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A model of the Swift Observatory spacecraft (file image)

Photo: A model of the Swift Observatory spacecraft (file image)

Health & Science

NASA’s Swift telescope burns up over Indonesia, ending a 22-year mission

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over North Sumatra on Wednesday, ending more than two decades of studying the universe’s most powerful explosions.

Health & Science · 5 Nov 2026, 9:21 am

A GSLV rocket lifting off from its launch pad

Photo: A GSLV rocket lifting off from its launch pad

India

ISRO’s GSLV-F18 places NVS-03 navigation satellite in orbit, restoring NavIC’s minimum four-satellite strength

India’s GSLV-F18 rocket has successfully placed the NVS-03 navigation satellite into its intended transfer orbit, carrying a third indigenously developed atomic clock and restoring the NavIC constellation to the minimum four satellites needed for standalone positioning.

🇮🇳 India · 31 Oct 2026, 9:24 am