Space Newsletter

27/02/2024

Let's meet our astronauts for the 's upcoming program 🇮🇳

1. Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair
2. Group Captain Ajit Krishnan
3. Group Captain Angad Pratap
4. Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla

11/02/2024

GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS Mission:

Citizens may witness the launch
(February 17, 2024, at 17:30 Hrs. IST)
from Launch View Gallery (LVG), SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.

Registration will commence on February 12, 2024, at 18:30 Hrs. IST. here: https://lvg.shar.gov.in/VSCREGISTRATION/index.jsp

31/12/2023

🚀 PSLV-C58/ 🛰️ XPoSat Mission:
The launch of the X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) is set for January 1, 2024, at 09:10 Hrs. IST from the first launch-pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.

The launch can be viewed LIVE
from 08:40 Hrs. IST on
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/H10igyNHsr4?feature=share
http://isro.gov.in
https://facebook.com/ISRO
and DD National

02/11/2023

Study of Ionospheric disturbances over the Indian region during peak of a solar flares revealed significant correlation between change in total electron count and in X-ray energy from the sun for flares with higher electromagnetic energy whereas for flares with moderate and low electromagnetic energy no significant change was observed. Tracing these ionospheric disturbances are critical to understand radio wave propagation through the ionosphere which is a crucial part of radio communication.

Scientists from Doon University, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology - IITM, Pune , and Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai , an autonomous institute of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India investigated TEC during the peak of a solar cycle by scrutinising 450 solar flares of all classes -- five X-class solar flares, forty-nine M-class solar flares, and three hundred ninety-six C-class solar flares) for the year 2014. They found enhanced correlation between change in total electron count and change in X-ray energy from the sun (specially when solar flare location of flare on Sun surface was included) for X-class flares, whereas for M- and C-Class flares, no significant change was observed. The low equatorial latitude ionospheric response to solar flares was studied via GPS TEC signals from IGS station Bangalore, India.

Read More at:
https://dst.gov.in/ionospheric-disturbances-during-peak-solar-flares-show-dependence-flare-energy

01/11/2023

Antriksh Jigyasa brings a talk on
"Science and its Role in Building Civilization and Growing Economies"
by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson,
Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States
on November 2, 2023, at 1800 Hrs. IST.

Live-stream on https://jigyasa.iirs.gov.in/spacevarta
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

20/10/2023

Mission Gaganyaan:
TV-D1 Test Flight

The test flight can be watched LIVE
from 0730 Hrs. IST
on October 21, 2023
at
www.isro.gov.in
https://www.facebook.com/ISRO
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMig6ZpqrIs

25/08/2023

First visuals of Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface.

22/08/2023

Witness the climax of Chandrayaan3 is set to land on the moon on 23 August 2023, at 5:27 PM.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/DLA_64yz8Ss?feature=share

22/08/2023

-3's Various Ground Stations to Track & Command Lander for uninterrupted data. (Yesterday Vikram paired with Chandrayaan-2's Orbitor).

20/08/2023

18/08/2023

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The Lander Module (LM) health is normal.

LM successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km.

The second deboosting operation is scheduled for August 20, 2023, around 0200 Hrs. IST

18/08/2023

The Moon as captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) of Chandrayaan-3 on August 15, 2023.

17/08/2023

Chandrayaan-3's Lander separated from Propulsion Module. 1st Lander De_boost (Reverse Thrust) scheduled on Tomorrow.

16/08/2023

ISRO releases new photo of the Moon 🌕 captured by Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera (LHVC) of Chandrayaan-3 🛰️

06/08/2023

Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The Moon, as viewed by Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's onboard camera during Lunar Orbit Insertion.

30/07/2023

PSLV-C56🚀 successfully launched DS-SAR🛰️ and 6 others small satellites 🛰️ to orbit from FLP, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.

24/07/2023

PSLV-C56/DS-SAR Mission:
Launch scheduled on: 📅 July 30, 2023 ⏲️ 06:30 Hrs. IST.
Site: First Launch Pad (FLP), SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.

With a Core Alone (CA) configuration, the PSLV-C56🚀 will deploy the DS-SAR satellite from DSTA & ST Engineering, Singapore and 6 other co-passenger satellites.

22/07/2023

: PSLV-C56/DS-SAR Mission:

PSLV-C56 is getting ready at the First Launch Pad (FLP), SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, for the launch of DS-SAR satellite, along with 6 co-passengers, tentatively on July 23, 2023.

PSLV-C56 is configured in its core-alone mode, similar to that of C55. It would launched DS-SAR, a 360 kg satellite into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO) at 5 degrees inclination and 535 km altitude.

DS-SAR

The DS-SAR satellite is developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering. Once deployed and operational, it will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore. ST Engineering will use it for multi-modal and higher responsiveness imagery and geospatial services for their commercial customers.

DS-SAR carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). This allows the DS-SAR to provide for all-weather day and night coverage, and capable of imaging at 1m-resolution at full polarimetry.

The co-passengers are:

1. VELOX-AM, a 23 kg technology demonstration microsatellite.

2. ARCADE Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer (ARCADE), an experimental satellite.

3. SCOOB-II , a 3U nanosatellite flying a technology demonstrator payload.

4. NuLIoN by NuSpace, an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless IoT connectivity in both urban & remote locations.

5. Galassia-2, a 3U nanosatellite that will be orbiting at low earth orbit.

6. ORB-12 STRIDER , satellite is developed under an International collaboration.

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19/07/2023

You're in this picture – hope your eyes were open. Ten years ago today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured our home world as seen from Saturn. In this view, the planet's rings are backlit by the Sun.

17/07/2023

Picture of the day ❤️

Let's make this passion continue forever. 🔥

16/07/2023

54 years ago today, Apollo11 launched…Eagle soaring from Earth atop the Saturn V, bound for the Moon. It seems like only yesterday that we embarked on the mission of a lifetime – a mission for all mankind, a mission we hope will continue to inspire well into our future.