Gaganyaan tracking station site finalised, Aus-India sats to launch On SSLV, skyroot rocket | India News – Times of India
BENGALURU: As Isro prepares for multiple uncrewed tests and flights as part of Gaganyaan, India’s first human spaceflight mission, progress has been made with the temporary ground station tracking facilities at Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) islands.“...The Indian team has visited the islands, surveyed the site and confirmed it’s the right site and they’re now working with an Australian project manager to set up the facilities,” Australian Space Agency (ASA) head Enrico Palermo told TOI in an exclusive interview.TOI was the first to report that Isro was exploring Cocos Islands for its tracking station. Terming Gaganyaan an inspirational mission, Palermo said: “We’re doing that [tracking station] through an implementing arrangement from a government-to-government perspective and the reason Ind...