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S Ramakrishnan takes over as Director of ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

January 1, 2013 by (FINN) Frontier India News Network Leave a Comment

Bangalore: S Ramakrishnan today took over as Director of Indian Space Research Center’s (ISRO) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) from P S Veeraraghavan. Ramakrishnana has more than four decades of experience in rocketry and was previously headed the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) for past two years. Ramakrishnan is an acclaimed expert in the areas [...]

Filed Under: Space Tagged With: Chandrayaan Mission, Indian Space Research Center, ISRO, John P Zachariah, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, LPSC, P S Veeraraghavan, PSLV C- 11, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

ISRO’s heaviest GSAT-10 satellite launched from Ariane 5 rocket

September 29, 2012 by (FINN) Frontier India News Network 2 Comments

French Guiana: The fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2012 delivered a pair of telecommunications spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit, including ASTRA 2F and Indian Space Research organisation’s (ISRO) GSAT-10 satellite. At 3400 kg, GSAT-10 satellite is the heaviest satellite that ISRO has ever built. This is ISRO’s 101st space mission. Arianespace has now lofted 15 [...]

Filed Under: Space Tagged With: Airports Authority of India, Ariane 5, Arianespace, ASTRA 2F, French Guiana, GAGAN, GSAT-10 satellite, I-3K satellite bus, Indian National Satellite, Indian Space Research Organisation, INSAT, ISRO

Oloitiptip, Cherono win TCS World 10K, Suresh Patel, Sudha Singh Indian champs

Bangalore: Kenyans Alex Oloitiptip and Gladys Cherono ran brave races in contrasting weather conditions to win the overall men’s and women’s titles of the Tata Consultancy World 10K Bangalore 2013, the World’s Premier 10K Run, which concluded at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, here, on Sunday. The 23-year-old Oloitiptip, not among the pre-race favourites, but with [...]

Nirbhaya effect : Chhattisgarh women to learn self defence from Bollywood trainer

Raipur: The horrific Delhi Gang Rape case has not been forgotten as various states and organisations are gearing up for women empowerment. Spearheaded by Bollywood martial arts trainer Chitah Yajnesh Shetty, women in 12 districts of Chhattisgarh will begin learning self defence programs from May and it will continue through-out June 2013. Yajnesh’s outfit Chitah [...]

MRPL increases throughput by 14.40 MMT in FY-13

Mangalore: The Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a subsidiary of Oil And National Gas Corporation (ONGC), a Category I Mini Ratna announced its Audited Results. MRPL recorded a higher throughput and distillate yield but records lower GRM due to lower complexity operation. MRPL during the year increased its throughput with the availability of its [...]

Second suspect in the rape of a 5-year old Delhi girl arrested in Bihar

Delhi: A second suspect has been arrested in connection of brutal rape and attempted strangulation of a 5 year old girl in the city (read Rapist of Delhi 5 yr old arrested, 3 cops suspended). Pradeep Kumar was arrested from Lakhi Sarai district of Bihar state, in a coordinated effort with Bihar Police. Delhi Police [...]