July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... sample return of Chang’e-5. India may startle the space community with 2019 lunar landing firsts from ISRO South Pole Chandrayaan-2. The ESA Moon Village, International Space Exploration Coordinating Group and International Lunar...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... and satellites, while investing strongly in small and medium businesses and enterprises. India’s space agency (ISRO) is encouraging its private sector and entrepreneurship via technology transfer initiatives and development of complete end-to-end...
01 December 2014
Feats of humanity
... of participation. Human activity in space has been quite intense during this time. Of course, I’m talking about the ISRO launch of Mangalyaan into Martian orbit (which will aid in further development of interplanetary missions), and Rosetta – the...
15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
... satellite was launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). CARBONITE-2 (referred to as VividX2 by the Earth-i team) is a technology demonstration mission, that is set to demonstrate and...
19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
... rocket, when it lofted 143 payloads in one go; a title that once belonged to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), who in 2017, deployed 104 satellites on a single booster. Although SpaceX itself had “just” 10 satellites on the flight...
29 November 2021
Skyroot successfully test fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine
... of cryogenic rocket propulsion in India, who heads the cryogenic propulsion team at Skyroot, said. Founded in 2018 by former ISRO rocket scientists, Skyroot has also reportedly signed a launch deal with satellite provider Dhruva Space as the...
