India has taken a significant step toward developing a reusable launch vehicle (RLV) with the successful completion of its third and final Landing Experiment (LEX) on June 23, 2024. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) conducted this crucial test at a government-owned facility in the country's southern state of Karnataka,...
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 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...
India Is Home to More Than 100 Space-Tech Startups
Since June 2020 when the Modi Administration in India opened its space sector to private enterprise, India has 140 registered startups in the space-tech field, "each driven by original research and homegrown talent", says the New York Times. Last year these private companies garnered "$120 million in new investment, at...
India Opens Outer Space to Corporations
The Government of India has launched a new initiative: the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) to provide a level playing field for private companies to use Indian space infrastructure, which will be extended into the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). “It will also hand-hold, promote and guide...