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Indian Space Research Organisation

Article Summary An ISRO launch vehicle lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota Quick Facts Full Name Indian Space Resea...

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List of Space Phenomena

List of Major Space Phenomena S. No. Space Phenomenon Category / Type Description / Cause / Scientific Significance 1 Solar Eclipse Solar sy...

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UAP Incidents in World History

UAP incidents — unidentified anomalous phenomena, the term governments adopted to replace "UFO" — refer to observed objects or e...

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List of UFO Incidents

List of Major UFO / UAP Incidents in World History List of Major UFO / UAP Incidents in World History S. No. Incident / Event Date / Locatio...

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List of Planets and Celestial Bodies with Confirmed Life

List of Planets and Celestial Bodies with Confirmed Life S. No. Planet / Celestial Body Location Life / Characteristics / Status 1 Earth Sol...

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List of Potentially Habitable Planets Beyond Earth

List of Potentially Habitable Planets Beyond Earth S. No. Planet / System Approximate Distance Habitability / Characteristics / Status 1 TRA...

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List of Exoplanets with the Highest Potential for Extraterrestrial Life

List of Exoplanets with the Highest Potential for Extraterrestrial Life S. No. Planet / System Approximate Distance Habitability Potential /...

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List of Major Moons in the Solar System

List of Major Moons in the Solar System S. No. Moon Name Planet / Dwarf Planet Major Characteristics / Scientific Importance 1 The Moon (Lun...

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List of Major Indian Astronomers

List of Major Indian Astronomers S. No. Astronomer Period Major Contributions / Achievements 1 Lagadha Ancient India (date uncertain) Associ...

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List of Indian Space Launch Centres

List of Indian Space Launch Centres S. No. Launch Centre / Facility Location Objective / Major Function 1 Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC S...

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List of Major Indian Space Science Institutions and Missions

List of Major Indian Space Science Institutions and Missions S. No. Institution / Mission Location / Organisation Objective / Major Contribu...

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List of Planets in the Solar System

List of Planets in the Solar System S. No. Planet Order from the Sun Major Features / Characteristics 1 Mercury 1st The smallest planet and ...

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List of Animals Sent into Space

List of Animals Sent into Space S. No. Launch Date Animal / Mission Objective / Outcome 1 20 February 1947 Fruit flies / V-2 rocket Studied ...

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List of Spice Plants Suitable for Future Space Farming

List of Spice Plants Suitable for Future Space Farming S. No. Plant / Scientific Name Space-Growing Status Potential Use / Suitability 1 Chi...

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List of Major Shortwave Relay Stations in the World

List of Major Shortwave Relay Stations in the World S. No. Relay Station / Transmission Site Country / Location Broadcaster / Objective 1 Wo...

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List of Major Telescopes in the World

List of Major Telescopes in the World S. No. Telescope / Commissioning Year Location / Type Objective / Role 1 James Webb Space Telescope (J...

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List of Major Space Agencies of the World

List of Major Space Agencies of the World S. No. Established / Start Date Space Agency Objective / Role 1 1958 NASA — National Aeronau...

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List of major ISRO missions

List of Major Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Missions S. No. Launch Date Mission / Payload Objective / Outcome 1 30 July 2025 GSL...

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List of Indian PSLV Launches

List of Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Launches S. No. Launch Date Mission / Payload Objective / Outcome 1 12 January 2026 PSL...

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List of Indian Space Research Organisation Launch Vehicles

ISRO currently uses four main orbital launch-vehicle families: PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 and SSLV. Its historical and developing programmes also incl...

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List of Indian Space Research Organisation Missions

List of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Missions S. No. Mission Name Launch Year Category / Objective / Status 1 Aryabhata 1975 In...

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List of Indian Astronauts

List of Indian Astronauts S. No. Astronaut Name Space Mission / Organisation Category / Achievement / Status 1 Rakesh Sharma Soyuz T-11 / Sa...

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Space jellyfish

Space jellyfish phenomenon occurs during twilight, immediately following sunrise or just before sunset, during a rocket launch.

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High-Precision Celestial Object Tracking System

High-Precision Celestial Object Tracking System is a technique and set of system for autonomously monitoring and snapping images of celestia...

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Superionic ice

Superionic ice is a surprising and alien condition of matter that displays a twin nature, functioning as both a solid and a liquid at the sa...

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ISRO Propulsion Complex

ISRO Propulsion Complex is testing facility of ISRO India. [1]

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Planck length

Planck length is the unit of length in the system of natural units known as Planck units.

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Tau Boötis

Tau Boötis or Tau Bootis b is a exoplanet which orbits a F-type star. It has mass of 5.95 Jupiters, for one orbit it takes arround 3.3 ...

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Jupiter

Jupiter is fifth massive size planet in our solar system. [1]

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Moon

Moon is nearest object by Earth, in our solar system. [1]

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Earth

Earth your third planet in our solar system. [1]

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Mars

Mars is fourth planet in our solar system. [1]

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