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  • 'Astrobase' builds India’s most advanced full-flow staged combustion rocket engine

    Indian startup Astrobase is developing an advanced methane rocket engine using full-flow combustion, aiming for a reusable medium-lift launch vehicle and a maiden orbital launch by 2029.

  • ISRO BlueBird‑6 launch rescheduled: When, where and how to watch

    ISRO has rescheduled the BlueBird‑6 launch to December 21, 2025. The heaviest US satellite will enhance global broadband. Watch the live launch from Sriharikota on official ISRO channels.

  • Delayed again: ISRO's heaviest US commercial satellite, "BlueBird‑6" to launch on 21st December

    ISRO’s BlueBird‑6, the heaviest US commercial satellite, was scheduled to launch on 15th December strengthening Indo-US collaboration in global space technology, faces an unknown launch delay. The mission is now expected to take place on 21st December.

  • ISRO to lift heaviest 6.5-tonne US satellite BlueBird-6 — What makes it special?

    India’s ISRO will launch the 6.5-tonne BlueBird-6 on 15 December, a mission promising new mobile broadband reach. But why does this satellite matter so much for global connectivity?

  • Countdown to mammoth liftoff begins: ISRO's 'Bahubali' rocket to hurl heaviest American satellite BlueBird-6 into space on Dec 15

    The mission is being executed by NewSpace India Ltd, ISRO's commercial arm

  • India’s Aditya-L1 cracks the mystery behind powerful solar storm of 2024

    India’s Aditya‑L1 mission, revealed why the 2024 solar storm was unusually powerful. Scientists mapped magnetic reconnection inside colliding coronal mass ejections, improving storm predictions.

  • Chandrayaan-3 reveals ‘active’ Moon's South Pole with intense plasma activity

    Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar mission. It aimed to show a soft landing and rover movement. Vikram landed near the South Pole in 2023.

  • India targets $45 billion space economy driven by private firms

    PM Modi has intensified efforts to close the gap with countries such as China, which already operates its own space station and aims to send astronauts to the moon by 2030

  • World’s most expensive satellite Nisar sends first sharp look at India as science phase begins

    Nisar’s S-Band radar captured the Godavari River Delta with striking detail, showing mangroves, fields, arecanut crops and aquaculture ponds.

  • PM Modi inaugurates Skyroot’s new infinity campus and Vikram-I Rocket

    The newly constructed site spans nearly 200,000 square feet total. It supports designing, developing and testing several launch vehicles. The campus can produce one orbital rocket each month.

  • ISRO to launch US communication satellite using LVM3 rocket on commercial basis in December

    ISRO chairman V Narayanan clarified that it is not a collaboration mission, but an American satellite would be launched on a commercial basis.

  • ‘Only three nations achieved it’: Gaganyaan astronaut Papa Bravo Nair outlines India’s human spaceflight ambition

    Gaganyaan-1 will serve as the programme’s first uncrewed test. ISRO has scheduled the planned mission for December 2025.

  • ISRO releases striking new image of Comet 3I/ATLAS from Mount Abu telescope

    Scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory used their 1.2-metre telescope to observe comet 3I/ATLAS.

  • Learning from Axiom-4 mission being compared with planning for Gaganyaan: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla

    Shukla, who became the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), said the formal training for the Gaganyaan mission would begin soon.

  • ISRO collects advanced Chandrayaan-2 data to aid study of Moon’s polar regions

    The space agency said the polar mosaics include key radar parameters that reveal the physical and electrical (dielectric) characteristics of the Moon’s surface and subsurface

  • ISRO chief announces NISAR satellite to be declared operational on 7th November

    India’s NISAR satellite, a joint NASA‑ISRO mission, will start operations soon, while ISRO chief confirms first uncrewed Gaganyaan flight in January 2026.

  • SS Rajamouli celebrate as ISRO names ‘Baahubali’ rocket for successful CMS-03 satellite launch: "Truly a privilege"

    Filmmaker SS Rajamouli congratulated ISRO on the successful launch of its heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03, aboard the rocket affectionately named “Baahubali.” He expressed pride in India’s technological strength, noting the rocket’s name as a tribute to the power and legacy of his iconic film franchise.

  • ISRO scientists perform vital experiment in LVM3-M05 mission's cryogenic stage

    Addressing from the Mission Control Centre after the successful launch, Narayanan said the scientists had reignited the thrust chamber in the C25 cryogenic stage of the 43.5 metre tall rocket after reaching the desired orbit

  • Watch | ISRO launches 'Bahubali' LVM3-M5 rocket with heaviest communication satellite ever from Indian soil

    This launch marks another stride in the country’s push to build self-reliant, high-capability space infrastructure.

  • ISRO sends its record-breaking military satellite into orbit with rocket LVM3

    ISRO will launch its CMS-03 satellite using the LVM3-M5 rocket, strengthening India’s secure defence communication network from geostationary orbit.

  • ISRO’s mighty ‘Bahubali’ LVM3-M5 to lift off with heaviest communication satellite: All you need to know

    ISRO News: The CMS-03 satellite will provide multi-band communication services across the Indian mainland and surrounding oceanic regions

  • ISRO to launch communication satellite on November 2

    Weighing about 4,400 kg, it will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil

  • Empathy, collaboration remain key pillars to success: ISRO chief to BIT students

    Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan urged students to dream and aim for greater things, set high targets, and work for it.

  • Meet ISRO’s Vyommitra: India’s humanoid robot that talks, thinks and works, set to fly on Gaganyaan mission

    Vyommitra combines mechanical precision with artificial intelligence. It can recognise speech, move its limbs, and identify instruments using vision-based technology.

  • A 45-foot asteroid will pass very close to Earth today, NASA alerts

    A small asteroid will pass relatively close to Earth, highlighting the importance of global tracking and research. Scientists continue monitoring near-Earth objects to ensure planetary safety.

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