ISRO’s second PSLV mission failure in a row comes as global launch services become more competitive, with SpaceX’s reusable rocket and China nearing 100 launches a year.
‘There might be some questions as to the feasibility of launching through ISRO after two back-to-back failures of PSLV,' said Ajey Lele, deputy director general at MP-IDSA.
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.
In the early 1990s, the US actively worked to block India’s access to cryogenic engine technology. Today, a US private company has approached ISRO to launch its satellite.
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 10 October 2003, India's then-President APJ Abdul Kalam addressed the memebers of the ISRO community recalling his association and the various successful missions.
Mission, led by Bengaluru's Raman Research Institute with ISRO's UR Rao Satellite Centre, will explore polarisation & timing of X-rays from some of universe's most extreme objects.
Test flight at Sriharikota to last just over 8 minutes. It will check deceleration systems, parachute deployment, and structural integrity of crew module after separation from spacecraft.
There must be a Supreme AI Council that operates at the apex. It must be chaired by the Prime Minister, with real authority, full representation, and a mandate to act.
Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.
CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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