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Japan launched Kirameki-2 communications satellite, which will enable it to quickly share information about ballistic missiles launched by North Korea or videos of Japanese troops deployed overseas.
Astrosat is India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory. It was launched on a PSLV-XL on 28 September 2015.
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carry a record 104 satellites in a single mission on 15 February from the space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
INSAT-3DR is an Indian weather satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation and operated by the Indian National Satellite System
India Vetiver Network (INVN) has been launched at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. INVN is a not-for-profit scientific network to promote vetiver in India.
The rocket Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) has sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission .The rocket, carrying the satellite JL-1 and two CubeSats XY-S1 and Caton-1, blasted off from northwestern China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army. The system has a maximum range of 40 km for Mark-I and 65 km for Mark-II
India’s biggest aircraft carrier ship INS Vikramaditya is set to make history by the becoming the nation’s first warship to have an ATM onboard the vessel via satellite.
Indian Navy’s survey vessel INS Sarvekshak, based at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi became the first naval ship to go green by installing a solar power system on board
China launched a global carbon dioxide monitoring satellite TanSat to understand climate change, hours after it lifted nearly a week-long red alert for the worst smog that engulfed about 40 cities in the country.