Coronavirus grounded Indian space sector in first half of 2021
Sun, Jul 4 2021 10:12 IST |
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India s second spaceport for launching small satellites would be located in Tamil Nadu s Thoothukudi district, ISRO chief K. Sivan said. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, July 4 : A successful commercial launch, charting the decadal plan, coming out with a draft policy to allow private players, transferring medical equipment technologies was how the government owned space sector closed the Covid-19 affected first half of 2021.
On their part, the private sector players raised funds, got components manufactured overseas, designed rockets and satellites from home. We began the year with the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that placed into orbit 19 satellites including Brazil s earth observation satellite Amazonia-1, K. Sivan, Secretary, Department of Space (DOS) told IANS.
Guess what s keeping Indian space startups busy during lockdown
Sun, May 23 2021 14:36 IST |
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Chennai, May 23 : Young promoters of space startups are reaching for the skies.
They are raising funds, getting components manufactured overseas, designing rockets and satellites from home and gearing up to send their own rockets or rockets of others carrying their satellites into space.
They tell you that their earlier plans were affected by the Covid-19 lockdowns, but they hope their rockets and satellites would be set for lift-off in a year s time.
Two private rocket makers, Skyroot Aerospace and Agnikul Cosmos, recently announced raising $11 million each.
On the other hand, the Bengaluru-based satellite maker Syzygy Space Technologies Pvt Ltd, commonly known as Pixxel, had to postpone its first satellite launch slated early this year by an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket owing to a software glitch.
France s ANYWAVES to supply antennas for Pixxel s satellite
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Tue, Feb 9 2021 16:36 IST |
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France s ANYWAVES to supply antennas for Pixxel s satellite. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, Feb 9 : France-based satellite antenna maker ANYWAVES on Tuesday said that it will supply S-band TT&C antenna for the microsatellite built by the India s Syzygy Space Technologies Pvt Ltd, commonly known as Pixxel.
According to the ANYWAVES, it got an order for two flight models of its S-band TT&C antenna. They will equip a microsatellite planned to be put into the orbit by Pixxel in late 2021, ANYWAVES said in a statement.
Brazilian satellite to be orbited by Indian rocket reaches Chennai
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Wed, Dec 30 2020 21:36 IST |
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Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1, slated to be put into orbit by Indian Space Research Organisation s (ISRO). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, Dec 30 : Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1, slated to be put into orbit by Indian Space Research Organisation s (ISRO) rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), has landed here on an Emirates SkyCargo flight, it was announced on Wednesday.
In a statement, Emirates said its freight division Emirates SkyCargo flew the Amazonia-1 satellie from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil to Chennai.
This is the first time that Emirates SkyCargo has transported a space satellite from South America.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start the new year with the launch of several commercial satellites, including Brazil’s Amazonia and three Indian satellites. “In the end of February or early March 2021, we will be sending our rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C51 (PSLV-C51). The primary payload will be the Brazilian satellite called Amazonia, an earth observation satellite,” ISRO Chairman K. Sivan told Indian news agency
IANS.
“The PSLV-C51 mission will be a very special mission not only for ISRO but also for India as the rocket will be carrying the Earth Observation satellite Anand made by an Indian startup called Pixxel (Incorporated as Syzygy Space Technologies Pvt Ltd),” Sivan said.