BENGALURU: The two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites that Isro was hoping to unite early Thursday have drifted too far apart late Wednesday, causing a second postponement of the final procedure in three days.“While making a maneuver to reach 225m between satellites the drift was found to be more than expected, post non-visibility period. The…
India on Monday got a step closer to becoming part of an elite group of nations with space-docking technology — ability to mate two spacecraft in space — with Isro’s putting two small satellites weighing 220 kg each, into orbit.The satellites, part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission, lifted off around little past 10pm…
30 companies have answered a call from the Indian National Space Promotion and authorisation centre (IN-SPACe) to create Earth observation (EO) satellite constellations.Launched through an expression of interest (EoI) in July, the initiative aims to establish a private-public partnership to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign data sources for defence, infrastructure, and mapping needs.“We have…
Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) on Thursday successfully launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission aboard the PSLV-C59 rocket, which lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.In its 61st launch, the PSLV lifted off a little after 4pm as per a revised schedule — the mission was…
A groundbreaking study using data from NASA and German satellites has uncovered a dramatic decline in Earth’s freshwater resources since 2014. Published in Surveys in Geophysics, this research warns that the planet is entering an extended dry period, posing serious risks to global water security.From 2015 to 2023, the average amount of freshwater stored on…