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Russian Proton-M launches Ekspress-AM6 satellite into wrong orbit(nasaspaceflight.com)
2 points by swatkat 12y ago|0 comments
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by swatkat 12y ago
And, the key 'MZ' used in DecryptStrings() seems to be a "tribute" to DOS executable header :)
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by swatkat 12y ago
>>>> I'm more saying that once you bring NASA into the picture there's the potential of inheriting 70 years worth of engineering requirements and process which could be detrimental to a fledgling space program. India
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by swatkat 12y ago
Official press release: http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/us-india-to-collabo... And, NISAR Earth observation mission looks very exciting as well: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index
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by swatkat 12y ago
Two thumbs up! http://s4.firstpost.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/isro-women... http://www.firstpost.com/living/mangalyaans-unexpected-gift-... Congrats to all involved :)
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by swatkat 12y ago
This just in: first photograph has been taken using MCC payload (Mars Colour Camera) and will be released soon[1] :) By the way, here's the picture taken by MCC when MOM was orbiting Earth: http://www.planetary.org/mult
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by swatkat 12y ago
Yes. Chandrayaan-2 (second Moon mission) consisting of a lander and rover is already in the works. Also, with the qualification of GSLV Mk3 medium-heavy lift vehicle and re-entry capsules[1], ISRO would be able to contribute more to "s
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by swatkat 12y ago
One of the most recent examples on the need of space technology in India: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation...
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by swatkat 12y ago
@enupten, Following books provide an excellent insight on ISRO's beginnings and growth. They are a superb read: "A Brief History of Rocketry in ISRO" by P V Manoranjan Rao, P Radhakrishnan "India's Rise as Space Pow
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by swatkat 12y ago
MOM spacecraft was launched last year (5th Nov 2013) and today it entered into Martian orbit. Here's the twitter handle of spacecraft: https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter Mars Orbit Insertion was covered live on ISRO webca
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by swatkat 12y ago
Yes, PSLV launches are not as prolific as Dnepr or Ariane. With current infra, I think ISRO can pull off 3 launches per year[1]. There were two launches this year, and a next one is planned in October for IRNSS-1D. PSLV is indeed available
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by swatkat 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_merchandise_volume
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by swatkat 12y ago
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, Flipkart is India-only as of now. They are India's Amazon :) I've been using Flipkart since its inception, never had any issues.
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by swatkat 12y ago
They're targeting 500km LEO. Here are some specs from their homepage[0]: Paylod: 110kg Orbit: 500km, Sun synchronous Stages: 3 1st stage: 9x "Rutherford"[1] RP/LOX engine 2nd stage: 1x "Rut
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China plans 52 km diameter proton-proton supercollider(scientificamerican.com)
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The New Yorker opens its online archive to non-subscribers(thenextweb.com)
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by swatkat 12y ago
The one mentioned in the article is Heavy Water Reactor with Thorium fuel. Here's its whitepaper: http://www.barc.gov.in/reactor/ahwr.pdf
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India building world's highest railway bridge in Himalayas(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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by swatkat 12y ago
ISRO was/is developing a smaller variant of PSLV called PSLV-3S. It is a three stage variant of the regular four stage PSLV (they removed 2nd stage, and strap-on boosters). PSLV-3S payload capacity is 550KG to LEO. However, I don'
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NASA Needs an Indian Tutorial(bloombergview.com)
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by swatkat 12y ago
Yes. "Wings of Fire" is an excellent book; a must read. Also, if anyone's interested in knowing about ISRO's origins, their "hacker culture" etc. then I recommend these two excellent books: "A Brief Histor
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by swatkat 12y ago
We had an interesting discussion on this topic a while ago, which might interest you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7558728
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by swatkat 12y ago
Today, ISRO's PSLV[1] launched five international satellites into their sun-synchronous orbits - SPOT-7 from France, AISAT from Germany, NLS 7.1 and 7.2 from Canada, and VELOX-1 from Singapore[2]. This was PSLV's 25th successive s
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by swatkat 12y ago
Name of the series? Feluda? Byomkesh Bakshi?
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by swatkat 12y ago
Yes! We call it "Interval" or "Intermission". For a moment, I was wondering what's the need of this app :)
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by swatkat 12y ago
Well, strange website! It seems to work only with YouTube or Dailymotion (and similar media sites)?? It gave me links to mp3 and mp4 files.
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by swatkat 12y ago
Here's an example of "true" video search: http://www.baarzo.com/
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Chennai, India halts traffic to save life(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Karachi airport: Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for attack(theguardian.com)
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by swatkat 12y ago
India Post offers a whole lot of financial/banking services[1] apart from usual money orders/transfers; they're very popular too. [1] http://www.indiapost.gov.in/financial_services.aspx

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