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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

10th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2013 begins

Hyderabad: India’s most exciting and hard fought motorsport event for young racing enthusiasts is back. 2013 marks the 10th successful successive year of India’s only Karting championship-the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2013. The opening round of the 2013 championship will get underway on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Kart Centre at [...]

JD (U) and BJP part ways in Bihar, alliance over

Patna: In an inevitable outcome after Narendra Modi’s elevation as key person for Bharitya Janta Party’s 2014 election campaign, the Janta Dal United (JD (U)) and the BJP have parted ways in Bihar. States Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met the Governor DY Patil in Patna and has sought fresh vote of confidence in a special [...]

Indian Railways to launch mobile tickets

New Delhi: Indian Railways ticketing is set to get a boost as a pilot non internet based mobile ticketing has been announced through Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). Traveler’s with simple mobiles can access Railway ticketing services through SMS/IVRS/USSD. Print outs are nit required. The procedure involves user sending an SMS to a [...]

Big-bellied Bruce Lee poster by Mumbai restaurant attracts protests

Mumbai: City’s Facing East restaurant owners may not be able to believe their luck. A big-bellied poster of Bruce Lee with momo in his fingers has attracted more attention they paid for. With the support of local MLA Krishna Hegde, Chitah yajnesh Shetty, founder of Chitah Jeet Kune-Do Federation from Mumbai has protested against what [...]