NSIL launched its first dedicated commercial mission on February 28, orbiting Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sriharikota spaceport of the ISRO. Apart from launch services, NSIL is also actively pursuing the new policy change to provide space-based services on demand driven basis , a shift from the current supply driven model.
ISRO s commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) has bagged four more dedicated launch service contracts even as it plans to pursue satellite building deals. NSIL launched its first dedicated commercial mission on February 28, orbiting Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sriharikota spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). We currently have four more dedicated launch service contracts, which will be executed in the coming two to three years, NSIL s Chairman and Managing Director G Narayanan told PTI in an interview. Apart from launchservices, NSIL is also actively pursuing the new policy change toprovide space-based services on demand driven basis , a shift from thecurrent supply driven model, he said.
Rao began his career as a cosmic-ray physicist
He passed away on July 24, 2017, in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru: Google celebrated the 89th Birthday of Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao, with a doodle on its home page featuring an animated image of the renowned Indian space scientist with a background of the Earth and shooting stars. Happy Birthday, Prof. Rao! Your stellar technological advancements continue to be felt across the galaxy, reads the description on Google Doodle s website.
Born in a remote village of Karnataka on this day in 1932, Rao began his career as a cosmic-ray physicist and protege of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, a scientist widely regarded as the father of India s space programme, it said.
Who was Prof. Udupi Ramachandra Rao?
Born at Adamaru in the state of Karnataka in 1932, U.R Rao completed his B.Sc in Government Arts and Science College in Anantpur and did his Ph.D at the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad.
He worked as a faculty member at MIT and was also the assistant professor at the University of Texas at Dallas where he carried out experiments on a number of spacecraft.
Rao returned to India in 1966 and took over the role of professor at the Physical Research Lab in Ahemdabad where he initiated an extensive high energy astronomy program.
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