Tag: Rocket

Chennai: The Indian space agency expects to fly its first small rocket with a carrying capacity of about 500-700 kg sometime next year, according to a top official. “The developmental work for our small rocket that can carry satellites weighing around 500 kg is on. The first flight of the small rocket is expected to […]

Washington: SpaceX successfully launched the worlds most powerful rocket, a towering behemoth known as the Falcon Heavy that tore through the sky with the thundering force of 18 Boeing 747 jetliners. Lifting off at 3.45 p.m., on Tuesday from the same launch-pad that sent the crew of Apollo 11 to the moon, the rocket sent […]

Beijing: China on Sunday launched the Long March-5 Y2, the country’s second heavy-lift carrier rocket, from Wenchang Space Launch Centre in the southern province of Hainan. The rocket, carrying the Shijian-18 satellite, blasted off at 7.23 p.m., Xinhua news agency reported. The launch is the last test for the Long March-5 series before its mission […]

Jerusalem: Suspected Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip on Sunday fired at least five rockets at Israel, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. It said the rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, which is under the Hamas Islamist organisation since 2007. Anti-aircraft alarms sounded continuously in the regional councils of Eshkol, forcing residents to […]