Isro: In a first, Isro uses high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya mission | India News

BENGALURU: Isro has achieved a new milestone, graduating from the S-band telemetry and command regime used for communication with its space modules to a high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya-L1, India’s first solar space observatory that completed the first of five Earth-bound manoeuvres at 11.40am Sunday.So far, Isro had used X-band only for payload data … Read more

India’s first private launch pad unveiled at Sriharikota | India News

NEW DELHI: Just days after the launch of India’s first privately built rocket Vikram-S, the country’s first private launch pad has been opened at Sriharikota. Space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos on Monday announced the opening of the launch pad, designed and operated by it. The facility was inaugurated on November 25 by Isro chairman S Somanath. … Read more