![]() | ISRO launches PSLV-C49 despite rainy weather, first lift-off after lockdownAlong with the primary satellite (ISRO's EOS-01), nine international customer satellites were launched -- one from Lithuania and four each from Luxembourg and the US |
![]() | After nine-month hiatus, ISRO gears up for two PSLV rocket launches in NovemberAlthough the GSLV-F10 launch was planned on March 5, the mission had to be postponed due to technical reasons. Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has crippled ISRO operations. |
![]() | 47 new Covid cases at ISRO's Sriharikota space station, AP ramps-up testingAdditionally, the Andhra Pradesh government has also converted the State transport corporation’s (APSRTC) Garuda buses into testing facilities. |
![]() | Sriharikota space centre reports 47 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally goes past 100Considering the gravity of the situation, the Nellore district administration has deployed a 'Sanjeevini' bus at the space centre to beef-up Covid-19 testing. |
![]() | Covid concerns skyrocket at space centre in SriharikotaDespite the sudden spurt in cases, Shar administration has decided not to suspend the operations and 50 per cent staff are asked to attend the duty |
![]() | Record spike of 33 COVID-19 cases at Sriharikota spaceportThis comes barely a week after the lockdown restrictions were relaxed and operations resumed with 50 per cent staff at India’s sole spaceport. |
![]() | ISRO rocket launch station at Sriharikota resumes work partiallyTwo key facilities, Solid Propellant Plant (SPP) and Solid Propellant Rocket Booster Plant (SPROB), have opened for limited operations ten days after they were shutdown. |
![]() | Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Mission SSLV resumes at ISRO rocket launch stationISRO Chairman K Sivan has acknowledged that the organisation was facing trouble in carrying out regular activities. However, officials told Express that at least two launches would happen this year. |
![]() | Bed scarcity: ISRO to give home treatment for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients at SriharikotaIn last two days, at least a dozen fresh cases were reported both inside Sriharikota and the employee colonies in Sullurpet. |
![]() | Rise in COVID-19 cases leads to suspension of all regular activities at ISRO's Sriharikota rocket centreThe rocket launch station will function with minimum essential/skeletal staff to take care of critical/essential activities. |
![]() | Two critical ISRO facilities in Sriharikota shut even as northern dists feel virus heatMeanwhile, the Covid kitty of Tamil Nadu continued to swell after 5,834 fresh cases and 118 deaths were reported on the day, driving up the tally to 3,08,649 and the toll to 5,159. |
![]() | Sriharikota hospital sealed after paediatrician, staff test Covid positivePressing the panic button is the news of a paediatrician, working in the memorial hospital run by Apollo Hospitals, being one of the cases. |
![]() | With COVID-19 leaving space projects in hibernation, ISRO's contract firms resort to lay-offsHundreds of contract engineers and technicians who are an integral part of the space agency's workforce are staring at a grim future |
![]() | ISRO puts Sriharikota under lockdown as fresh cases of COVID-19 emergeAnother employee of the Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) and a securityman from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards the high security facility, tested positive |
![]() | One more staff at Sriharikota spaceport tests positive for COVID-19SDSC-Shar Director A Rajarajan told Express all precautionary measures were taken and the situation is under control. |
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