Tag: Mission

NewSpace India’s first dedicated launch successful

Sriharikota: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites today from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This was the first dedicated launch by state-run NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) under the Department of Space. PSLV-C51 lifted off from the First […]

Interview: India Navy modernisation driven by focus on combat readiness: Admiral Karambir Singh (Part 1)

India’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this Part 1 of an exclusive interaction earlier this month that the Indian Navy‘s modernisation focus is based on ‘Ordnance on Target’ as an important measure of combat effectiveness; and acquisition of mission-capable […]

ISRO gets L&T’s first launch hardware for India Gaganyaan mission, overcoming COVID

New Delhi: As India prepares for its first human space mission ‘Gaganyaan‘ by Aug. 2022, Larsen & Toubro — nation’s leading engineering-procurement-construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate — has delivered the first hardware, a booster segment, for the mission’s launch vehicle to the country’s space research agency. […]