India

Potential delay for first test flight of India's spaceplane demonstrator

Posted in Science on 2nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

The unmanned sub-orbital spacecraft was scheduled to be launched in February, but technical difficulties may put back the flight to the first week of April.

Worlds Largest Solar Power Station To Come Up In Madhya Pradesh, India

Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

If all goes well, the world's largest solar power station will start generating energy by March 2017.

India set to launch five UK satellites

Posted in Science on 10th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

India is set to put in orbit five foreign satellites, built in Britain, to observe the earth.

Japans Softbank to Invest $20 Billion in Solar-Energy Projects in India

Posted in Hardware on 29th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Indian government targets a massive expansion in the countrys solar output from some 3 gigawatts today to 100 gigawatts by 2022.

India's Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' sends first images

Posted in Science on 25th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

India's space agency has released its first picture of Mars, taken by its satellite which entered orbit around the Red Planet on Wednesday.