Page 6 - Satellites

India's satellite navigation sector set for higher growth trajectory

India's satellite based navigation and augmentation services sector appears headed for a higher growth trajectory with the proposed ignition of a policy push towards effective development, operation and maintenance of such systems. The Department of Space (DoS) plans to devise a "comprehensive and substantive" national policy for satellite based navigation -- the Indian Satellite Navigation Policy - 2021 (SATNAV Policy - 2021). Its draft has now been hosted on the website of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for public consultation after which it would be placed before the Union Cabinet for final approval. It seeks to "Achieve self-reliance in satellite based navigation and augmentation services with emphasis on assuring availability & quality, enhancing usage, working towards progressive evolution of the services and promoting research & development". In the last few decades, there has been a phenomenal growth in the number of applications that rely .

Space for innovation

A journalist's accounts of India's early scientists are vital for the republic to remind itself of what inclusive nation-building can look like

Order in space

International agreement will boost India's space capabilities

Bharti group backed OneWeb successfully launches 36 more satellites

Bharti group backed OneWeb confirmed the next successful launch of 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny Cosmodrome

SpaceX's low-flying satellites in US baffle residents, bug astronomers

The train of lights was actually a series of relatively low-flying satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet service earlier this week.

Russia's Soyuz launch with 2 Galileo Satellites postponed till November

The launch of a Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket with two Galileo satellites from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana has been put off from September until November

India to lead the world in small satellite launch segment: Things to know

India is all set to become the hub for the small satellite launch market, which is estimated to be valued at around $38 billion by 2027

NISAR satellite: Isro ready with a radar to observe Earth with Nasa

The Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is a collaboration between the Indian and US space agencies for a dual-frequency L and S-band SAR for earth observation

Starlink to go public once cash flow gets predictable: Elon Musk

Musk has said that his space-based Internet service Starlink will list publicly after the cash flow of the service becomes 'reasonably well'

OneWeb launches 36 satellites; to offer hi-speed internet from 2021 end

This takes the total in-orbit constellation to 110 satellites, part of OneWeb's 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity, a company release said

Space wars: Mittal, Musk bet on satellite broadband as telecom's new star

Mittal is planning to invest $2 billion on a once bankrupt low earth orbit constellation satellite company OneWeb to put up more satellites

UK-based OneWeb out of bankruptcy, Sunil Mittal appointed chairman

After the completion of the deal in the UK, Mittal told Business Standard in a telephonic conversation that this would be like having a telecom network in space, oceans, mountains and forest

The Arctic, one place you don't want to get green is getting greener

Responsible for Earth's cooling, Arctic's sea ice cover shrank by 3.74 million square km in 2020

Launch of Russia's next-generation Glonass-K Satellite set for August

The first Glonass-K satellite was launched in February 2011, while the second one was launched in December 2014

Satellites will drive IoT connections

Low-cost, high- speed and ever-present connectivity can be a reality with new satellite technologies that are rapidly changing the communications sector

Apple has secret team working on satellites to beam data to devices

Apple's work on communications satellites and next-generation wireless technology means the aim is likely to beam data to a user's device

Satellites may make it tough to see stars, changing the sky as we know it

Some professional astronomers raised alarms last spring, and again in November, after SpaceX launched batches of 60 Starlink satellites

BRICS nations working on framework deal to build remote-sensing satellites

The nations plan to set up a virtual constellation to access remote-sensing data, which could be used to monitor natural resources and manage disasters

Govt working on satellite mechanism to monitor forestation, says Javadekar

In August this year, the Environment minister handed over Rs 47,436 crore of CAMPA funds to various states for the promotion of afforestation and achieving green objective of the country.

Meet the 22-year-olds who are building earth imaging satellites for farmers

Images from their firm Pixxel's satellites track changes in farms and help improve productivity; these solutions are also useful in detecting crop diseases and pest infestation