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Godrej Enterprises powers ISRO's successful EOS-05 satellite mission

Godrej Enterprises Group supplied Vikas engines, cryogenic engine nozzles and satellite thruster components that supported EOS-05's journey from lift-off to orbit

India, France step up space cooperation with new private-sector deals

India and France are stepping up cooperation in the space sector, with companies from the two countries signing three new agreements covering satellite launches, space surveillance and microsatellite technology, according to an official announcement. The agreements, announced at the International Space Summit in Paris, include contracts worth more than 5 million euros between France's Safran Space and India's Dhruva Space for technologies to be used in India's planned 52-satellite space-surveillance constellation. The new agreements come against the backdrop of more than five decades of space cooperation between India and France, built around the partnership between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and France's space agency CNES. The first edition of the International Space Summit is being held from September 9-10, bringing together governments, companies, space agencies and scientists. The summit featured 51 announcements representing about 20 billion euros in contrac

International collaboration is space sector's inherent strength: Shukla

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla says collaboration will remain essential as India pursues Gaganyaan, the Bharatiya Antariksh Station and lunar landing missions

India, US to join hands on Moon base, expanding global space economy

US Ambassador Sergio Gor urged Indian space startups to explore the American market, while Isro called for greater private and international participation

India poised to be global hub for small satellites, in-orbit manufacturing

Isro is pursuing around 2,000 R&D projects as India seeks to raise its share of the global space economy and scale up private-sector participation and manufacturing

Isro's private-sector push: How close is India's space model to Nasa's?

Isro is expanding private-sector participation while retaining core responsibilities. Is its emerging model similar to Nasa's approach?

Statsguru: Gaps in funding space despite India's growing startup ecosystem

India's space-tech ecosystem is expanding rapidly, but funding remains a key challenge despite a surge in startup formation

Isro at core of India's space programme: IN-SPACe Chairman Pawan Goenka

The role of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is by no means diminishing and it will remain the bedrock of India's space sector, Pawan Goenka, chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), said on Sunday. IN-SPACe, an autonomous agency under the Department of Space, promotes, enables, authorises and supervises various space activities of non-governmental entities. In a post on X, Goenka said, "The reforms since 2020 are about expanding India's overall space ecosystem. The idea is to let industry increasingly manufacture and scale mature launch vehicles, satellites and other systems." Meanwhile, the ISRO will focus on advanced research and development, scientific missions, strategic missions, new technologies and infrastructure that is too complex for the private sector to develop on its own, he added. Goenka's comments came after nine employee associations at the ISRO wrote to the space agency's chairperson, V Narayanan, seeking

NIT Rourkela, ISRO, Tea Board join hands for AI-based tea monitoring

Three-year CHAYANKAN project will combine satellite imagery, UAV observations, field data and AI to monitor plantations, estimate yields and forecast pest outbreaks

Isro launches EOS-05, India's 1st imaging satellite in geosynchronous orbit

The 2,367-kg EOS-05, India's heaviest Earth observation satellite so far, was placed in its intended sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit about 18 minutes after lift-off

Gaganyaan's first uncrewed mission likely to launch this year: Isro chief

ISRO chief V Narayanan on Friday said that "vigorous, systematic work," is on for the launch of the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission during this calendar year. The launch of the earth observation satellite (GSLV-F17/EOS-05) is the first success for ISRO during this financial year, Narayanan said adding, "reward for hard work is more work." Accordingly, the ISRO team, along with industries and other organisations, is working on the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission. In his address following the successful launch of EOS-05, he said that activities were underway very "vigorously and systematically," for the uncrewed mission launch during this calendar year. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership, Narayanan said that six more launches, including the navigation satellite NVS-03, are targeted for this financial year. Later, addressing a press conference, the ISRO chief said the earth observation satellite's operational lifetime is nine years and dismissed speculations t

Isro launches India's first imaging satellite in geostationary orbit

ISRO on Friday made its way into history books yet again with the successful launch of the country's first ever imaging satellite in geo-orbit, placing the over 2,300 kg payload into a precise orbit using a GSLV rocket. Friday's launch marked the space agency's maiden success for the year 2026. The EOS-05 satellite was successfully placed in the intended sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit, about 18 minutes after it lifted off from the spaceport here, ISRO announced. While several earth observation satellites operate from low earth orbit (LEO), the EOS-5 satellite is set to hover at an altitude of roughly 36,000 km above earth, which is the geosynchronous orbit and at that level, the satellite will match Earth's rotational speed. At over 2,300 kg, this is the heaviest satellite ever to be carried by a GSLV and the satellite was perfectly ahead in its trajectory. "The eye in the sky," as one of the senior scientists involved in the mission described the satellite, is set to provide .

One clock for India: Govt mandates IST for official and commercial use

New rules seek to bring India's critical infrastructure under one accurate time reference, with systems required to synchronise with authorised Indian timing sources

India's Moon race: Now about staying

Gaganyaan is teaching India to send people into space; the space station will teach it to keep them there. A lunar base could be the next logical step

Isro's new trajectory: Pvt sector to take lead in building launch vehicles

ISRO will focus on research, frontier technologies and big-ticket missions as private companies and PSUs take on launch vehicle manufacturing and operational scale

India will establish its own space station by 2035: Isro Chief V Narayanan

He said India has been steadily expanding its capabilities since launching its space programme 64 years ago

Docking technology key to future lunar, human space missions: Isro official

Docking technology will be crucial for future lunar exploration and human space missions, including bringing lunar samples back to Earth and assembling India's proposed space station, a senior ISRO official said here on Tuesday. M R Raghavendra, Director of ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru, was speaking at a National Space Day celebration organised by ISTRAC in collaboration with City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow. The school is the alma mater of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station. "The docking experiment is a very interesting experiment which we have conducted, as it can be very useful in future," Raghavendra said, referring to ISRO's successful space docking experiment. "Now we have landed on the Moon. Now we want to bring some samples from the Moon, and to do that, we need this docking. There will be an orbiter which goes around the Moon, and there will be a lander which picks up the sample,

Paras Defence zooms 163% from March low; hits 52-week high on huge volume

Paras Defence and Space Technologies: In the past month, the stock price of the aerospace & defence company rallied 30 per cent, compared to a 0.5 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex.

Nasa invites Isro to join Moon Base programme: What is it & why it matters? | Lunar exploration

Nasa has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to join its Moon Base programme, aimed at establishing a sustained human presence near the lunar South Pole.

Nasa invites Isro to join Moon Base programme: What is it & why it matters?

According to Nasa, the Moon Base will help unlock new scientific discoveries and prepare for future deep space exploration, including missions to Mars.