Category Archives: India

Wednesday / 11 March 2015

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India Space Budget Indicates GSLV & Chandrayaan-2 Remain Top Priorities

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ISRO Allocated US$1.2B For Space Activities In 2015-2016 Fiscal Year (Begins 1 Apr); Budget Includes $50M For Continued Development / Operation Of GSLV Mk-3 Which Is Capable Of Lifting 4 Metric Tons To GTO, Critical For Next Steps Of Moon Program & Carrying Out India Human Space Missions According To Former ISRO Director Suresh Naik; $47M For Space Science, Including $6.3M For Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Rover / Orbiter Should Land At Moon South Pole 2017 / 2018; India Is Garnering A Reputation For Accomplishing Challenging Space Missions With Efficient / Frugal Budget

Image Credit: ISRO, NASA

Thursday / 5 March 2015

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Team Indus Confirms Communications Partner

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Sole India GLXP Team Partners With Tata Communications; Team Indus Will Use Company’s Low-Latency Network For Final Mission Interconnection Between Deep Space & Network Stations, Also Will Handle Communications Between USA-Based Earth Stations & Command Center In India; New Delhi-Based Team Intends To Launch Mission From Sriharikota In 2016, Land 2 Rovers On Moon Surface; Team Indus Is Among Front Runners Of Competition After Winning US$1M Landing Milestone Prize

Image Credit: Team Indus, GLXP, Tata Communications

Friday / 20 February 2015

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India May Boost Space Spending
For Fiscal Year 2015-16 India ISRO

Increase In India Space Budget 2015-16, Similar To 50% Increase Of 2014-15, Could Help Program Continue Its Momentum, Build Upon Successes Of 2014; Planning & Budget Allocation Underway For India Fiscal Year Beginning 1 Apr; ISRO Developing Indigenously Built GSLV-Mk 3 – Key To Reducing Launch Cost & Launching Heavy Spacecraft Such As Lander & Rover Chandrayaan-2 To Moon In 2016-17 & Human CARE Capsule; Working On Astronomical Laboratory (Astrosat), Venus & Solar Missions, Potential 2nd Mars Mission, & Infrastructure / Construction At Sriharikota Launch Site

Image Credit: ISRO, NASA

Friday / 13 February 2015

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GLXP Team Indus “We Will Definitely
Land On The Moon”

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India Team Indus Describes Support Received From Various ISRO Branches, Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs, General Public; Team Estimates It Will Need To Secure US$35M To Complete Lunar Lander ‘HHK1’ & Rover, And Launch To Moon On PSLV; Core Team Of 9 Plus 31 Other Young Engineers Continues To Overcome Technological / Financial Challenges, Inspire STEM Education, Encourage Technology Startups & Advance Space Exploration Activities In India; Hosting Reddit “Ask Me Anything”
On 14 Feb 11:00-12:30 IST

Image Credit: GLXP, Team Indus, NASA

Friday / 30 January 2015

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India Confirms Plans For
Moon South Pole Landing

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Chandrayaan-2 Moon Lander / Rover Will Land Near Moon South Pole According To Anil Bhardwaj, Director Of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Space Physics Lab; Announcement Confirms India Will Be At Forefront Of The Push To The New Frontier Of Human Exploration And Development, After Confirming Presence Of Extensive Water Reserves In Polar Craters With Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter; Success Of Mangalyaan Mars Mission Confirms Country’s Ability To Achieve Cost-Effective Planetary Missions; GSLV-Mark 3 Rocket Success Adds 1000-kg Capacity To Chandrayaan-2

Image Credit: ISRO, quazoo.com

Wednesday / 28 January 2015

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India Advancing Moon & Mars Missions, GSLV, Human CARE Capsule

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ISRO Focusing On Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission & Considering Second Mars Mission; Working On GSLV Mk 3 & Human-Rated CARE Capsule After Successful Launch Last Month; US President Obama Meeting With India Prime Minister Modi Says “Together, We Unlock New Discoveries – From The Particles Of Creation To Outer Space – Two Nations To Have Gone To Both The Moon & To Mars”; GLXP Team Indus Awarded US$1M Milestone Prize, Needs $35M For Completing / Launching Spacecraft

Pictured: Mahatma Gandhi Crater On Moon At Sinus Iridum 43.7°N 26.8°W – Also Known As Laplace A

Image Credit: ISRO, NASA, Team Indus, GLXP, Vinod Singh/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Wednesday / 21 January 2015

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Moon Landing Upcoming Priority
For New ISRO Chair

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Upon Assuming Leadership Of India Space Agency, New Chairman A S Kiran Kumar (R) Asserts That ISRO’s Current Primary Focus Is Readying Chandrayaan-2 Moon Lander / Rover Mission For 2016 Or 2017 Launch; ISRO Leaders Such As Prof UR Rao (BL) Have Long Indicated Moon South Pole As An Optimal Destination For Chandrayaan-2; Achieving 1st Landing At This Next Great Frontier May Be Even More Rewarding / Exciting Feat Than Becoming 1st Asia Nation To Orbit Mars

Image Credit: ISRO, missionchandrayaan2.blogspot.com, Pravin Indrekar dna

 

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 16-19 January 2015

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Moon South Pole
Drawing New Lunar Pioneers

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New Moon South Pole Ventures Including UK-Based Lunar Mission One & Russia-Based Lin Industrial Join Established Declarations Of Interest In Moon South Pole Missions By USA (RPM), American Enterprises Such As Shackleton Energy Corporation, Japan (SELENE-2), India (Chandrayaan-2), Russia (Luna-Glob), ESA, ILOA; Moon South Pole – Replete With Valuable Resources & Providing A Relatively Stable Thermal Environment – Is Generally Considered Optimal Location For Human Lunar Exploration / Settlement

Image Credit: JAXA, Lunar Mission One, Lin Industrial

Tuesday / 13 January 2015

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Helium-3 2015 Revisit: India, Europe, China

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Ever-Increasing Activities Towards Moon Exploration Indicate India, China & Other Space Powers Driven By Potential Economic Value Of Lunar Resources Including Helium-3; Former ISRO Chairman Prof UR Rao Says India Interested In Power-Generation Capacity Of Lunar He-3; UK-Based Researcher Ian Crawford Says Lunar Poles May Hold Higher Concentrates Of He-3, Polar Lander Required To Confirm; Orbiters Have Confirmed Presence Of Resources, ISRU Systems Already Tested On Earth, Time Has Come To Demonstrate Systems On Surface Of Moon

Image Credit: NASA, ISRO, Birkbeck College

Friday / 19 December 2014

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GSLV Launch Opens Path To Moon & Solar System For India

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Successful Launch Of GSLV Mk-3 Will Change Destiny Of India Space Program According To ISRO Mission Director S Somnath; Heavy Payload Launch Capacity Will Allow Country To Continue Ambitious & Cost-Efficient Plans To Advance Solar System Robotic & Human Exploration, Beginning With Chandrayaan-2 Moon Orbiter / Lander / Rover Mission In 2016, Likely To Be Humanity’s 1st Mission To Next, Most Promising, New Frontier Of Human Expansion Into Cosmos –
Moon South Pole

Pictured (L-R): ISRO Chairman KS Radhakrishnan, Space Applications Center Director K Kumar

Image Credit: ISRO, NASA