Low Earth Orbit

Government to unveil new space policy soon; India can have its own 'SpaceX-like ventures': Ajay Kumar Sood

Principal Scientific Advisor Ajay Kumar Sood said that the Centre will encourage manufacturing of satellites in the private sector for a range of applications from health care, agriculture to urban development and property tax estimation

First private mission reaches International Space Station

The Axiom crew will now live and work alongside the station's regular crew: currently three Americans and a German on the US side, and three Russians on the Russian side

First fully private mission with four member crew launches for ISS; Tickets cost $55 million

NASA has hailed the three-way partnership with Axiom and SpaceX as a key step towards commercializing the region of space known as 'Low Earth Orbit'

Space debris detected in broad daylight for the first time using a powerful laser instrument

The distance to the object was also determined by scientists using a special, powerful 'geodetic' laser.

Along with SpaceX's Starlink, six earth imaging satellites — SkySats — will also be launched

Planet is part of SpaceX's RIdeshare program and currently has 15 SkySats in orbit, including two prototypes launched in 2013 and 2014.

Russian satellite is stalking a US spy satellite in an unlikely game of chase around the Earth

It was assumed that the satellite was inspecting other Russian equipments but now experts believe that the satellite is stalking US space assets.

India’s planned space station to reportedly have room for three astronauts aboard it

The space station will be a 20-tonne modular abode, that can be built and used independently in different systems.

ESA satellite re-routed in orbit to avoid collision with SpaceX's Starlink constellation

SpaceX cited a bug in its satellite's OS prevented it from seeing the collision risk with ESA's Aeolus satellite.

India's A-SAT programme born in response to China's growing space capabilities: Understanding Mission Shakti

New Delhi's A-SAT programme was born in response to China’s growing capabilities — in turn, driven by that country’s efforts to counter the United States’ supremacy in space. In essence, China sought to show it could cripple the satellite networks on which the United States’ military command-and-control capabilities rest.

Pentagon denies it spied on India's A-SAT missile test, experts say US aircraft sent to 'monitor' project was observing development

Aircraft Spots, which monitors military air movements, had said that a US Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft from its base in Diego Garcia went for a mission in the Bay of Bengal to monitor India's anti-satellite missile test.