Latest Sriharikota Stories

India successfully launched a radar imaging satellite Monday, the country's space agency said. The Indian Space Research Organization fired the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket carrying the RISAT-2 satellite from its facility at Sriharikota, The Times of India reported. Citing informed sources, the newspaper said the satellite's day-night capability, and its ability to look through clouds and fog, gives it defense applications. However, organization chief G. Madhavan Nair rejected the...

BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - India's attempts to launch its heaviest satellite failed on Monday when the rocket carrying it went into a tail-spin about a minute after blast off and disintegrated, a space official said.Scientists at the control center were stunned into silence as they watched the rocket carrying the 2.2-tonne telecommunications satellite veering off its course after what appeared to be a textbook launch.This was followed by a mid-air explosion with debris seen falling into the...