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India's Gaganyaan test flight lifts off

STORY: India's Gaganyaan test flight lifts off DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. India gate 2. various of the liftoff (courtesy: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)) STORYLINE: Indian Space Research Organization on Saturday launched the first test flight for its Gaganyaan (skycraft) mission after putting it on hold due to an anomaly. "Mission Gaganyaan TV D1 Test Flight is accomplished. Crew Escape System performed as intended," reads a brief statement put out by the space agency after some delays. The launch was carried out at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The uncrewed flight test with a single-stage liquid propulsion rocket, equipped with a Crew Module and Crew Escape System, was earlier scheduled to lift off at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Saturday. Then it was rescheduled twice and finally put on hold until 10:00 a.m. (local time) so that the reason for the launch hold could be id

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India successfully launches 1st solar mission

STORY: India successfully launches 1st solar mission DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of the launching STORYLINE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that India successfully launched its maiden solar mission named "Aditya-L1" on Saturday, onboard the PSLV-C57 rocket (in XL configuration). The country's ambitious mission to study the Sun was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Aditya-L1's separation from the launch vehicle is projected to happen nearly 63 minutes after the rocket blasts off from the second launch pad at Sriharikota. This is said to be one of the longest PSLV missions ever undertaken. The launch was telecast live on domestic TV media channels, besides various social media platforms of the ISRO. Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh and ISRO Chairman S. Somnath were among those present at the launch eve

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Indian space agency launches PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite, 6 others

STORY: Indian space agency launches PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite, 6 others DATELINE: July 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of PSLV-C56's launching STORYLINE: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday successfully launched the PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite, along with six other satellites, from a launch site in southern India, the ISRO said in a tweet. The DS-SAR satellite blasted off from the first launch-pad of Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC)-SHAR located at Sriharikota in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, said the space agency. It added the DS-SAR satellite was developed under a partnership between India, Singapore and ST Engineering, a multinational aerospace company. The satellite will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of Singapore government departments, while ST Engineering will use it for multi-modal imagery and geospatial services for its commercial cust

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India launches Moon Mission-3

STORY: India launches Moon Mission-3 DATELINE: July 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. the India gate 2. various of the Chandrayaan-3 STORYLINE: India launched its third moon mission, called Chandrayaan-3, on Friday on the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre located in the southern state Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota area, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The propulsion module will be carrying the lander, named Vikram, and the rover, named Pragyan, till the 100-km lunar orbit. The moon mission will last nearly two months. The moon mission's objectives include developing and demonstrating new technologies required for interplanetary missions. The lander will have the capability to land at a specified lunar site and deploy the rover which will carry out chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobility. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Indian lunar mission's spacecraft put on launch vehicle

STORY: Indian lunar mission's spacecraft put on launch vehicle DATELINE: July 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of lunar mission's spacecraft assembling (VIDEO SOURCE: ISRO Official site) STORYLINE: The spacecraft of India's lunar mission "Chadrayaan-3" was integrated with its launch vehicle LMV3 on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The lunar mission is set to be launched later this month. This would be India's third lunar mission and the second attempt at soft-landing equipment on Moon's surface. The last lunar mission, launched in July 2019, failed as communication from the Lander to the ground stations was lost. The integration between the spacecraft and the launch vehicle was done at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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