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T-Mobile and Starlink launch beta satellite internet in US for testing | Details

Starlink has built a fast-growing network of more than 3,500 satellites in low-Earth orbit.
Published on Feb 10, 2025 08:12 AM IST

Aliens will go undetected if we don't cut down on space junk, say experts

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch 44,000 satellites for its Starlink internet constellation. (File)
Published on Jan 30, 2023 02:36 PM IST

India’s first satellite of 2020 Gsat-30 successfully launched

India’s forty-first communication satellite – GSAT 30 – was on Friday launched
Updated on Jan 17, 2020 05:06 AM IST

ISRO’s first mission of 2020 to be launched on Friday morning

The mission comes over a month after the previous PSLV mission that put in orbit one Indian Earth Observation Satellite along with nine customer satellites. The space agency is planning another PSLV mission soon with commercial satellites.
Updated on Jan 17, 2020 01:39 AM IST

China launches rocket from ship at sea for first time

The small rocket, designed to be deployed quickly and from mobile launch sites such as a ship, carried seven satellites, including one that measures sea-surface winds to forecast typhoons.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 12:20 PM IST

India’s A-SAT missile test must trigger a discussion on earth orbital security

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully launched the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor missile in an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 08:35 AM IST

India successfully launches latest communication satellite GSAT-31

The GSAT-31 is a “high power” communication satellite with Ku-band, and it is going to serve and replace some of the satellites that are going to expire soon, he said further.
Updated on Feb 06, 2019 07:20 AM IST

ISRO launches student-made satellite Kalamsat named after Abdul Kalam

The PSLV with two strap-on configuration was identified for this mission and the configuration is designated as PSLV-DL.
Updated on Jan 25, 2019 07:39 AM IST

ISRO to launch PSLV-C44 just before midnight today

The PSLV with two strap-on configuration has been identified for this mission and the configuration is designated as PSLV-DL. PSLV-C44 is the first mission of PSLV-DL and is a new variant of PSLV.
Updated on Jan 24, 2019 10:04 PM IST

Moon probe tops agenda for Isro’s biggest year yet

The Indian military communication satellite GSAT-7A is pictured next to the moon as it is launched into orbit on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh on December 19, 2018.
Updated on Jan 01, 2019 02:36 PM IST

Isro to launch GSAT-7A from Sriharikota today, here’s what you should know

In the third mission in just over a month, the space agency will launch the 2,250 kg operational communication satellite from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 03:18 PM IST

ISRO launches GSAT-7A satellite that will improve communications for armed forces

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the country’s newest satellite GSAT-7A
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 05:03 PM IST

India launches heaviest satellite; to get high-speed connectivity

India’s heaviest satellite GSAT 11, weighing 5,854 kg, was successfully launched by the European commercial launch provider Arianespace in the early hours of Wednesday from Kourou space centre, French Guiana.
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 09:17 AM IST

Isro’s GSAT 29 satellite will provide faster connectivity

The GSAT 29 was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota aboard the indigenously developed GSLV Mark III, which has the capability to carry heavy payloads up to 4 tonnes to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Published on Nov 15, 2018 10:16 PM IST

‘India masters rocket science’: Here’s why the new ISRO launch is special

ISRO is about to put a latest communication satellite in the orbit with its heaviest rocket.
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 03:04 PM IST

Isro moves closer to human spaceflight with new satellite launch

People look on as ISRO’s communication satellite GSAT-29, on board the eosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-mark III-D2), launches in Sriharikota.
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 08:18 AM IST

Double success, says PM Modi after launch of ‘Bahubali’ satellite

Isro’s GSLV Mark III launch vehicle takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Wednesday.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 10:42 PM IST

ISRO’s communication satellite GSAT-29 to provide high-speed connectivity in remote areas of India; launch today

A view of ISRO's GSLV-MkIII D2 mission carrying high throughput communication satellite GSAT-29 set to be launched from the second launch pad in the spaceport, in Sriharikota.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 12:30 PM IST

Launch failure, incommunicado satellite: Spate of setbacks leaves space agency ISRO on edge

Satellite launches are the most spectacular but risky part of space mission.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 10:24 AM IST

India recalls GSAT-11 satellite for tests from Arianespace’s rocket port

ISRO's GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite blasts off into orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 01:13 PM IST

Power failure may be the reason ISRO lost contact with GSAT-6A communication satellite

ISRO's GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite blasts off into orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Thursday.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 12:52 PM IST

US regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services

This is the first approval of a US-licensed satellite constellation to provide broadband services using a new generation of low-Earth orbit satellite technologies.
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 07:52 PM IST