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TopicPrivate space firms

Topic: Private space firms

PSLV-C62 failure: What Indian start-ups say about trusting ISRO as a launch partner

+TFP Akanksha Mishra -
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.

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

Soumya Pillai -
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.

1st flight in 2002, 665 days in void. Axiom-4’s Peggy Whitson, the woman who has spent most time in space

Ananthapathmanabhan -
Peggy Whitson is commanding the private space mission led by Axiom Space to the International Space Station. This is her fifth mission to the ISS.

First private moon lander launched, half a century after Apollo

Steve Gorman -
Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines's Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, lifted off shortly after 1 a.m. EST.

TalkPoint: Does it make sense for India’s private sector to venture into space?

ThePrint Team -
As the moon-landing proposal of private space start-up TeamIndus hits a new financial roadblock, experts weigh in on the question.

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Opinion

What Gulf states would say to Iran. War is temporary, geography is permanent

Raamish Siddiqui -
Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.

Awami League desperately needs new leadership. It’s looking for it in wrong places

From CNG queues to EVs—how energy crunch can reshape India’s automotive market

Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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