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India’s private rocket sector is growing, and the government’s proactive policies are playing a crucial role

Raju Das - 3 August, 2026

Success of Skyroot in placing Vikram-1 rocket into orbit on its maiden flight shows how policy liberalisation and institutional support have transformed India’s private space ecosystem.

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Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 launch creates history: All you need to know about India’s first privately developed orbital rocket

Shriti Sagar - 18 July, 2026

Named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai, regarded as the father of India's space programme, Vikram-1 is a 24-metre-tall, four-stage launch vehicle built primarily using lightweight carbon-composite materials.

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Not just testing, from design to production of space hardware: Read how the Space Manufacturing Park to be set up in Ahmedabad will boost...

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ - 12 June, 2026

The Gujarat Government has announced the setting up of Common Technical Facilities (CTF) for the Space Manufacturing Park being developed at Khoraj GIDC near Ahmedabad.

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Pakistan’s space programme is now running on the crutch of China, observation satellites were launched with the help of the communist nation: Details

OpIndia Staff - 8 June, 2026

Pakistan’s space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), launched its first satellite with the help of China in January 2025.

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Chandrayaan-2 makes landmark discovery: ISRO radar data suggests presence of subsurface ice near Moon’s south pole

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2026

"Scientists identified radar signatures consistent with the possible presence of subsurface ice," ISRO stated.

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India’s indigenous GPS alternative NavIC suffers a major setback as the last atomic clock on IRNSS-1F satellite fails, 4 satellites needed but only 3...

OpIndia Staff - 14 March, 2026

In a significant blow to India’s efforts to achieve navigational self-reliance, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that the final atomic clock...

ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission fails, DRDO’s strategic EOS N1 Anvesha lost, along with 15 commercial co-passenger satellites

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2026

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C62) mission failed today at Sriharikota after a third-stage anomaly occurred after liftoff at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre....

ISRO sets new record as LVM3 launches heaviest foreign satellite from Indian soil: Here is everything you need to know about it

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2025

The mission was undertaken under a commercial agreement between NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO’s commercial arm, and US-based company AST SpaceMobile.

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