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India to launch Cartosat-3, 13 nanosatellites from US
India | November 19, 2019 6:36 ISTCartosat-3 satellite is a third-generation agile advanced satellite having high-resolution imaging capability. The rocket is expected to lift off at 9.28 a.m.
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SpaceX launches 60 mini satellites for cheaper global Internet
Science | November 12, 2019 10:45 ISTSince the most recent launch of Starlink satellites in May, SpaceX has increased spectrum capacity for the end-user through upgrades in design that maximise the use of both Ka and Ku bands.
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ISRO forms new PSU to co-produce PSLV, launch satellites through SSLVs
India | June 28, 2019 7:22 ISTThe new public sector undertaking, as formed by the ISRO, has been named as NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). The NSIL will undertake a number of big and small functions, which are listed below. The new PSU will also look after the production and marketing of space-based products and services.
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SpaceX creates history by launching 60 Starlink satellites
Science | May 24, 2019 10:20 ISTIt was the third flight for this particular booster, marking just the second time SpaceX has flown a Falcon 9 first stage more than twice.
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India to launch PSLV-C46 from Sriharikota tomorrow, countdown begins
India | May 21, 2019 11:48 ISTThe rocket will carry the RISAT-2B weighing 615 kg which will beef up India's surveillance capabilities from the sky.
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SpaceX again postpones launch of 60 Starlink satellites, this time due to 'software issue'
Science | May 17, 2019 10:35 ISTWith a mass of 18.5 tonne, the launch is the company's heaviest to date for either the Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy rocket. The rocket will boost 60 Starlink satellites, each weighing 227kg, to an altitude of 440km.
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ISRO plans to launch radar imaging satellite in May
India | April 30, 2019 12:10 ISTFollowing the launch of RISAT 2BR1, ISRO will send up a cartography satellite Catosat-3.
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China successfully launches second generation data relay satellite
World | April 01, 2019 11:23 ISTThe Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday night.
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DRDO satellite to be launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh today, countdown underway
India | January 24, 2019 9:30 ISTAbout 14 minutes into the flight, the rocket would eject Microsat R at an altitude of about 277km. This would start functioning at an altitude of 450km in about the 103th minute after lift-off.
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ISRO to launch imaging satellite Microsat-R with student payload 'Kalamsat' on January 24
India | January 17, 2019 10:23 ISTThe country's only spaceport is located at Sriharikota, about 90 km northeast of Chennai.
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Iran satellite fails to reach orbit in US-criticised launch
World | January 15, 2019 20:48 ISTTuesday’s launch took place at Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province, a facility under the control of the country’s Defense Ministry.
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ISRO launches GSAT-11 from French Guiana; Ariane-5 rocket lifts India's heaviest satellite into orbit
Science | December 05, 2018 7:31 ISTBlasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located along the northeastern coast of South America at 02:07 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle injected the GSAT-11 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 33 minutes.
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ISRO to launch GSAT-11 satellite from French Guiana on December 5
India | December 01, 2018 18:05 ISTThe satellite would be initially placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and subsequently be raised to Geostationary Orbit by firing the Liquid Apogee Motor on-board the satellite.
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GSAT-29 satellite, launches successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
News | November 14, 2018 19:49 ISTGSAT-29 satellite, launches successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
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China's private satellite-carrying rocket ZQ-1 fails after launch
Science | October 28, 2018 20:38 ISTVideo posted by a Chinese news site showed Landspace's 19-meter- (62-foot-) tall red-and-white rocket lifting off against clear blue skies.
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China plans launch of first satellite for space-based gravitational wave detection
Science | October 14, 2018 18:14 ISTThe detection will be based on high-precision laser interferometry technology to measure the changes of the distances and locations of the three satellites.
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Countdown for launch of PSLV-C42 begins
Science | September 15, 2018 21:06 ISTThe mission is a commercial arrangement between the company and Antrix Corporation Limited, which is the commercial wing of ISRO.
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NASA to launch satellite tracking Earth's melting ice on Saturday
Science | September 13, 2018 11:22 ISTThe satellite will provide critical observations of how ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice are changing, leading to insights into how those changes impact people where they live.
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India to launch GSAT-32 in October 2019 to replace GSAT-6A
Science | August 13, 2018 6:42 ISTThe 2,000-kg satellite was meant to complement the GSAT-6 launched in 2015 and help in providing technologies for point-to-point communications for military.
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NASA's planet-hunter satellite launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Science | April 19, 2018 12:28 ISTNASA's next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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