Skyroot co-founder Pawan Chandana’s comments come days after ISRO’s successful Chandrayaan-3 mission that landed a lander and rover on the lunar surface.
Somanath appointment as the Space Secretary and the Space Commission Chairman is for a combined tenure of three years from the date of joining the post.
Launch Of Chandrayaan-3 Delayed Further To 2022: ISRO Chief K Sivan
Chandrayaan-3 is critical for ISRO as it will demonstrate India s capabilities to make landing for further interplanetary missions. ISRO Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-21T15:28:13+05:30 Launch Of Chandrayaan-3 Delayed Further To 2022: ISRO Chief K Sivan outlookindia.com 2021-02-21T15:37:57+05:30
India s third mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-3 will most likely be delayed further and shall be launched in the year 2022, said ISRO chief K Sivan.
Chandrayaan-3 is among the several space projects of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) that were affected because of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Unlike its predecessor, Chandrayaan-3 will not have an orbiter.
Appointment of ISRO chief Dr K S Sivan s son S Sidharth raises eyebrows
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A complaint has been filed with the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) over allegations of irregularities in recruiting Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman and secretary, Dept of Space (DoS), Dr K Sivan Sivanâs son S Sidharth in ISROâs Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) in Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram.
The CVC subsequently registered the complaint, setting into motion a preliminary process, according to media reports.
The complaint alleges Sidharthâs recruitment was not just a case of conflict of interest, but also a case of âfavouritism and conspiracy to benefit the secretary DoS and Chairman ISRO (Sivan) and his sonâ. The complainant has named LPSC director Dr V Narayanan who allegedly showed haste in the appointment anticipating a transfer to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. Dr Narayanan is a rocket propulsion expert who joined ISRO in 1984 and has been