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India's space economy to grow to $45 bn in next 10 yrs: Chairman, IN-SPACe

Chandrayaan-3's success - with 60-70% of its components coming from the private sector - enhances the sector's credibility, says Pawan Goenka, chairman of IN-SPACe

Space startup Skyroot's rocket engine successfully tested at ISRO facility

The Indian Space Research Organisation has enabled a successful rocket-engine test conducted by Skyroot, a Hyderabad-based space start-up, at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. Friday's test in the Liquid Thruster Test Facility (LTTF) in IPRC, involved the Raman-II engine, which was designed by Skyroot to generate 820 Newton (Sea Level) and 1,460 Newton (Vacuum) thrust, with a nominal chamber pressure of 8.5 bar absolute, Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO said in a statement on Saturday. The regeneratively cooled engine, manufactured through additive manufacturing techniques, utilises Mono Methyl Hydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide as propellants. "The 10-second duration test achieved the expected performance in terms of start transient, steady state, and shut-off," it said. Skyroot intends to integrate the Raman-II engine into the fourth stage of its launch vehicle, Vikram-I. "The test facility systems demonstrated normal performance during the test, meeting th

India's space start-ups exploring niche markets, global collaborations

From aiming to re-fuel satellites in orbit to monitoring the Earth's health, Indian start-ups in the space sector are exploring niche markets with the hope of striking it big as opportunities for global commercial collaborations open up. India becoming a signatory to the Artemis Accords and the focus on the space sector, particularly on addressing issues related to export control and technology transfer, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the US will open up doors for private players, industry leaders believe. Since India opened up its space sector in 2020, more than 150 start-ups have come up in areas such as building rockets and satellites, setting up astronaut training facilities and exploring possibilities for space tourism. "It is a good start, because it was unheard of for the US to supply any space or defence-related technology 10-15 years ago. It was a taboo. Now, we are talking of working together in sunrise sectors," Manastu Space co-founder Tushar Jadha

Google part of $36 mn funding round for Indian space startup Pixxel

The startup has raised more $71 million from investors including Accenture PLC. Pixxel did not specify the valuation it reflected

TMS Ep348: PAN ID, space parks, IT stocks, basic structure doctrine

How will PAN as a single ID help businesses? Are space parks finally ready for take-off in India? Will better-than-expected Q3 results revive IT stocks? What is basic structure doctrine? Answers here

Satellite imaging start-up GalaxEye Space gets $3.5 mn seed funding

Company says its technology helps in all-weather imaging without atmospheric interference

Agnikul first pvt firm to build launchpad & mission control centre in India

Development follows Skyroot Aerospace's launch of Vikram-S rocket on a sub-orbital flight from Sriharikota on Nov 18

Telangana CM KCR hails startups for making history in space sector

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao expressed happiness over successfully placing into the space orbit the two Nano satellites launched from Sriharikota by Telangana-based Dhruva Space Tech

Race for space: Funding for space start-ups skyrockets 61 per cent in 2022

Funding to private players soars to $108.52 million compared to $67.2 million in 2021

PSLV to launch Pixxel's hyperspectral imaging satellite on Saturday

Spacetech startup Pixxel is set to launch its third hyperspectral satellite Anand onboard ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Sriharikota spaceport on Saturday. Anand is a hyperspectral microsatellite weighing less than 15 kg but having more than 150 wavelengths that will enable it to capture images of the earth in greater detail than today's non-hyperspectral satellites that have not more than 10 wavelengths. The imagery from the satellite can be used to detect pest infestation, map forest fires, identify soil stress and oil slicks amongst other things, a statement from Pixxel said on Monday. "After more than 18 months of delay, many many retests, and more than two years of sweat and hard work by the team, we are finally launching this week," Awais Ahmed, Founder and CEO of Pixxel said on Twitter. Founded by Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal, Pixxel became the first Indian company ever to launch a commercial satellite Shakuntala in April using Elon Musk's SpaceX'

Space for start-ups

A Nasa-like PPP policy could make India an aerospace powerhouse

Skyroot Aerospace plans to launch two rockets every month from 2025: Report

The company which launched India's first private rocket on November 18 is also planning to develop reusable rocket engines

Vikram-S: All you need to know about India's first private rocket launch

The company has named the rocket Vikram-S as a tribute to the founder of India's space programme Dr Vikram Sarabhai

Skyroot to signal India's SpaceX moment on Fri with Vikram-S rocket launch

The mission, named 'Prarambh', will be the first launch of a privately developed and operated launch vehicle from the country

Reforms in drone, space and geospatial sectors opening up new avenues: PM

Removal of angel tax, removal of retrospective tax, and reduction of corporate tax - are encouraging investments and industry: PM Modi

Space tech start-ups raise record funding amid billionaire hype

Space-related technology is a $200 billion market that spans companies building products and services to use on Earth, in orbit or for space exploration and colonization missions

Space plane start-up promises one-hour rides to anywhere on Earth

Venus Aerospace Corp., a startup pursuing a hypersonic space plane, is aiming to ferry people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in about an hour

This startup set up by 21-year-olds tracks dead satellites and 'space junk'

Digantara, a company incubated at Indian Insitute of Science (IISc), aims to combat the growing problem of space debris by developing India's first space-based surveillance platform

Sastra University student builts lightest FEMTO satellite for NASA launch

Femto satellites are satellites with a mass less than 100 grams

SpaceX, NASA send 4 astronauts to space in milestone commercial flight

The Crew-1 mission marks a crucial milestone in the development of a space industry in which private-sector companies provide business and tourism services in low-earth orbit