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  ISRO Develops Radar for Joint Earth Observation Satellite Mission With NASA

  ISRO has completed development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for a joint earth observation satellite mission with NASA.

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  ISRO's GSAT-6A Communication Satellite: Key Facts You Need To Know

  ISRO's GSAT-6A Communication Satellite was launched from Sriharikota space port in Andhra Pradesh at 4:56 pm today. Leaving behind plumes of smoke, the 49.1 metre tall GSLV soared majestically into clear skies, carrying the 2,140 kg GSAT-6A satellite to be injected into a geostationary orbit at a height of about 36,000 km. The satellite is home-mad...

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  ISRO's GSAT-6A Launch Scheduled For March 29 - Here's All You Need To Know

  The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO will launch its latest communication satellite - GSAT-6A on Thursday, March 29, 2018. The launch will happen from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 16:56 hrs (4:56 pm) IST. Like its predecessor GSAT-6, the GSAT-6A too, is a high power S-band communication satellite.

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  Inmarsat Switches to Arianespace for Satellite Launch After SpaceX Delays

  SpaceX has been forced to delay December rocket launches until January as an investigation continues into why one rocket burst into flames in September.

• Ex-ISRO chief Nair misled the nation, says Prime Minister's Office

  The report released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) indicting its former chief G Madhavan Nair has sparked off a war of words between him and the government. After Mr Nair called the government's report "one-sided", that found "serious procedural lapses" in the Antrix-Devas deal, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today hit back say...

• ISRO report indicts ex-chief Nair, finds lapses in Antrix-Devas deal

  Just a week after the government barred four scientists including former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, from holding any official position over their alleged role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, ISRO has now justified the move, saying there were "serious procedural lapses" in the controversial contr...

• Ex-ISRO chief Nair free to appeal against 'ban': Govt

  The government has refused to budge from its decision to blacklist one of India's most eminent scientists, G Madhavan Nair, from government jobs. When Mr Nair was Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, a deal was signed with a company named Devas that would have cost the government huge losses.

• Am I worse than terrorist, asks 'banned' ex-ISRO chief Nair

  One of India's best-known scientists, G Madhavan Nair, who also headed the Indian Space Research Organization or ISRO, has been blacklisted for government jobs. The government's decision is based on Mr Nair's alleged role in allotting valuable and scarce S-band spectrum to a private company named Devas.

• S-band allocation was a mistake; it is asset of forces: Antony

  As the government scrapped the S-Band spectrum allocation deal, Defence Minister A K Antony today said a "mistake" had been committed in reaching it as the Defence Ministry had not been consulted about the agreement which involved crucial asset of the security forces. He expressed confidence that in future the first priority would be given ...

• Reports on S-band spectrum allocation baseless: PMO

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• BJP vs Prime Minister on Devas-ISRO deal

  There was chaos in the Rajya Sabha today as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a question on the ISRO-Devas deal. Seeking to clear the air on the controversy over the allocation of S-Band spectrum, the Prime Minister said the deal to allocate transponder frequency on two satellites to the Indian arm of a US firm never came to his office for approva...

• ISRO-Devas S-Band spectrum deal cancelled

  The controversial S-Band deal between Indian Space Research Organisation's commercial wing Antrix and Devas Multimedia has been cancelled. The decision to terminate the contract was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minis...

• Devas threatens legal action if deal with Antrix is annulled

  Objecting to a government move to annul its contract with Antrix following the S-band spectrum controversy, Devas Multimedia has said it would take "strong" legal steps to protect its rights and interests.Contending that it had a legally binding agreement with ISRO's commercial arm Antrix, Devas said it expected the government to fulfill all its ob...

• PM Manmohan Singh on ISRO-Devas deal: No dilution of Space Commission's decision

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly rejected any suggestions that his office continued talks with Devas on its controversial deal with Antrix for lease of S-Band spectrum after the Space Commission decided to scrap it.     "There have been no backroom talks... There has been no effort in the PMO to dilute in any way the...

• Scrap Devas deal: Space Commission to cabinet

  The Space Commission has recommended to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that the controversial S-Band spectrum deal between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and private firm Devas Multimedia be immediately annulled.The Space Commission made this recommendation in a note to the CCS, saying priority is required to be given to the country's strate...