In a significant move, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has turned to SpaceX, an American company, for launching its next-generation heavy communications satellite, GSAT-20. This marks the first time ISRO will utilize SpaceX's Falcon-9 heavy lift launcher, which is expected to lift off from Florida on a dedicated Indian...
U.S.-India Satellite Mission to Launch in Spring
The upcoming NASA-Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite mission will provide an unprecedented detailed view of Earth's surface. This joint project between the U.S. and India comes as the two countries strengthen their scientific partnership. NISAR's advanced radar instruments can see through clouds and darkness to...
NASA Open to Collaborate with ISRO to Make India’s Space Station
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson said the U.S. was open to helping India build its own space station. Nelson met Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh and discussed strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the space sector. The U.S. and India are working on plans to...
India’s Companies Bid in Privatization of Space
As India's government seeks more investment in the booming space market, Larsen & Toubro and Hindustan Aeronautics are among companies vetted to potentially bid in India's efforts to privatize small rocket launches. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle was developed by the Indian Space Research Organization, the national space agency, as...
India’s Chandraayan-3 Makes a Soft Landing on Moon’s South Pole
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission made space travel history today when it achieved a soft landing near the south pole of Earth’s Moon, just days after Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft crashed while trying to land in the same region. India is now the fourth nation to achieve a soft Moon landing and...
India’s Space Research Organization Launches Chandrayaan-3
On July 14, 2023, India launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole. The rocket, Launch Vehicle Mark III, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the island of Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh. https://youtu.be/q2ueCg9bvvQ The Chandrayaan-3...