The U.S. and India have partnered to make a one of a kind satellite that can image the Earth. It cost over $1billion to make and is slated to be the most expensive earth imaging satellite ever to be made in the world. Called the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite...
India Earns $230 Million From Outer Space Services
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of Space in India's federal government told Parliament that Department of Space has been involved in launching satellites of foreign countries for many years. The total number of satellites launched till date is 328 from 33 different countries and the revenue earned till date is about...
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...
India Hopes to Launch a Venus Orbiter
Having launched three planetary-science spacecraft, India's scientists and engineers at the state-owned Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have set their sights on a Venus orbiter. They have sent plans for it to the Indian national government hoping for approval to go ahead with the mission. "The major objective is to...
India Launches Space Probe to Lunar South Pole
On July 22, India launched a 3.8 ton satellite destined for the Moon. Lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which means "moon vehicle" in Sanskrit, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 2:43 p.m., Monday local time (5:13 am ET). If the...
India Plans Its Own Space Station by 2030
K. Sivan, the chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said India plans to establish its own "very small" space station by 2030. He envisages a 20 ton space station, which will be used to conduct experiments on microgravity and will accommodate astronauts for up to 15-20 days in...