Tag: Sriharikota

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    Video Playerhttp://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pat_test_video.mp4.mp400:0000:0001:39Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Video credit: ISRO India’s space agency tested a launch escape system Thursday that could be used on a future spaceship designed to carry astronauts into orbit. The abort rocket lifted a prototype crew capsule off a launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, a launch…

  • Photos: India’s GSLV Mk.3 debuts with on-target test flight

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    India’s new GSLV Mk.3 launcher delivered to orbit the GSAT 19 communications satellite Monday, and these photos show the rocket lifting off from a launch pad on the eastern Indian coastline powered by two side-mounted solid rocket boosters. The GSLV Mk.3 took off at 1158 GMT (7:58 a.m. EDT) Monday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center,…

  • India tests scramjet demonstrator over Bay of Bengal

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    The Advanced Technology Vehicle, a two-stage sounding rocket, blasted off Sunday with India’s scramjet engine demonstrator. Credit: ISRO India’s space agency launched a modified suborbital sounding rocket Sunday and ignited two air-breathing scramjet engines at Mach 6 for a brief five-second experiment that could pave the way for a future reusable space transport system. The…

  • India flies winged space plane on experimental suborbital launch

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    India’s prototype reusable space plane blasted off at 7 a.m. local time Monday. Credit: ISRO A prototype for a future winged Indian spaceship took off early Monday on a suborbital flight 65 kilometers (40 miles) over the Bay of Bengal and steered itself to an on-target splashdown, testing a heat shield and guidance, navigation and…

  • India readies reusable launch vehicle testbed for flight

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    Artist’s concept of India’s reusable launch vehicle demonstrator. Credit: ISRO India’s space agency plans to boost a sleek winged prototype spacecraft into the upper atmosphere aboard a solid-fueled rocket early Monday on a short test flight that will end with a controlled, unpowered glide to a simulated runway landing in the Bay of Bengal. The…

  • India readies reusable launch vehicle testbed for flight

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    Artist’s concept of India’s reusable launch vehicle demonstrator. Credit: ISRO India’s space agency plans to boost a sleek winged prototype spacecraft into the upper atmosphere aboard a solid-fueled rocket early Monday on a short test flight that will end with a controlled, unpowered glide to a simulated runway landing in the Bay of Bengal. The…

  • Countdown begins for launch of Indian military satellite

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    India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rolls out to the Second Launch Pad at its launch base on Sriharikota Island on India’s east coast. A government-owned communications satellite heading for geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above Earth is set for launch Thursday to on a nine-year mission to to support the Indian military. The 4,667-pound GSAT 6…