https://spacewatch.global/tag/isro-gslv-mark-iii/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:00:28 +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/isro-gslv-mark-iii/ 32 32 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/2018/09/swglquicktakes-deep-background-on-indias-gaganyaan-human-spaceflight-programme/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10364 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/2018/08/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.]]>