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GSLV MK III liquid stage to be tested in Feb says ISRO
After the successful static testing of its Solid Propellant Booster Rocket Stage, S-200, for GSLV Mk III Launch Vehicle that would put heavier satellites in space, India would test the liquid stage later this month.
“We are in the final stages of preparation for the test of the liquid stage (two liquid engines each with 110 tonnes of propellants) at the Liquid Propulsion Centre at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu,” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Radhakrishnan told reporters here today.
Russia plans space project to save Earth from Asteroid Apophis
Russia is considering a project to launch a spaceship to try to divert a large asteroid from hitting Earth after 2030, the head of the country’s space program said today.
Anatoly Perminov, head of Roscosmos, tells Voice of Russia radio that Moscow may invite experts from Europe, the United States and China to join the project aimed at thwarting the menacing asteroid Apophis.
Space Debris Reaching Threshhold ?
As space debris grew 13 percent in 2009, engineers and scientists are facing a daunting challenge: how to mitigate the dangers to the $200 billion-a-year satellite and launch industries from hundreds of thousands of bits of space debris whizzing around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour.
Radhakrishnan takeover as ISRO chairman
He has held several key positions in the Department of Space and ISRO such as project director for setting up the Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres, director of the National Natural Resources Management System-Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres, director of Budget and Economic Analysis for entire ISRO, VSSC director, among others.