In a textbook launch, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off from the spaceport here. At the end of an over 51-hour countdown, the 44.4 metre-tall four-stage PSLV-C-15, costing Rs260 crore, blasted off from a launch pad … Read more
Buoyed by the success of its maiden lunar mission, India on Thursday said it will send a second unmanned spacecraft to the moon by 2012.The announcement came less than a week after Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned spacecraft, entered lunar orbit for the start of a two-year mission. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the … Read more
Applause Well, Its not really a rocket motor , but a motor used onboard rockets, And its by a team composing of faculty and students of VIT and AU. Appreciation and Critical Point Yes its an achievement for the stdent folk and needs to be appreciated, but I’ll certainly say the staff of the universites … Read more