K Radhakrishnan hailed as new Chairman for ISRO
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by ARK in General
ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation gets new chairman. Dr. K Radhakrishnan the Avionics expert and senior scientist who had been pivotal in several of the ISRO missions will succeed Chandrayan hero and current Chairman Dr G Madhavan Nair. Dr. Nair will superannuate on October 31, 2009.
Obviously, Dr. K Radhakrishnan sounded happy for the responsibility [...]
PSLV-C14 puts 7 ISRO satellites in orbit
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by ARK in General
Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, successfully passed another milestone today.
The launch vehicle PSLV-C14 had placed 7 satellites in orbit, all in a single launch. The Oceansat-2 and 6 other nanosat satellites were placed in orbit in about 1200 seconds; which is quite an achievement. This is the first ISRO mission after the undue end of [...]
