Fresh bomb attack hits Manipur’s Bishnupur District as militants launch rocket strikes
Rockets were fired from elevated positions in the neighboring Churachandpur district, with a range exceeding 3 kilometers.
Rockets were fired from elevated positions in the neighboring Churachandpur district, with a range exceeding 3 kilometers.
Private rocket maker Agnikul Cosmos Private Ltd has postponed the sub-orbital launch of its rocket Agnibaan scheduled for Friday.
Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's, commonly known as SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket will fly Indian satellite startup Azista BST Aerospace Pvt Ltd's first satellite sometime this month, said top officials of the Indian company.
There were no immediate reports of injuries and claim of responsibility for the attack, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Israeli media reports.
Weighing 545 kg, the six-metre-long rocket on a sub-orbital mission carried three payloads from Space Kidz India, Bazoomq Armenia, and N-Space Tech India.
The 43.5 metre tall and weighing 644 ton LVM3 M2 rocket, carrying 36 satellites weighing totally 5,796 kg or about 5.7 ton, blasted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 12.07 a.m.
Earlier, social media had been abuzz with several videos and pictures showing a bright object like a meteor in Sarawak’s airspace in Malaysia
The three-stage Nuri rocket uses a clustering of four 75-tonne liquid engines in its first stage, a 75-tonne liquid engine in the second stage and a 7-tonne liquid engine in the third stage.
About seven minutes into its launch at 5.43 a.m. the Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) encountered problems.
On 7 July, the same facility was targeted by explosives-laden drones
