GalaxEye secures US patent for OptoSAR satellite imaging tech
GalaxEye became the first Indian startup to win a US patent for its OptoSAR tech, which fuses optical and SAR imaging on one satellite.
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Pixxel closes $100 million Series C led by Temasek and Seraphim
Pixxel closed its Series C at $100 million co-led by Temasek and Seraphim, India's largest space-tech funding round to date.
ISRO fires semi-cryogenic engine at full 200-tonne thrust
ISRO completed the first 100% thrust hot test of its semi-cryogenic engine power head, aimed at a heavier LVM3.
ISRO launches EOS-05, its first geosynchronous imaging satellite
GSLV-F17 places India's first dedicated geo-orbit Earth imaging satellite into orbit, ISRO's first launch since a January failure.
Kepler Aerospace raises $8 million seed round for swarming ISR satellites
Bengaluru startup Kepler Aerospace lands its first outside funding to build six autonomous swarming surveillance satellites.
Vantor wins Navy contract to support Indo-Pacific maritime awareness
Vantor's Maritime Sentry will feed SAR and optical imagery into the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness.
ICEYE establishes Indian entity for sovereign SAR intelligence and manufacturing
ICEYE opens ICEYE India in New Delhi, planning local SAR component manufacturing for Indian defense customers.
India moves to hand Kulasekarapattinam spaceport to private operators
India has begun transferring operation and maintenance of the Rs 986 crore Kulasekarapattinam launch facility to private companies.
Starlink reapplies for India Gen 2 satellite constellation approval
SpaceX's Starlink filed a fresh Gen 2 constellation application with India's IN-SPACe after regulators rejected its first bid.
ISRO says LVM3-M5 upper stage's atmospheric reentry met debris rules
The C25 upper stage from ISRO's LVM3-M5 flight reentered over the Atlantic on July 30, within its planned short orbital lifetime.
Antrix loses Ninth Circuit bid to block $562.5 million Devas award
A US appeals court kept Devas' $562.5 million award against ISRO's Antrix alive; with interest it now tops $2 billion.
Pixxel-led Allied Orbits wins deal to build India's private EO constellation
Pixxel-led Allied Orbits will build India's first fully privately owned national EO constellation, per a government Lok Sabha reply.
ISRO test-fires upgraded SSLV first-stage booster
ISRO's redesigned SSLV solid booster passed a static test, expected to add about 100 kg of payload capacity.
Aule Space validates docking tech at ISRO's SpaDeX simulation lab
Indian in-space-servicing startup Aule Space became the first non-government user of ISRO's Rendezvous Simulation Laboratory.
Skyroot signs three-launch deal with HEX20 for Vikram missions
Skyroot Aerospace will fly three dedicated Vikram missions carrying HEX20's Nila-3, MAYA-V and DINK-N satellites starting late 2027.
Skyroot's Vikram-1 becomes India's first privately built rocket to reach orbit
Skyroot's Vikram-1 reached orbit on its debut flight, becoming the first privately built rocket to do so from India.
Skyroot Aerospace's four-stage Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 18 and placed multiple payloads into a roughly 450-kilometer low Earth orbit about 15 minutes after liftoff, per SpaceNews. Reuters reported the rocket stands about 22 meters tall, uses three solid-fuel stages plus a liquid-fuel orbital adjustment module with a 3D-printed engine, and can carry up to 350 kilograms to low Earth orbit. The mission, called Aagaman, carried customer and technology-demonstration payloads including cubesats from Skyroot and Grahaa Space and hosted payloads from Dcubed and Cosmoserve Space, according to SpaceNews.
Reliance Jio's sovereign LEO constellation plan clears technical review
IN-SPACe, ISRO and DoT's WPC wing reportedly found Jio's 1,600-satellite plan "on par" with Starlink; neither party has confirmed it.
Agnikul Cosmos adds ex-ISRO chief Somanath as board observer
Former ISRO chairman S Somanath joins Agnikul Cosmos's board as an observer ahead of its Mission 02 booster-recovery attempt.
GalaxEye loses contact with Mission Drishti satellite
GalaxEye lost contact with Mission Drishti, billed as the world's first OptoSAR satellite, after a geomagnetic storm.
Cosmoserve plans debris-capture demo on Skyroot's Vikram-1 debut
Cosmoserve will test a soft robotic debris-capture mechanism aboard Skyroot's first orbital launch.
Skyroot targets July 12-August 4 window for first orbital launch
Skyroot set a July 12-August 4 launch window for Vikram-1, India's first private orbital rocket, per SpaceNews and PTI.
AgniKul and ICEYE sign MoU to build and launch SAR satellites from India
Per BIS Infotech: an MoU to design, manufacture and deploy SAR EO systems within India, pairing ICEYE tech with AgniKul launch.
Reliance Jio says it is evaluating a sovereign LEO broadband constellation
The RIL AGM statement commits to evaluating sovereign LEO capability; reported figures of ~1,600 satellites are unconfirmed.
IN-SPACe opens ISRO's LVM3 heavy-lift rocket to private industry via technology transfer
Per GKToday: IN-SPACe invited Expressions of Interest for private companies to manufacture, operate and commercialise LVM3.
SatSure wins Rs 24.6 crore IN-SPACe grant to build sovereign Earth observation AI models
Per Reuters: a $2.57M Technology Adoption Fund grant to develop AI models for Earth observation, one of three projects selected.