By Charles F Moreira Remember Veveonah Mosibin, a Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) student from Sapatalang village in Pitas district, Sabah, who posted a video about herself having to climb a tree in June 2020 to be able take her exams online due to lack of Internet connectivity in her village? It was world news and […]
Today’s launch to start era of private sector role in satellite building
The launch of India’s eighth navigation satellite, IRNSS- 1H, on Thursday will open a new chapter in the country’s history of space exploration as, for the first time, the private sector has been actively involved in assembling and testing of a satellite. Earlier, the private sector’s role was limited only to supplying components. Read the […]
Rukmini’ keeps eye on dancing ‘dragon’ at sea
With China increasing its naval presence in the Indian Ocean Region amid the ongoing Sikkim stand-off, the Indian Navy is keeping an eye on the ‘dragon’ with the help of its ‘eye in the sky’, Gsat-7, the Navy’s own dedicated military satellite that was launched on September 29, 2013. The 2,625-kg satellite, named ‘Rukmini’, has […]
Indian students create and launch 64g satellite
China to offer global satellite navigation service by 2020
China plans to form a BeiDou network consisting of 35 satellites for global navigation services by 2020, said a white paper released by the State Council Information Office on Tuesday. The country plans to start providing basic services to countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-century Maritime Silk Road in 2018, said the […]
