The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a sounding rocket to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics from Sriharikota spaceport. ISRO has developed a series of sounding rockets called Rohini series, important among them being RH-200, RH-300 and RH-560, number in the name indicating the diameter of the rocket in mm, according to the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency. Launch of sounding rocket (RH-560) to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics carried out today (Friday) at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, ISRO tweeted. Sounding rockets are one or two stage solid propellant rockets used for probing the upper atmospheric regions and for space research.
ISRO s commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) has bagged four more dedicated launch service contracts even as it plans to pursue satellite building deals. NSIL launched its first dedicated commercial mission on February 28, orbiting Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sriharikota spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). We currently have four more dedicated launch service contracts, which will be executed in the coming two to three years, NSIL s Chairman and Managing Director G Narayanan told PTI in an interview. Apart from launchservices, NSIL is also actively pursuing the new policy change toprovide space-based services on demand driven basis , a shift from thecurrent supply driven model, he said.
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