The Union Minister of Science and Technology and Space, Jitendra Singh, said none of the foreign customers has withdrawn or shown any lack of confidence in India as a launch partner.
‘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.
The first uncrewed Gaganyaan test flight will set stage for India's human spaceflight mission in 2027. Private participation in space sector is expected to make its mark next year.
ISRO launched the EOS-09 aboard its trusted rocket PSLV Sunday morning, but had to abort the mission. 2025 is proving to be a tough year for the space agency.
At 4:04 pm, two PROBA-3 satellites took flight onboard PSLV-C59 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Mission marks European Space Agency’s return to space launches with ISRO after 2 decades.
Main payload is 352-kg DS-SAR used for govt, military & commercial purposes. Others are National University of Singapore’s Galassia-2, NuLIoN, ORB-12 Strider & three built by students.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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