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ISRO to Conduct ‘Inter-Planetary Missions’ in 2021-22; Eyes on Visiting Mars and Venus
India is all set to rule over the space industry by breaking some of most significant records soon. Currently, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is gearing up to set out 104 satellites on a single PSLV rocket on 15th February 2017, while the next mission is to land probes on two most mysterious planets […]
China to Set out First Remote-Sensing Night-Light-Observational Satellite This Year
China is all-set to mark a new record by launching country’s first-ever remote-sensing satellite, dedicated to detecting ground-based lighted structures during night time. Dubbed as “Luojia-1A”, the mini-satellite is capable of identifying large bright formations on the ground in the evening time. It weighs only 10 KG and is equipped with high-resolution sensors. According to […]
Planet Labs Latches onto Alphabet’s Satellite Imagery Terra Bella
Google’s parental company – Alphabet is drawing back from one of its tangential and ultra-modern missions, and this time, it is the satellite imagery. The company is reported sold its satellite imaging unit called ‘Terra Bella’ to the Planet Labs Inc.; an American Earth is imaging private startup for an undisclosed sum. Formerly, ‘Terra Bella’ […]
SpaceX Will Pony up Ridesharing Rocket for Seven Satellites of NASA and Iridium
Why use several rockets when one single rocket can transmit multiple satellites to space? Well, the perfect answer to this question is given by Elon Musk-owned space company SpaceX. The America-based space company will offer one of its Falcon 9 rockets to set out NASA and Iridium satellites from the ground to space. As announced […]
ISRO to Send off a Backup Navigation Satellite as Substitute to IRNSS-1A
Due to the failure of three atomic clocks of IRNSS-1A – the first navigational satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) series, ISRO now has decided to launch a backup space probe as its substitution. As declared by an official of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the agency is gearing up to launch […]
GOES-16: Next Gen Weather Forecasting Satellite System started sending Images
In the times when the climatic condition of places across the entire globe has become more and more unpredictable, the susceptibility of human civilization towards the various natural disasters like floods, storms etc have definitely risen. And thus, the cost of disaster mitigation, as well as the loss of life and property has definitely heightened. […]
NOAA Shares First Jaw-Dropping Color Images Of Earth Shot By GOES-16 Satellite
Getting views of earth from space is nothing less than a magical phenomenon and thanks to the space agencies like NASA and NOAA that are enabling us to get glimpses of space and its views through the shared images of the satellite. Recently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have shared some crunchy, color […]
China Put Its First Hack-Proof Quantum Communication Satellite into Service
After going through months of the in-orbit trial, world’s first hack-proof communication satellite has become operational on Wednesday. China launched the first-ever space-ground test platform on 16th August and after completing its 4 months trial period, the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), nicknamed as Micius became operational. As per the announcements made by the […]
First Singapore Satellite ‘AOBA VELOX-III’ Headway to Space from ISS on Monday
Monday, 16th January 2017 was not less than a golden day for the multi-millionaire city Singapore. The city, on this day, has successfully added its name in golden letters in the history of the space exploration mission by launching its first-ever satellite. On 16th January 2017, the first-ever Singapore satellite called ‘AOBA VELOX-III’ took off […]