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It has already docked with the International Space Station and the tests are expected to begin in the next few weeks. (Photo: Surrey Space Centre)

Scientists to begin testing of debris-clearing spacecraft

The RemoveDebris satellite is carrying a number of different devices designed to help clear the huge amount of debris...

9 April 2018 10:22 AM IST

The satellites, coded 30th and 31st in the BDS, entered the orbit more than three hours after the launch.

Twin navigation satellites launched in China

The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.

3 April 2018 6:59 PM IST

Facebook has faced intense scrutiny around the Cambridge scandal. (Photo: AP)

Facebook confirms developing an internet satellite

Facebook is once again pursuing plans to launch satellite early next year, that will help connect billions of people who...

23 July 2018 11:17 AM IST

The agency had planned for the launch of CARTOSAT-3 satellite, ninth in the series, from the second launch pad at spaceport of Sriharikota, about 120 kms at 09.28am. (Photo: ISRO)

ISRO launches Earth imaging satellite Cartosat-3, 13 other nano...

PSLV-C47 on its 49th mission would carry CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the United States.

27 Nov 2019 9:39 AM IST

North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean warmongers to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that analysts said was also aimed at the United States. (Photo: File)

North Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at its...

The UN bans North Korea from launching satellites because it is considered a test of long-range missile technology.

8 Dec 2019 9:45 AM IST

OneWeb has offered the Russian government the option of buying a 12.5-percent stake in the company.

Defect found on Russian rocket ahead of US OneWeb launch

The Russian Soyuz is scheduled to blast off from Guiana Space Centre carrying the first satellites into space for...

31 Jan 2019 3:15 PM IST

Things are going on as planned for tomorrows launch, a senior Isro official said.

ISRO to launch exclusive satellite to help MHA in securing Indian...

IRNSS will provide navigation facilities for operational parties in high altitude, remote and difficult borders and...

17 Jan 2019 8:07 PM IST

The satellite was launched in 2011 and has exceeded its initially expected useful life of about three years. (Photo: UPI)

Russian attempt to control orbiting radio telescope fails

The Spektr-R satellite is continuing to transmit signals, but scientists have been unable to control the satellite.

16 Jan 2019 12:35 PM IST

Indias foreign ministry played down any risk of debris, noting the test was in low-earth orbit, and said the remnants would decay and fall back on to the earth within weeks. (Photo: @PIB_India)

Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test

The United States performed the first anti-satellite tests in 1959, when satellites themselves were rare and new.

28 March 2019 9:54 AM IST

The missile system was guided to high-altitude to simulate aircraft release conditions and subsequently nozzle-less-booster was ignited. (Photo:Twitter)

Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite

Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space.

28 March 2019 9:53 AM IST

This artists illustration obtained from NASA on December 21, 2018 shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 nicknamed Ultima Thule a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto. (Photo: AFP)

US studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris

India's foreign ministry played down any risk of debris from its missile test.

28 March 2019 9:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the success of Mission Shakti on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi hails India as military space power after anti-satellite missile...

India would be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the US, China and Russia.

28 March 2019 9:49 AM IST