Tag: Science

On May 18, 2025, the PSLV-C61 mission was a rare launch failure for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The rocket has a reputation as a ‘workhorse’ because ISRO had had a string of successes with it and each of those launches had been thoroughly as intended. Today, however, ISRO faces two PSLV mission failures...

The PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission on Monday (January 12, 2026) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. After a 22.5-hour countdown, the PSLV-C62 with the EOS-N1 satellite and 15 co-passenger satellites developed by startups and academia from India and abroad lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 10.18 a.m. The...

The PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission encountered an anomaly during end of the PS3 stage, following lift-off on Monday (January 12, 2026). A detailed analysis has been initiated, ISRO said “Today we attempted the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission. The PSLV is a four stage vehicle with two solid stages and two liquid stages. The performance of the vehicle upto the...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-C62 mission carrying the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite failed to finish its intended trajectory on Monday after an anomaly was detected during the end of the third stage of the launch vehicle, prompting a detailed analysis. “Today we attempted the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission. The PSLV is a four-stage vehicle with two solid...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-C62 mission carrying the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite failed to finish its intended trajectory on Monday (January 12, 2026) after an anomaly was detected during the end of the third stage of the launch vehicle, prompting a detailed analysis. “Today we attempted the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission. The PSLV is a four-stage vehicle...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-C62 mission carrying the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite failed to finish its intended trajectory on Monday (January 12, 2026) after an anomaly was detected during the end of the third stage of the launch vehicle, prompting a detailed analysis. “Today we attempted the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission. The PSLV is a four-stage vehicle...

Describing them as future makers of the nation, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla urged youths to start owning dreams, whether in human spaceflight missions or other spheres, and work collectively towards realising them. Mr. Shukla visited the National Cadet Corps’ (NCC) Republic Day Camp at Delhi Cantonment on Sunday (January 11, 2026) and interacted with the cadets....

A: In the context of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically large language models (LLMs) like GPT-5 and Claude, the context window is the maximum amount of text the model can consider at any one time while generating a response. AI models don’t read words; instead they read chunks of characters called tokens. Typically 1 token is...

The 22.5 hour countdown for the launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Sunday (January 11, 2026). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission on January 12 from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 10:17 a.m....

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday (January 10, 2026) said its Aditya-L1 solar mission has provided new insights into how a powerful solar storm can impact Earth’s magnetic shield. “The most severe effects occurred during the impact of the turbulent region of the solar storm,” the space agency said in a statement. In...