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ISRO to Launch Geo Imaging Satellite on March 5

“Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) will launch geo imaging satellite (GISAT-1) from the second launch pad of the SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch is tentatively scheduled at 1743 Hrs IST on March 05, 2020, subject to weather conditions,” ISRO said.

DST’s Solar-Powered Heating System to Warm Leh, Ladakh Homes

The system, which works 24×7 to maintain the room temperature in the range of 15-20°C throughout the day and night, developed by Pluss Advanced Technologies, Gurugram, and the prototypes tested at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh can be a sustainable clean energy source for hill areas providing for both heating and lighting needs.

Indian Engineer from IIT-G Develops Tech for Safer Roads Using Steel Industry Waste

Dr Rajan Choudhary, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, has developed a technology for the use of industrial waste steel slag, a by-product of steel making in open-graded asphalt friction courses (OGAFC) under the Waste Management Technologies (WMT) program of Technology Development and Transfer Division, Department of Science & Technology.

Isro to ‘Split Up & Unite’ A Satellite in Space This Year

While the technology Isro is aiming to eventually have is one that will allow it to transfer humans from one vehicle or spacecraft to another, the immediate goal is to enable refuelling of spacecraft to give them a longer life and also transfer other crucial systems to an existing spacecraft, by transporting another to space.