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Indian Space Progress
India selects first set of Gaganyaan astronauts Unveiling four years of secrecy, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on February 27 the first four astronauts selected to fly on the country’s initial set of human spaceflight missions mid-decade via ISRO’s ambitious Gaganyaan program. The selectees are all
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This month’s Indian Space Progress report is a science special. I hope you enjoy it! XPoSat gazes at cosmic objects from space On January 1, ISRO’s PSLV rocket launched India’s second space telescope called the X-ray Polarimetry Satellite, or XPoSat. While the country’s first space telescope,
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2023 was a year of multiple landmark developments for ISRO, to the point where it visibly improved perceptions people and space agencies worldwide had of India’s space capabilities. ISRO, though, as usual, isn’t keen on highlighting these advances on any of their channels. Such lack of contextualized information
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I’m stoked to welcome KaleidEO as the third organization sponsor of my monthly Indian Space Progress reports! 🚀 Bengaluru-based KaleidEO is a SatSure company on a mission to elevate the value of information from Earth observation satellites by offering analytics-ready data coupled with its upcoming optical and multispectral satellites touting
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There have been so many notable developments in Indian space the past month that this edition of Indian Space Progress was hard to succinctly summarize. What a nice problem to have! Also, I’m happy and grateful to share that these Indian Space Progress monthly reports are now read by
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Dear readers, I’m happy and grateful to share that my Indian Space Progress monthly reports are now read by more than 5,000 of you space enthusiasts! 🚀🇮🇳 Indian Space Progress is the world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering the Indian space landscape—from space technology, launch & exploration
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And more space updates from the country.
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I’m honored that this Indian Space Progress monthly report series is now highlighted as a resource on the website of Spaceport SARABHAI, India’s first space think tank founded by an inspiring team of multidisciplinary experts many of whom I admire and have learnt from. 🚀 Chandrayaan 3’s journey
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On July 14, Friday at 14:35 IST (09:05 UTC), ISRO launched the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft for its second Moon landing attempt. Chandrayaan 3’s Project Director P. Veeramuthuvel said in a post-launch briefing that the GSLV Mk III rocket injected the spacecraft close to the ideal intended orbit
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ISRO begins launching navigation satellites with GPS interoperability and self-made atomic clocks On May 29, an ISRO GSLV Mk II rocket successfully launched and deployed the NVS-01 navigation satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), providing a much needed boost to India’s regional navigation service called Navigation with Indian
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Indian Space Progress now has more than 4,000 subscribers! Thank you very much for reading. These monthly reports are absolutely free to access by everyone, and I never display ads. If you find value in my work, you can sponsor it as an individual or an organization. 🚀 India’s
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At ~2,000 words, this edition is filled with updates and context on what has been a buzzing March for Indian space. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did trying to make sense of it all. :) ISRO solidifies its commercial leg with second launch for OneWeb
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