Category Archives: India

ISRO,India announces launch of Oceansat-2 in September

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch Oceansat-2, a unique integrated satellite to track marine life and identify potential fishing zones in September, disclosed Y V N Krishnamurthy, Director of ISRO’s Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre.The integration of the … Continue reading →

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India, Russia complete design of new lunar probe

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

India and Russia have finished the design of a second unmanned lunar orbiter to be sent to the Moon in 2011-2012, quoted the Indian Express newspaper.”Right now, the design has been completed. We had a joint review with Russian scientists … Continue reading →

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Google Earth Admits Goof-up on Arunachal

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Google has admitted that it committed a mistake by wrongly depicting certain parts of north-east India’s Arunachal Pradesh as Chinese territory, and promised to correct the maps soon. According to a statement by a Google spokesperson, “Earlier this week, as … Continue reading →

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ISRO to launch satellites for US

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

BENGALURU: India will be able to launch smaller satellites for United States into space by indigenously developed rockets at one third of the cost charged by American firms. This is one of the significant feature of the space agreement signed … Continue reading →

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