Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO

People look on as ISRO's GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite blasts off into the orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Thursday. Credit: PTI / R Senthil Kumar

GSAT-6A Communications Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit

ISRO launched the GSAT-6A satellite aboard the GSLV-F08 rocket,...

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India Needs to See Space Is Not Just About Engineering and Strategy

Narayan Prasad 26/03/2018

Space is not only for engineers and scientists. The...

The propellant for the IRNSS 1D satellite being filled ahead of its launch in March 2015. Credit: ISRO

‘India’s GPS’ Delayed by Deadline Overruns, ISRO’s ‘Administrative Laxity’: CAG

The Wire Staff 14/03/2018

The project is riddled with major deadline and cost...

By repeatedly exercising doubt, we can reinforce doubt's place in the fight against the hegemonic majoritarianism of modern India. Every “Wait a sec…” and “I don’t get it…” is pushback. Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

The Narendra Modi Government’s Pursuit of Scriptural Authority Is a War Against Doubt

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/03/2018

Wherever there has been room for doubt about interpreting...

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For Space, and ISRO, Frugality Is a Tightrope Walk Not Worth Celebrating

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/02/2018

Saying “Chandrayaan 2 is cheaper than Interstellar” is pernicious...

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An Open Letter to ISRO Chief K. Sivan on Promoting STEM Education in India

Narayan Prasad 04/02/2018

ISRO is a homegrown Indian success story often literally...

ISRO's PSLV satellite before the launch on Thursday. Credit: PTI

ISRO Successfully Launches India’s 100th Satellite and 29 Others

The launch comes four months after ISRO's mission to...