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The launched Sprites are successfully achieving low Earth orbit and communicating with systems on the planet.

Till his last days, he served as the Chairman of the governing council of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad and the Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Science and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram.

The system has been developed by ISRO as a measure to warn people about approaching trains especially near unmanned level crossings as well as to track the train movements on a real-time basis.

Developed by students of Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education under Noorul Islam University in Kanyakumari district, NIUSAT is part of the Cartosat-2 Series and lifted off from Sriharikota at 9:29 AM.

The space organisation has announced to launch Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 30 co-passenger Nano satellites this Friday.

Following the success of the GSLV Mk-III, ISRO is now concentrating on developing semi-cryogenic technology that will utilise refined kerosene as the fuel.

ISRO's former chairman K Kasturirangan has said that the space agency is working on the improvement of its rocket GSLV-Mark III so that it can be used for human space flight missions.

Also known as the 'Fat Boy', GSLV Mark III is India's heaviest and most powerful rocket ever to be made and has been reportedly compared to the weight of 200 elephants or five jumbo jets.

Will NISAR be able to provide us with some much needed answers?

The launch of GSAT-19, GSAT-11 and GSAT-20, will take place over 18 months and promises to transform connectivity around the country.