New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India has successfully launched 12 launch vehicle missions, 11 national satellites and nine satellites for international customers in the last three years from July 2023 to June 2026, Minister of State (MoS) for the Department of Space, Jitendra Singh told the Parliament on Thursday. Some of the significant milestones achieved during the period include India becoming the first country to successfully carry out soft-landing near the South Pole of the moon through the lau…
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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Space services are poised for rapid expansion through commercialisation and public-private partnerships, said the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in Parliament on Thursday by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman.The Survey stated that the Indian space sector, valued at about $8.4 billion (around 2 per cent of the global space market), is projected to expand to $44 billion over the next decade. The growth is expected to be driven by laun…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) on Monday made the first launch of 2026 with the EOS-N1 Earth observation satellite aboard its PSLV-C62 rocket.The EOS-N1, also called the Anwesha, took off on the 64th flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at 10:17 am IST from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.”Liftoff! PSLV-C62 launches the EOS-N1 Mission from SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota,” ISRO shared in a post on the socia…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite aboard PSLV-C62 rocket on January 12, marking the first mission of 2026.The EOS-N1 (also called Anvesha) is an Earth observation satellite designed to enhance India’s remote sensing capabilities across agriculture, urban mapping, and environmental monitoring.“The integration of the vehicle and satellites has been completed, and pre-launch checks are in progress. …
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 24 (IANS) India’s Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)-M6, carrying BlueBird 6, took off from Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on Wednesday.BlueBird 6, a next-generation communications satellite from US innovator AST SpaceMobile, was launched with a goal to beam the broadband straight from space to smartphones without any special gear.The 43.5-meter-tall rocket, which is supported by two S200 solid boosters, lifted off at 8:55 a.m. following a 24-hour countdown from the sec…