Satellite News

Thales Alenia Space has delivered to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) the flight model of the Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere (ROSA), which will be integrated into the Indian-French Megha-Tropiques mission designed to study our planet’s atmosphere. The delivery took place at ISRO’s Satellite Centre (ISAC) in Bangalore.
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Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the country’s Rasad 1 (“Observation”) satellite has successfully completed its mission following its launch aboard a Safir rocket in mid-June.
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