Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unmanned mission toMarsthat isIndia’sfirst interplanetary spacecraft. TheIndian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) launched theMarsOrbiter Mission on November 5, 2013, using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island...
The Space Force has accepted the transfer of a second weather satellite that will provide regional coverage over the Indian Ocean for the U.S. military until 2030, the service announced Sept. 22. The service uses a residual Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite to collect cloud images ...
Five day mean Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) data from June 1974 to May 1988 (14 yr period) derived from the NOAA polar satellite are analysed to determine objectively the onset and withdrawal dates of the southwest monsoon over 7 selected regions of the Indian sub-continent and the adjoinin...
Thus, together they double the FSS capability at this location simulating a large "virtual" satellite. This large capacity enables network connectivities to be made with relatively small spacecraft. The advantages of this concept, such as avoidance of a large, mostly idle spare spacecraft, ...
Citizens of the Fort Peck Tribes are seeking satellite voting locations on the reservation, arguing that Native voters have poor access to the polls. Native America Calling: Can Native Americans make a difference in Montana U.S. Senate race? Republican U.S. Senate challenger Tim Sheehy is dra...
Yuanwang-6 returned to its homeport on December 9 last year after completing three satellite monitoring missions. Before its departure, the ship's crew made a thorough examination and maintenance, ensuring all systems and facilities in good working order. As China's third-generation...
India's destruction of a satellite with a missile created hundreds of pieces of "space junk," a potentially dangerous situation that established space powers have tried to avoid for years.
SpaceX highlighted that Ka-band frequency, used to connect ground stations to fixed satellite systems, should be assigned to providers. Responding to TRAI’s query on low fixed broadband speed in India, SpaceX spokesperson said policies that discourage participation of high-speed satellite internet ...
NASA's Laser Retroreflector ArrayCredit: Goddard Space Flight Center Satellites have been using similar (but much larger) reflectors for years. Laser pulses from the ground can hit these reflectors to measure the exact location of a satellite, but going the opposite way with laser pulses from ...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is learnt to have developed transponders to keep track of fishing vessels on the high seas using the geostationery communication satellite "GSAT-6" built by it.