AS Kiran Kumar

ISRO announces launch of satellites in 'synergetic partnership' with industries

This decision has been taken with an aim to make it a "win-win situation for both partners".

Nov 20, 2016, 21:47 PM IST

ISRO gears up for Chandrayaan-2

​ISRO has started conducting tests for its ambitious Chandrayaan-2 mission at its facility in Challakere in Karnataka, where simulated lunar craters have been created for landing mission, ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar said on Friday.

Nov 12, 2016, 09:16 AM IST

ISRO chief divulges plans to set up telescope on the moon!

Currently, engineers at ISRO are delving into possibilities of operating this telescope and scientific observation capability similar to the one in Handley in West Virginia, US.

Oct 17, 2016, 00:17 AM IST

ISRO to perform key manoeuvre on Mars Orbiter next year

ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said the MOM had completed two years yesterday, although its original mission life was slated to be six months, and that the space agency had released a lot of first year data beamed by its five payloads.

Sep 25, 2016, 23:10 PM IST

Mars Orbiter Mission completes two years around orbit in Red Planet: ISRO releases first year data of MOM to public

The Indian space agency has released first year of MOM Long-term archive data (Sept 24, 2014 to Sept 23, 2015) to public.

Sep 25, 2016, 05:43 AM IST

ISRO all set to launch INSAT-3DR by end of August!

In 2013, ISRO had seen success with its launch of INSAT-3D, a satellite aided search and rescue satellite, from French Guiana in 2013.

Jul 31, 2016, 21:53 PM IST

Mars data interesting, more work needed on it: ISRO

ISRO has stated that more analysis is required on the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).

Oct 05, 2015, 21:52 PM IST

Mars mission will last for many years, says ISRO

As it prepares to celebrate the first anniversary of its spacecraft's tryst with Mars, ISRO today said the mission to the Red Planet will last for "many years" as there is not much of a "problem" and they have not had any failures so far.

Sep 21, 2015, 23:41 PM IST