of ISRO’s activities if we did not keep comparing it to those of other space agencies? Continue reading
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Tagged Antrix, Ariane 5, Arianespace, Brahm Prakash, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, geostationary transfer orbit, GSAT, GSLV, INSAT, ISRO, low-Earth orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle, Merlin 1D, NYT, PSLV, reusable launch vehicle, Roscosmos, SCE-200, SpaceX, Sun-synchronous orbit, telecommunication satellites, TOI, UR Rao
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ISRO to launch India’s first astronomy satellite on September 28
India’s first astronomy satellite will be launched on September 28. ISRO has noted that while it has launched payloads capable of making astronomical observations before, this is the first time one dedicated to astronomy will be launched. Called ASTROSAT, it was first … Continue reading
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Tagged ASTROSAT, Hubble Space Telecope, ISRO, multiwavelength astronomy, Soft X-ray Telescope
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A telescope that gives India a new place in the Sun
The Wire July 8, 2015 An attempt to make sense of anything in the Solar System cannot happen without first acknowledging the presence, and effects, of the Sun at its centre. And in an effort to expand this understanding, the … Continue reading
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Tagged chromosphere, Department of Space, ISRO, Mutli Application Solar Telescope, solar flares
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ISRO keeps up steady trickle of photos from Mars Orbiter
The Wire May 23, 2015 On May 22, the Indian Space Research Organization released two new pictures snapped by the Mars Orbiter Mission, currently in orbit around the red planet. They were taken by the Mars Colour Camera on-board the orbiter in February … Continue reading
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Tagged ISRO, Mars Colour Camera, Mars Orbiter Mission, Pioneer Award, Pital Crater, Tyrrhenus Mons
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It’s time for ISRO to reach for the (blue) sky
The Wire May 19, 2015 Almost 40 years after the launch of Aryabhata, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully placed another satellite into orbit, this time around Mars – becoming the world’s first space agency to have done so in its debut attempt. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aryabhata satellite, Chandrayaan, GSLV Mk-III, ISRO, Mars Orbiter Mission
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The dignity of human labor
My Twitter friend and compatriot @zeusisdead made a good, bristling case for why we shouldn’t celebrate India’s Mars Orbiter mission’s frugality. Here’s a telling excerpt from his piece as it appeared in Times of India: ISRO [India’s space agency] did not … Continue reading
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Tagged dignity of human labor, ISRO, labor costs, manhours, Mars Orbiter, Narendra Modi, sociology
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