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GSAT-7A will provide communication services in Ku Band over the Indian region. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)Science
Now, Indian Air Force gets dedicated satellite boost

This is the sixth consecutive success of GSLV rocket. There are so many developments in the vehicle as well as the...

20 Dec 2018 3:40 AM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo: AP)Science
Musk's SpaceX to raise USD 500 million in funding

The company is raising the capital from existing shareholders and new investor Baillie Gifford & Co.

19 Dec 2018 11:09 AM IST

Electric car maker Teslas CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)Science
Elon Musk's Boring Company set to unveil its first Los Angeles-area...

The Boring Company announced plans for a live webcast on Tuesday at 8 p.m. local time (0400 GMT).

19 Dec 2018 10:21 AM IST

The planet is believed to orbit Barnards Star every 233 days. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
Solar system's most distant object is 'Farout' pink dwarf planet

Its discovery was announced on Monday by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.

19 Dec 2018 10:20 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)Science
SpaceX halts US satellite launch for national security mission

US Vice President Mike Pence, who travelled to Florida to watch the launch.

19 Dec 2018 10:18 AM IST

The Carnegie Institutions Scott Sheppard said the object is so far away and moving so slowly it will take a few years to determine its orbit. (Photo: AP)Science
Scientists spot solar system's farthest known object

“Farout” is about 120 astronomical units away that's 120 times the distance between Earth and the sun, or 11...

18 Dec 2018 12:45 PM IST

Israel Aerospace Industries manager Opher Doron stressed that the small craft, roughly the size of a washing machine, faces a “difficult, arduous journey.” (Photo: AP)Science
First private Israeli lunar mission will launch in February

Officials from SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, announced that the landing craft, dubbed “Beresheet.”

18 Dec 2018 11:40 AM IST

Indias heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)Science
Israeli spacecraft gets final element before 2019 moon launch

Israel has launched satellites before, but this is the first longer-range Israeli spacecraft of its kind.

18 Dec 2018 9:42 AM IST

GPS is best-known for its widespread civilian applications, from navigation to time-stamping bank transactions. (Photo: AP)Science
Next-generation of GPS satellites are headed to space

But some of their most highly touted features will not be fully available until 2022 or later.

17 Dec 2018 4:46 PM IST

The majority of the rulebook for the Paris agreement has been created. (Photo: AP)Science
Talks adopt rulebook' to put Paris climate deal into action

Negotiators delayed other key decisions until next year a move that frustrated environmentalists and countries.

17 Dec 2018 1:52 PM IST

The tiny satellites are called CubeSats , and will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts or on autonomous movement in space for a group of universities and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).Science
New Zealand's Rocket Lab shoots 13 tiny cube satellites into orbit

Sunday's launch was the second commercial launch for the New Zealand firm.

17 Dec 2018 8:54 AM IST

The Cygnus cargo ship operated by the US company Orbital ATK left the International Space Station, packed with 1.5 tons of garbage, at 8:22 am (1322 GMT) on Monday.Science
Russian cosmonauts take samples on 6th hour of spacewalk to crack...

Roscosmos has ruled out a manufacturing defect causing the 2 mm-wide hole found in August.

14 Dec 2018 1:33 PM IST

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