Space
Pixxel-Led ‘Allied Orbits’ Consortium Signs ₹1,200 Crore Pact with IN-SPACe for India’s First Private EO Constellation
By Cygnus | 21 Jan 2026
Pixxel-led Allied Orbits signed a pact with IN-SPACe to build India’s first private EO constellation, investing over ₹1,200 crore for a 12-satellite network.
Trump Eyes Starlink Deployment as Iran Protests Escalate; Hegseth to Visit SpaceX
By Cygnus | 12 Jan 2026
President Trump coordinates with Elon Musk to deploy Starlink in Iran as protests escalate. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visits SpaceX today to formalize the satellite “bridge.”
India aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2040, says former ISRO chief
By Cygnus | 07 Jan 2026
Former ISRO chief A S Kiran Kumar outlines India’s space roadmap: human Moon landing by 2040 and the Bharatiya Antariksha Station (BAS) by 2035.
India’s largest optical telescope helps observe smaller black holes
18 Apr 2025
A team of astrophysicists in India have traced an intermedia black hole (IMBH) located in a faint galaxy about 4.3 million light-years away using the country’s largest optical telescope
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 back on Earth after 286-day science mission
19 Mar 2025
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov splashed down in the water off the coast of Tallahassee
MoU between SIA-India and Ghana Space Science inked
By Venkatachari Jagannathan | 20 Dec 2024
The SatCom Industry Association-India (SIA-India) on Friday said it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) for furthering collaboration in the satellite communication and space sector.
Isro commences Gaganyaan-G1 launch campaign
20 Dec 2024
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday started assembling the LVM3 launch vehicle, which India will be using for un-manned flights ahead of the upcoming manned flight to the space. later this year.
Isro to launch EU’s solar observation satellite Proba-3 in December
08 Nov 2024
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will be launching the European Union’s solar observation satellite, Proba-3, in the first week of December
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Govt sets up Rs1,000-cr venture fund for space sector projects
25 Oct 2024
The union cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of a Rs1,000-crore venture capital fund exclusively for space sector initiatives.
Chandrayaan-4 mission to demonstrate technologies for safe return from Moon
23 Sep 2024
India last week announced four planned space missions, including one to planet Venus, a fourth mission to Moon and building an Indian Space Station and finally taking an Indian to and from the Moon
