Tag: India
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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…
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Agnikul Cosmos Signs MoU with ICEYE for India SAR Launch
Does Agnikul Cosmos’s ICEYE Partnership Signal India’s Serious Push Into SAR Intelligence? Indian launch startup Agnikul Cosmos has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ICEYE, the Finnish-founded global Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite manufacturer, to launch and operate SAR satellites from India. The two companies announced the deal at the Bharat Innovates summit in Nice,…
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Jio Explores Sovereign LEO Satellite Constellation to Expand Broadband Coverage Across India
India’s largest telecom operator, Jio Platforms, is evaluating the development of a sovereign low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation as part of a broader strategy to expand broadband connectivity across the country. The plan was outlined by Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm, during the company’s shareholder meeting on June 19. Dual Satellite Strategy According…
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Bellatrix Aerospace Partners with TelePIX for VLEO Demo Mission
Will Bellatrix Aerospace’s VLEO Mission Prove Commercial Viability Below 450km? Bellatrix Aerospace has partnered with Korean optical payload manufacturer TelePIX to develop a very low Earth orbit demonstration satellite targeting a NET 2028 launch. The collaboration pairs Bellatrix’s electric propulsion expertise with TelePIX’s imaging systems to test sustained operations in the 200-450km altitude range where…
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Mission Drishti Launches Indian Earth Observation Startup to Orbit
What capabilities does Mission Drishti bring to India’s commercial space sector? Mission Drishti, an Indian Earth observation startup, successfully deployed its first satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 3, 2026, marking another milestone in India’s expanding commercial space ecosystem. The launch represents a strategic move by the startup to establish operations in…
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Bellatrix Aerospace Raises $20 Million to Scale Satellite Propulsion Production
Bellatrix Aerospace has raised $20 million in a pre-Series B funding round led by Cactus Partners, as the company looks to expand production of its satellite propulsion systems. The Bengaluru-based firm said the new capital will be used to increase manufacturing capacity in response to growing demand from satellite constellations in India and international markets.…
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India’s Aule Space Raises $2 Mln to Develop Autonomous Satellite Servicing
Indian deep-tech start-up Aule Space said on Thursday it has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round to advance development of autonomous satellites capable of docking with and servicing other spacecraft in orbit. The round was led by venture capital firm pi Ventures, with participation from angel investors including Eash Sundaram, a former Intelsat…
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India’s PSLV Rocket Faces Possible Anomaly on Return-to-Flight Mission
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) may have suffered a technical setback during its return-to-flight mission on Sunday, marking a potential second consecutive problem for the workhorse rocket after a failure last year. The PSLV lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s east coast at 10:18 a.m. local time on Monday (0448…
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Joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite launches from India
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk. II rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre launch site in southeast India. The mission came just over two months after its EOS-09 mission failed aboard a different rocket type. This launch…