Rocket Launch

Rocket Boys: The team behind Vikram-S, India’s first private rocket

India launched its first privately made rocket, Vikram-S. And this was possible because of two men who dared to dream. Now in their early 30s, Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka quit ISRO and started Skyroot Aerospace, the start-up which developed the suborbital vehicle

ISRO's first launch in 2022: PSLV-C52 successfully launches earth observation and two small satellites

ISRO said EOS-04 was placed into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 6.17 am and after injecting EOS-04, the two small satellites INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD were also put into their orbits

Virgin Orbit launches seven satellites from three different customers on 747 plane

The company plans three more test flights of its rocket ship this summer and fall before taking paying passengers next year.

Russian Soyuz, Arianespace launch OneWeb's 36 telecom satellites to LEO

The company is competing against billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to provide fast internet via satellites.

NSIL inks four new launch contracts, plans on moving into satellite building sector

NSIL is in the process of identifying an Indian industry partner to undertake end-to-end production of the PSLV.

India's satellite man: Everything you need to know about Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Rao was instrumental in the development of the ASLV, the PSLV, GSLV rocket and encouraged work to begin on cryogenic technology.

ISRO to launch its earth observation GISAT-1 satellite on 28 March

GISAT-1 launch will be followed by the maiden flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, ISRO’s compact launcher, likely in April.

Hits and misses: Will all the risks SpaceX is taking to test its Starship rocket pay off?

Starship can carry some 100 tons of material into space, with SpaceX calling it "the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed.

ISRO has 14 missions lined up for this year, including Gaganyaan announced K Sivan

There will be seven launch vehicle missions and six satellite missions, as well as our first unmanned mission by the end of the year.

Northrop Grumman honours 'Hidden Figures' mathematician by naming ISS supply ship after her

The ship is carrying apples, tomatoes, nuts, smoked salmon, Parmesan and cheddar cheeses, caramels and coconut strips along with science experiments.