India
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![SSLV lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on August 16th. ©ISRO](/content/images/size/w300/2024/08/GVFGJ0IaEAABMbn.jpg)
At 03:47 am Universal Coordinated Time on August 16th, India launched its third development flight for its SSLV launch vehicle. This third, and final, development flight flew from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Atop of SSLV for this launch was the EOS-08 satellite, a small 175.5 kilogram Earth
Aug 16, 2024
2 mins![PSLV-DL lifting off from Satish Dhawan Space Center with XPoSat ©ISRO](/content/images/size/w300/2024/01/image-1.png)
India kicked off the first launch of 2024 with the launch of a PSLV-DL rocket carrying the XPoSat spacecraft. The rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 09:10 am Indian Standard Time and successfully delivered the XPoSat spacecraft to low Earth orbit. XPoSat, also called X-ray
Jan 1, 2024
3 mins![Gaganyaan TV-D1 lifting off from its launch pad.](/content/images/size/w300/2023/10/image-1-.png)
Early in the morning on the 21st of October, India performed a launch abort test of the escape system for its Gaganyaan crew capsule. The mission had the capsule perform an abort 11.7 kilometers up at 889 miles per hour where it seperated from the booster. Gaganyaan's
Oct 21, 2023
2 mins![The flag of India flying in the wind.](/content/images/size/w300/2023/09/image--8-.png)
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 29th of September 2023 so some information may be outdated. This article is intended as a general explanation of the Indian Space Research Organisation, its facilities, and active orbital launch vehicles. Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation, commonly referred to
Oct 2, 2023
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