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Elon Musk’s SpaceX creates new world record; launches 143 satellites on single rocket

ION correspondentJanuary 25, 2021January 25, 2021

Elon Musk’s SpaceX created a new world record by launching 143 satellites on a single rocket last night. SpaceX has beaten the Indian space agency ISRO’s record of deploying...

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ISRO to launch all-weather earth observation satellite today

ION correspondentNovember 7, 2020

India’s latest all-weather earth observation satellite EOS-01 will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this afternoon, using the workhorse rocket PSLV-C49. Nine other customer satellites will...

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ITER, Bi Weekly News.

ION correspondentOctober 28, 2020October 28, 2020

Diagnostics and instrumentation FIRST WELDING ON THE VACUUM VESSEL Beginning in 2035, ITER will open a window into “burning plasmas”—a state of matter that exists in the core of...

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ITER NEWS THIS WEEK.

ION correspondentOctober 28, 2020October 28, 2020

Assembly MACHINING WORKSHOP OPENS ON SITE Construction of an on-site machining workshop began in December 2019 and was completed on schedule in September 2020. The new TAC2...

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ITER Bi Weekly News.

ION correspondentOctober 19, 2020October 19, 2020

Fusion history | TFTR designated “Nuclear Historic Landmark” From the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: The American Nuclear Society has bestowed its distinguished Nuclear Historic Landmark designation on...

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ITER WEEKLY NEWS.

ION correspondentOctober 19, 2020

New IAEA interactive map identifies fusion devices across the world. The fusion team at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has introduced a worldwide tracking and information system for...

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The greatest international nuclear fusion derived energy programme

ION correspondentOctober 16, 2020October 18, 2020

Neutral Beam Test Facility. EUROfusion becomes part of the team. A new Cooperation Agreement provides the legal framework for the EUROfusion consortium to send select experts, scientists and engineers...

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Indian Astronomers discover one of the farthest star galaxies in the universe

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

As a landmark achievement in Space missions, Indian Astronomers have discovered one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe. Sharing this information here today, Union Minister of State...

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ISRO, IISc Bengaluru develop sustainable process to make space bricks on lunar surface

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2020

In a significant step towards space exploration, a team of researchers from the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO and the Indian Institute of Science, IISc in Bengaluru has developed...

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Himalayan Geothermal Springs release huge amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

ION correspondentAugust 10, 2020

Carbon outflux from Earth’s interior to the exosphere through volcanic eruptions, fault zones, and geothermal systems contribute to the global carbon cycle that effects short and long term climate...