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September 29, 2009 9:39 AM

Objectives of Chandrayaan-II will be modified: Nair

ISRO Chairman Dr. G Madhavan Nair has said that with India's maiden mission to moon making a path-breaking discovery about the presence of water on lunar surface, the objectives of Chandrayaan-II will be modified to further probe that aspect. Talking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday...

September 24, 2009 4:59 PM

Oceansat-2 launched

PSLV in its fifteenth successive mission today injected the 960 kg Oceansat-2 into orbit 18 minutes after lift-off at an altitude of 728 km. About 45 seconds later, four of the six nano satellites were separated in sequence. A press release issued by ISRO said the initial signals indicate normal hea...

September 24, 2009 10:00 AM

Oceansat-2 satellites launched

PSLV in its fifteenth successive mission today injected the 960 kg Oceansat-2 into orbit 18 minutes after lift-off at an altitude of 728 km. About 45 seconds later, four of the six nano satellites were separated in sequence. A press release issued by ISRO said the initial signals indicate normal hea...

September 23, 2009 5:47 PM

PSLV-C14 launched

PSLV in its fifteenth successive mission on Wednesday injected the 960 kg Oceansat-2 into orbit 18 minutes after lift-off at an altitude of 728 km. Oceansat-2 is the sixteenth remote sensing satellite of India and will help in identifying fishing zones, predict the onset of monsoons and monitor coas...

September 22, 2009 9:36 AM

Countdown begins for PSLV-C14 launch

The T-51 hour countdown for the launch of PSLV-C14 on 23rd September from the spaceport of Sriharikota commenced at 0900 hrs on Monday. <br/>Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources told a news agency that the launch would take place at around 1153 hrs on 23rd September.<br/&...

September 22, 2009 9:19 AM

Countdown begins for PSLV-C14 launch

The T-51 hour countdown for the launch of PSLV-C14 on 23rd September from the spaceport of Sriharikota commenced at 0900 hrs on Monday. <br/>Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources told a news agency that the launch would take place at around 1153 hrs on 23rd September.<br/&...

September 20, 2009 2:56 PM

Drink green coffee daily to shed flab

Want to shed flab? Drink green coffee daily, says a new study. Researchers in the United Kingdom have carried out the study and found that chlorogenic acid from green coffee causes significant levels of weight loss the drink works by reducing sugar absorption from the gut and speeding up the ra...

September 18, 2009 8:07 PM

Unhealthy men may lose 10 years of life

A study warns that middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels face dying about 10 years before their healthier counterparts. The study conducted by British Heart Foundation looked at more than 19,000 civil servants aged 40-69 and traced what happened to them 38 y...

September 16, 2009 5:12 PM

Astronomers discover a diamond-shaped planet

Astronomers have described a dwarf planet orbiting in the far, frozen reaches of the Solar System and unveiled a geological map of Ganymede, an icy satellite of Jupiter. Space Observers led by Pedro Lacerda of Queen's University, Belfast, used a giant infra-red telescope atop a mountain in Hawa...

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