Bengaluru : The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday said it is scheduled to launch its geo imaging satellite ‘GISAT-1’ onboard the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle ‘GSLV-F10’ on March 5. The launch is tentatively scheduled at 5:43 pm on March 5, subject to weather conditions, from the second launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. […]

Mangaluru : South India’s first and the country’s fourth Regional Academy Centre for Space (RAC-S) by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), Surathkal, on Friday. In this context, Isro and NITK signed an MoU. It was signed by P V Venkitakrishnan, director, Capacity Building Programme Office (CBPO), Isro, […]

Bengaluru : The ISRO on Wednesday announced that work on the country’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 was on and the launch may shift to next year. The announcement comes a day after Union Minister Jitendra Singh said India will launch Chandrayaan-3 in 2020. Addressing a press conference here, ISRO chairman K Sivan said all activities […]

Bengaluru: ISRO’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2, a ‘calculated risk’ undertaken in the knowledge that 50 per cent of such launches have failed, will land at a spot where no country has gone before,its chairman K Sivan said Saturday. “Though half of lunar missions have failed, ISRO is taking a calculated risk, because calculated risk along […]

Bengaluru: On the occasion of 99th birth anniversary of India’s space pioneer Vikram Sarabhai, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday, August 12 unveiled his bust at its headquarters here. The space agency’s former chairmen K. Kasturirangan and A.S. Kiran Kumar, and incumbent Chairman K. Sivan were present on the occasion. “Sarabhai chose space […]

Manipal: The three-day National Conference on Applications of Mathematics and Statistics in Engineering 2018, sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), began at Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) here on Wednesday. A press release issued here on Thursday said that the conference, hosted by Department of Mathematics, MIT, […]

Mangaluru: The first ever Swami Vivekananda Triady of India, Dr. Shivarama Karanth Nidhagadigam of Pilikula, today launched the 8K Hybrid Planetarium, the state planning, statistics and science and technology minister MR. Sitaram introduced. District Supervisory Minister B. Swamy Vivekananda Tararaya, built on premises of Regional Science Center, Ramanath Rai, Mayor Kavitha Sanil and MLA JR […]

Mangaluru: Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, has been working with Planet Aerospace, a group of retired ISRO scientists, to manufacture a nano satellite. Dattatreya, dean and senior professor (planning), department of electronics and communication, Alva’s Engineering College, told  that the main intention of creating the nano satellite is to find a solution to the core issues concerning […]

Bengaluru: Contrary to popular belief, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) does more than just launch roc-kets into space, said its chairman A S Kiran Kumar on Sunday. He was speaking at the centenary celebrations of Century Club here. “In the 1960s, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the then chairman, started thinking about how satellites could be […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru auto rickshaw drivers are planning to adapt cashless transactions soon. They are waiting to be upgraded with the technology as well as for the permission from the concerned authorities. Addressing reporters in Mangaluru, autorickshaw union leader Ashok Shetty said that the union wants to install GPS and to display advertisements on autorickshaws. Authorities […]