? Oct. 22,2008. The 316-tonne PSLV C11, an upgraded version of ISRO's workhorse PSLV, blasted off from Sriharikota in AP with the 1,380-kg Chandrayaan-1, making India the sixth nation to launch a moon mission.
A total of six Automatic Climate Centre (ACC) units of the Indian Space Reseach Organisation (ISRO) have been installed at various place in the district. ISRO has plans to install 15 ACCs in the district to provide climatic information to coffee growers.
The Indian Space Research Organisation(Isro) is working on a plan to launch re-usable rockets within next 10 to 15 years that will take off from the ground to orbit and return just like any aircraft carrying people and payload, said G Madhvan Nair, Chairman of Isro.
BALASORE: Launch of an ocean satellite is the next mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1, said G Madhavan Nair, ISRO chairman and Secretary of the Department of Space.
On Monday, the trusty Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carried into orbit what is widely perceived as an Israeli-built radar satellite intended for India