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India's own Space Station is on it's way. Yes, after launching more than 100 satellites in one go and creating a world record of launching such numbers of satellites in one launch, this question that - Can India build it's own space station station? - was popping up in almost everyone's mind.  While attending the foundation day ceremony of Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) ISRO's chairman AS Kiran Kumar said India has the capability to develop space station, but it needed a long term approach and ambitious planning. International Space Station (ISS) "We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes the decision, we will 'okay' the project. Just draw a policy and provide us necessary funds and time," Mr Kumar said. And for the ambitious planning, "We still talk about what would be the immediate benefits of a manned space mission. That is why the country hasn't made up its mi...

ISRO: Indian Space Research Organization It's only 6 months and ISRO is again going to set a world record, actually they are going to break their own world record which they set earlier in this year in June. They launched 20 satellites successfully in orbit, creating a buzz in the space community. According to Jitendra Singh, Minister of state in PMO(Prime Minister Organization) in India, ISRO will launch 83 satellites, 80 of them being foreign, in one go in January next year. Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland and the US, entrusted ISRO to launch their 80 satellites weighing 500 kg. Three Indian satellites are namely Cartosat-2 series weighing 730 kg as primary payload, INS-1A and INS-1B, total weighing 30 kg. It will be first of it's kind mission in ISRO space history. To keep yourself updated on this mission of ISRO, keep following us. Picture of the Day Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble About The Picture:-  Why is ther...