Indian GSLV Rocket soars to Orbit with Next-Generation INSAT Weather Satellite
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle leapt off its launch pad on Thursday to lift the INSAT-3DR weather satellite into a highly elliptical orbit.
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Month: September 2016
Video: GSLV Launch with INSAT-3DR
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle leapt off its launch pad on Thursday to lift the INSAT-3DR weather satellite into a highly elliptical orbit. Liftoff was marked at 11:20 UTC and GSLV headed due east across the Indian Ocean to reach its intended orbit 17 and a half minutes after launch.
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On the Eve of Liftoff – OSIRIS-REx ready to depart for Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Explorer reached its launch pad on Wednesday after a 12-year development effort, but the real journey lies ahead for the spacecraft setting sail on Thursday on a seven-year odyssey through the Solar System
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Photos: Atlas V rolls out with OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Probe
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket emerges from its assembly building and rolls to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 for the launch of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission on a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back.
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Atlas V & OSIRIS-REx Countdown and Launch Sequence Overview
The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission uses an Atlas V launch vehicle built and operated by United Launch Alliance.
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India’s GSLV Rocket aims for third consecutive Success, lifting INSAT Weather Satellite on Thursday
The Indian Space Research Organization is counting down to the launch of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch vehicle on Thursday, carrying the INSAT-3DR weather satellite into orbit to reinforce India’s weather forecasting capabilities.
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Gallery: Three ISS Residents Parachute to Sunrise Landing in Kazakhstan
Three International Space Station residents parachuted to a safe landing Wednesday in a picturesque morning scenery in the steppe of Kazakhstan where their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft touched down after circling the Earth 2,752 times.
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Soyuz Touches down at Sunrise – ISS Crew Trio back on Earth after 172-Day Space Flight
Three International Space Station residents parachuted to a safe landing Wednesday in a picturesque morning scenery in the steppe of Kazakhstan where their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft touched down after a circling the Earth 2,752 times.
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Video: Early Morning Soyuz Landing with three ISS Residents
Three International Space Station residents parachuted to a safe landing Wednesday in a picturesque morning scenery in the steppe of Kazakhstan where their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft touched down after a circling the Earth 2,752 times.
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Photos: Soyuz Re-Entry Captured from International Space Station
The three crew members aboard the International Space Station caught a remarkable sight Tuesday night when they captured photos of the re-entry of their Expedition 48 crew mates who parachuted to a safe landing in Kazakhstan just after sunrise.
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Soyuz Crew en-route to blazing Re-Entry & early Morning Landing after on-time Departure of ISS
Three International Space Station crew members have begun their final laps around Earth, embarking on an overnight return aboard their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after an eventful 172-day stay on the orbiting laboratory.
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Video: U.S. Space Record Holder & two Cosmonauts depart ISS aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
Three International Space Station crew members have begun their final laps around Earth, embarking on an overnight return aboard their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after an eventful 172-day stay on the orbiting laboratory.
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Launch Readiness Review clears Atlas V for Thursday Liftoff with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
NASA and United Launch Alliance have cleared the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return spacecraft to head into final preparations for a Thursday evening liftoff from Florida’s space coast on a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back.
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Cosmonaut Duo & U.S. Record Holder to land in Kazakhstan Wednesday Morning
Three International Space Station crew members are gearing up for their return to Earth after 172 days, hurdling through the atmosphere in a blaze of fire surrounding their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft.
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Rosetta Orbiter locates long-lost Philae Lander as Mission prepares for final Dive
An out-of-this-world search effort came to a successful end 680 million Kilometers from Earth when ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft was finally able to locate the long-lost Philae lander.
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Financial Consequences become clear after devastating Falcon 9 Explosion
Israeli satellite operator and telecommunications provider Spacecom expects to receive compensation for the AMOS-6 satellite lost in last week’s Falcon 9 on-pad explosion from it insurers as well as SpaceX.
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Picking up the Pieces – SpaceX begins Investigation into Falcon 9 On-Pad Explosion
While teams are picking up the pieces left of the Falcon 9 rocket after its dramatic on-pad explosion on Thursday, a relentless effort has gotten underway at SpaceX to trace back the root cause of the mishap that claimed the loss of the AMOS-6 communications satellite.
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