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TopicIndian satellites

Topic: Indian satellites

Is India’s ambitious Mission Drishti ‘tumbling’ in orbit? Trackers raise alarm

Bengaluru-based startup GalaxEye Space launched the world’s first OptoSAR imaging satellite, Mission Drishti, on 3 May aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from California.

How a Hyderabad pharma firm built a satellite that can spy on foreign assets in space

Hyderabad firm Azista started out making products such as dehydrated vegetables and medicines. Then it became India’s pioneer of in-orbit snooping.

‘A computer in space’— what is Pathfinder, India’s first orbital data centre

Pathfinder, to be developed by Pixxel and Sarvam AI, is India’s first orbital data centre satellite. It opens the door for satellites that can ‘think’ for themselves and deliver conclusions.

This Bengaluru startup just launched world’s first OptoSAR satellite. It started at IIT Madras

Startup GalaxEye Space poses one question for global satellite imagery: ‘Why must we choose between satellite data that is either clear or consistent?’

Centre funds Chennai-based startup OrbitAID, shows ‘govt support for advanced space technologies’

OrbitAID’s AayulSAT was scheduled to fly on board ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’s C-62 mission, which ultimately failed to place the satellites in orbit.

With only 5 launches in 2025. What’s behind ISRO’s project delays

Despite the Space Policy of 2023, redefining ISRO's role and encouraging it to step away from commercial launches, the space organisation was still not able to meet its goal for 2025.

Three Hyderabad start-ups are conquering the new frontier in space race — Low Earth Orbit

Half a dozen graduates from IIT, BITS Pilani, and other engineering colleges are propelling India into the next frontier of modern spaceflight — satellites in LEO. Hyderabad is a hub.

‘Zero-bid’ EOS contract has Indian space players asking: ‘did Pixxel need it?’

Backed by foreign investors, the PixxelSpace-led consortium didn't seek any govt funding for the project. It is 'a missed opportunity' for them, say smaller players.

Indian consortium to build 1st ‘Made-in-India’ commercial Earth Observation satellite series

Consortium will invest over Rs 1,200 cr over 5 yrs to launch a constellation of 12 EO satellites in what is being billed as coming of age of India’s private space industry.

A Hyderabad startup is launching India’s 1st ‘thinking’ satellite. A brain in space

TakeMe2Space, the newest kid on the startup block, is creating a stir. Its AI-inference model allows satellites to not just collect data but also make sense of it in space.

On Camera

Pigeons are not the problem. Our bajra charity is

From passionate teenage activist to an adult dodging flying faeces, my toxic relationship with the city's most stubborn squatter is over.

Pakistan’s Economic Survey celebrates stability, its Budget for FY27 shows how fragile that stability is

Pakistan is seeing stabilisation without transformation, satisfied creditors without serving citizens & its most lauded fiscal achievement is deteriorating, even before it's fully realised.

Yet another AN-32 crash. Replacement of aging fleet planned since mid-2000s could see movement soon

The primary task of the over 100 AN-32s with the IAF is to deliver all that is needed for sustenance of soldiers across the country, from high altitude and mountainous terrain to the island chains.

Five challenges await Modi. First, he must shake off the past and Nehru

It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.