https://spacewatch.global/tag/dr-k-sivan/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:00:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/dr-k-sivan/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/isro-to-validate-design-engineering-of-rocket-to-carry-indias-first-human-space-flight-mission/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19813 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry out a series of tests to validate the design and engineering of the rocket and orbital module system for India's first planned human space flight mission, named Gaganyaan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/indias-gsat-30-successfully-launched-for-south-asian-connectivity-mission/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18681 India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours of 17 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/indias-isro-successfully-launches-risat-and-nine-rideshare-payloads/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17715 An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its fiftieth flight (PSLV-C48), successfully launched RISAT-2BR1 along with nine commercial satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, on 11 December 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/india-launched-cartosat-3-earth-observation-satellite-and-13-rideshare-payloads/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 06:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17321 On 27 November 2019, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty ninth flight (PSLV-C47), successfully launched Cartosat-3 along with 13 Nanosatellites from the United States from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/gslv-mkiii-m1-successfully-launches-chandrayaan-2-spacecraft/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15231 India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV MkIII-M1, successfully launched the 3840 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into an earth orbit on July 22nd. Today’s flight marks the first operational flight of the GSLV Mk III.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/indias-isro-successfully-lofts-pslv-c45-with-emisat-and-28-rideshare-satellites/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 05:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13321 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota. This flight marked the first mission of PSLV-QL, a new variant of PSLV with four strap-on motors.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/french-and-indian-space-agencies-to-establish-maritime-surveillance-centre-in-india/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12979 Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Dr. K. Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed an agreement on 6 March 2019 in Bengaluru to implement the short-term plan for the French-Indian programme to develop a maritime surveillance system. This signature follows on from the broader agreement signed last March during President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to India.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/indian-military-space-isro-launches-microsat-r-imaging-satellite-for-drdo/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12559 A military Earth observation satellite made by several laboratories within India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and called MicroSat-R was launched on board an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on 24 January 2019 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/indian-space-exploration-chandrayaan-2-lunar-mission-launch-expected-in-april-2019/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12352 India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, will be attempted in mid-April 2019, a senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said on 11 January 2019. Chandrayaan-2 will comprise a lander and a lunar rover.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/indias-gaganyaan-mission-isros-human-spaceflight-plans-starting-to-take-shape/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12339 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is aiming for the first crewed Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission to take place in December 2021.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/indian-human-spaceflight-gaganyaan-mission-in-2022-to-orbit-three-astronauts-cost-1-4-billion/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12163 The Indian government announced on 28 December 2018 that its Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission expected to take place in 2022 will consist of three crew members, last for five to seven days in orbit, and is budgeted for the equivalent of U.S.$1.43 billion, according to Indian media reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/indian-military-space-isro-successfully-launches-gsat-7a-communications-satellite-for-indian-air-force/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12043 An Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F11) successfully launched the GSAT-7A military communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, India, on 19 December 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/indias-heaviest-communication-satellite-gsat-11-launched-successfully-from-french-guiana/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11770 The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours of 5 December 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/arianespace-orbits-gsat-11-and-geo-kompsat-2a-for-indian-and-korean-space-agencies/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11775 Arianespace has successfully orbited two satellites: GSAT-11 for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A for KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/indias-gaganyaan-programme-to-receive-technical-and-medical-support-from-frances-cnes/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 05:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10349 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/indias-gaganyaan-mission-to-send-three-foreign-trained-vyomanauts-into-space-by-2022/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10211 Following the announcement in early August 2018 by Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister, that India will launch its own Vyomanauts into space by 2022, senior Indian space officials have added more details about what is now called the Gaganyaan programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/india-looks-to-enter-crowded-small-satellite-launcher-market-with-isro-sslv/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10217 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a small launch vehicle that weighs no more than 100 tons that can loft a 500 kg satellite into a 500 km orbit. ISRO is currently earning about U.S.$40 million annually through launching small satellites for foreign customers, and aims to increase its revenue by using the small launch vehicle to serve the burgeoning small satellite market.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/indias-human-spaceflight-ambitions-faces-political-backlash-technical-skepticism/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10142 Now that the euphoria over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement that India will launch its first Vyomanaut (derived from the Sanskrit word for space, or vyoma) into Earth orbit by 2022 has passed, the political contours of the announcement are beginning to take shape.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/indias-isro-loses-contact-gsat-6a-48hrs-launch/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8139 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed on 1 April 2018 that it had lost contact with the GSAT-6A communications satellite that had just been launched on 29 March 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/uae-india-commit-joint-space-cooperation-joint-working-group-meeting/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7482 This content is for members only. 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