Tag: India
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SES Signs Multi-Year Deal to Distribute JioStar Channels Across South Asia
SES and JioStar signed a multi-year agreement on September 21 under which JioStar will move its television-channel distribution to SES’s IS-20 satellite, extending delivery to cable systems, direct-to-home platforms and other broadcast networks across India and the wider Indian subcontinent. The companies did not disclose the contract’s value, capacity commitment or exact duration. The agreement…
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ESA and ISRO Extend Space Cooperation Agreement Through January 2032
The European Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organisation signed an exchange of letters in Paris on September 10, 2026, extending their bilateral Cooperative Agreement for five years, through January 8, 2032. Signed during the International Space Summit, the extension adds space weather and human and robotic exploration to a framework that already supports…
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From Snow and Ice Retreat in 2010 to an Ice Avalanche in 2016 and Crack Coalescence Two Days Before the Disaster: How Satellites Reconstructed a Decade of Progressive Rock-Slope Failure
The Chamoli slope did not suddenly fail on 7 February: Satellite data reveal a decade of progressive deterioration before the rockslide. At a glance: The Chamoli disaster of 7 February 2021 appeared to be a sudden rock–ice avalanche in the high mountains. This paper, however, focuses not on how far the post-failure flood traveled, but…
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ISRO Rejects Privatisation Concerns as India Expands Private-Sector Role in Space
The Indian Space Research Organisation said on September 6 that it will neither be privatised nor lose its central role in India’s space programme, clarifying that the government’s private-sector reforms are intended to shift mature, scalable activities to industry while allowing ISRO to concentrate on advanced research, strategic missions and exploration. The statement followed concerns…
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India Launches EOS-05, Its First Geosynchronous Earth-Imaging Satellite (Video)
A GSLV Mark II rocket launched the EOS-05 Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit — something India has never done successfully — from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sept. 3, 2026 at 5:25 p.m. EDT (2:55 a.m. on Sept. 4 India Standard Time). Credit: ISRO India launched EOS-05, its first Earth observation satellite designed to image…
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Starlink Reapplies for India Approval of Nearly 30,000 Gen 2 Satellites With Direct-to-Device Capability
Starlink has renewed its push to expand in India, submitting a fresh application to the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) for authorization of nearly 30,000 second-generation satellites in low Earth orbit. The proposed Gen 2 network would add newer capabilities, including direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity, potentially allowing compatible mobile phones and other devices…
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NASA Invites India to Join Lunar Moon Base Programme
The meeting was attended by US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor and ISRO Chairman V Narayanan, who discussed existing and future avenues of collaboration in the space sector. The US Embassy shared a press release on the meeting on Wednesday. The discussions referenced the TRUST Initiative, launched jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US…
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India Sets 300-Satellite Target and 2035 Space Station Goal, Opens Launch Site to Private Operators
In a parallel move to the 300 satellite target announcement, regulator IN-SPACe has begun transferring a new small rocket launch complex to private operators, marking a structural shift in how India runs its launch infrastructure. The satellite and space station goals follow a directive from the prime minister tasking the space agency with the expanded…
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Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck
Welcome to Edition 9.04 of the Rocket Report! We’ve had to wait an extra week for SpaceX to get its 13th Starship test flight off the ground. A last-second abort on July 16 led engineers to roll the booster back to its hangar in South Texas to swap out engines. Starship is now back on…
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Skyroot Vikram-1 Targets July 12 Orbital Launch
Is Skyroot’s Vikram-1 India’s First Private Orbital Rocket? Yes — and the launch window opens July 12. Skyroot Aerospace has placed its Vikram-1 rocket on the pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, targeting a window that runs from July 12 through August 4, 2026. The mission, designated Aagaman, is a test flight of what the…