The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to launch a new- generation compact rocket on its maiden orbital test flight

With recent reforms opening up doors for enhanced private sector participation in the space sector, ISRO is thrilled to receive several proposals from industries and startups, says ISRO Chairman K Sivan

ISRO had on January 15 made the announcement of an opportunity for the industry intended to develop space theme-based merchandise

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of tenure of Sivan K, secretary, Department of Space and chairman, Space Commission, for a period of one-year beyond January 14, 2021, that is up to January 14, 2022

ISRO Chairman K Sivan said, \"Even in the rocket propulsion, ISRO is developing green propulsion for its human space flight mission. In future, all the propulsion stages may adopt green propulsion\"

ISRO's CMS-01 is the 42nd communication satellite of ISRO and is envisaged for providing services in Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum covering India, Lakshadweep, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The earth observation satellite, EOS-01 will be used for applications in applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support

ISRO chairman K Sivan and CNES president Jean-Yves Le Gall held talks and reviewed the areas driving cooperation between France and India in space

Addressing a webinar on \"Unlocking of India's Potential in Space Sector,\" Sivan said the whole aim of reforms is enabling the private players to carry out the space activities which is otherwise being done by ISRO

The Gaganyaan mission aims to send a three-member crew to space for a period of five to seven days by 2022 when India completes 75 years of Independence

Shanmuga Subramanian has claimed that Chandrayaan-2's rover Pragyan seems to be intact on the moon's surface and had rolled out a few meters from the lander

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Last month, the government announced a major reform in India's space arena by allowing the private sector to carry out space activities like building rockets, satellites and providing launch services

Chandrayaan-III will cost approximately Rs 615 crore, which far less than Chandrayaan-2 mission cost of around Rs 970 crore

According to Qualcomm, these new mobile platforms enable fast 4G connectivity speeds, deliver key Wi-Fi 6 features and integrated Bluetooth 5.1 with advanced audio subsystems

Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has lifted over 50 ton till date, out of which around 17 per cent consists of foreign customer satellites

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday launched advanced earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other commercial nano-satellites for the US on Wednesday. Watch the video for more.

CARTOSAT-3 is a third generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability

Sivan also said that ISRO's other space missions, including sending a probe to the Sun and humans to space, are on track