By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 27 (UNI) The year 2025 that is set to end is a mixed bag for the Indian space sector as a whole-government and private sector. For the government owned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it was largely forgettable year given failure of two major national security satellite launch missions during…
Chennai, Dec 23 (UNI) The countdown for the Wednesday morning launch of India’s LVM3-M6 rocket carrying Nasdaq-listed AST SpaceMobile Inc’s 6.5-ton BlueBird Block-2 satellite is expected to begin around 8.55 am on Tuesday, sources said. This mission marks the 6th operational flight of LVM3. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said the LVM3 will…
Chennai, Dec 13 (UNI) Nasdaq-listed cellular broadband company AST SpaceMobile Inc.’s December 15 launch of its 6.5-ton BlueBird 6 satellite aboard India’s LVM3 rocket has been postponed, it is reliably learnt. The company had earlier announced that its second-generation BlueBird satellite would be launched into low Earth orbit (LEO) on December 15, 2025. While AST…
Chennai, Nov 22 (UNI) Even as speculation persists about the Congress discreetly engaging the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the AICC leadership has constituted a panel to hold alliance talks with the ruling DMK, it is INDIA Bloc partner, for the 2026 assembly election. AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted the committee, headed by party incharge…
Chennai, Nov 14 (UNI) Continuing his tirade against the Election Commission and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK president MK Stalin on Friday charged the Election Commission with placing people under duress and compulsion to prove their citizenship or face disenfranchisement. “People are under compulsion…
Chennai, Nov 10 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and leaders of various political parties, including main Opposition AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami tonight condemned the car blast in New Delhi that has claimed nearly eight lives and left several injured. In a post on X, Mr Stalin said he was shocked and deeply pained…
Chennai, Oct 27 (UNI) As the Cyclonic storm Montha started moving towards Chennai, heavy rains lashed Chennai and its adjoining districts since morning and its gained in intensify tonight, even as a holiday was declared for all schools in the city and neighbouring districts tomorrow as the Met office has issued Orange Alert forecasting very…
Chennai, Oct 19 (UN) Four people were killed in a cracker blast at a house at suburban Avadi today afternoon. When contacted by UNI, sources at the police headquarters here confirmed the death of four people. They said crackers which were kept in the house at Thandarai area near Avadi for bursting it on Diwaly…
Chennai, Oct 14 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) organised a National Meet on XPoSat mission and released the scientific data from the mission to the scientific community. XPoSat is India’s space-based X-Ray astronomy observatory in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of around 650 km altitude and 6 degrees of inclination. It carried two…
Chennai, Oct 5 (UNI) The two-day 10th edition of the National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-X) began today in conjunction with the 27th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and Preparedness Meeting off the coast of Chennai. The exercise was being conducted by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). This biennial flagship exercise isa designed…
