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  • 'Indian Space Policy 2023 gives us wings': Start-ups laud long-awaited regulation April 21, 2023 06:42 PM IST

    'Indian Space Policy 2023 gives us wings': Start-ups laud long-awaited regulation

    The Indian Space Policy was released on April 20 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), more than a week after the Cabinet approved it.

  • Short-term pain but long-term opportunities: How Indian space tech ecosystem is tackling global inflationary trends April 11, 2023 07:37 AM IST

    Short-term pain but long-term opportunities: How Indian space tech ecosystem is tackling global inflationary trends

    There has been a rise in launch prices globally, driven by a tight launch market. For Indian space tech start-ups, which are facing difficulty in obtaining funds from foreign VCs, new financial mechanisms could prove to be the saviour.

  • Skyroot Aerospace successfully tests rocket engine for Vikram II April 04, 2023 07:31 PM IST

    Skyroot Aerospace successfully tests rocket engine for Vikram II

    The Hyderabad-based start-up, which last year became the first Indian company to launch a rocket into space, successfully test fired Dhawan II, a 3D printed rocket engine

  • Indian space-tech start-ups laud United Nations resolution on banning ASAT tests January 18, 2023 04:51 PM IST

    Indian space-tech start-ups laud United Nations resolution on banning ASAT tests

    Anti-satellite weapons are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical purposes

  • India's space tech ecosystem soars to new heights in 2022, expects over $300 million in investment in 2023 December 26, 2022 10:24 AM IST

    India's space tech ecosystem soars to new heights in 2022, expects over $300 million in investment in 2023

    The industry is also anticipating the implementation of a new space policy in 2023, which will further open up the ecosystem.

  • GalaxEye Space raises $3.5 million in funding from Speciale Invest, Zerodha's Nithin Kamath, others December 15, 2022 12:34 PM IST

    GalaxEye Space raises $3.5 million in funding from Speciale Invest, Zerodha's Nithin Kamath, others

    With the fresh funding, the startup aims to hire talent and accelerate the launch of its multi-sensor satellite for earth observation.

  • Global chip shortage: High lead times, import woes plague Indian space tech startups December 04, 2022 11:44 AM IST

    Global chip shortage: High lead times, import woes plague Indian space tech startups

    According to Naga Bharat Daka, co-founder of Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace, a free trade agreement with European Union supply chain players would benefit the space tech ecosystem.

  • Skyroot Aerospace plans to launch Vikram-1 in one year November 29, 2022 01:25 PM IST

    Skyroot Aerospace plans to launch Vikram-1 in one year

    The Hyderabad-based space startup also aims to slash costs of space travel in the future.

  • Space Kidz India's student-made payloads aboard Skyroot's Vikram S rocket meet mission parameters November 28, 2022 04:29 PM IST

    Space Kidz India's student-made payloads aboard Skyroot's Vikram S rocket meet mission parameters

    Space Kidz India's payload, FunSAT, consisted of 80 experiments conducted by 160 students from India, the United States, Indonesia, and other countries.

  • Skyroot Aerospace aims to cut satellite launch cost by 50% November 27, 2022 02:36 PM IST

    Skyroot Aerospace aims to cut satellite launch cost by 50%

    Skyroot, which launched a test rocket last week, expects to cut the cost of a launch by 50 percent compared with current pricing of established competitors such as Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit and California-based Rocket Lab USA Inc

  • Private sector can boost ISRO's space growth story November 23, 2022 11:40 AM IST

    Private sector can boost ISRO's space growth story

    Skyroot Aerospace's successful launch lays foundation for private firms to enter Indian space sector. Skyroot says their rocket can also be integrated and launched within 24 hours from any launch site.

  • What Skyroot's Vikram-S lacked in spectacle, it made up for in significance November 19, 2022 11:56 AM IST

    What Skyroot's Vikram-S lacked in spectacle, it made up for in significance

    Mission Prarambh, a momentous day for Indian space ecosystem, was all of substance and not of show and rightly so

  • Vikram S | India's First Privately Built Rocket Launched | Mission Prarambh November 18, 2022 08:47 PM IST

    Vikram S | India's First Privately Built Rocket Launched | Mission Prarambh

    ISRO's Vikram-S, India's first privately-built rocket, was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The rocket has been developed by Skyroot Aerospace, a 4-year-old startup. 'Mission Prarambh' marks a major milestone in India's space journey - the space sector was opened to private players by the Centre in 2020. So, India's Space-X moment is finally here! What's next for India's growing prowess in space race? Watch the video to know more!

  • India Rocket launch: Skyroot Aerospace CEO Pawan Chandana Speaks To Moneycontrol | Exclusive November 18, 2022 04:04 PM IST

    India Rocket launch: Skyroot Aerospace CEO Pawan Chandana Speaks To Moneycontrol | Exclusive

    Private rocket launch India: Moments after the successful launch of India's first privately-built rocket, Skyroot Aerospace CEO Pawan Chandana speaks to Moneycontrol, says it looks like it was a 'perfect launch'. Chandana explains how Vikram-S launch will bolster preparations for the launch of the Vikram-1 rocket next year, and what this means for India's private space industry. He also tells us which sector will benefit the most from these launches - Watch!

  • Mission Prarambh: Skyroot successfully launches Vikram-S rocket November 18, 2022 11:56 AM IST

    Mission Prarambh: Skyroot successfully launches Vikram-S rocket

    Vikram-S, a carbon composite suborbital rocket carrying three customer payloads, launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 11:30 am.

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 November 18, 2022 06:22 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • Mission Prarambh: Meet the team firing up India’s first private rocket launch November 18, 2022 10:58 AM IST

    Mission Prarambh: Meet the team firing up India’s first private rocket launch

    Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharat Daka's Skyroot Aerospace is set to launch India's first private rocket on November 18. Chandana recounts to Moneycontrol how they went about the mission that would put their startup in the league of Elon Musk's SpaceX

  • India's first privately built rocket set for November 15 launch November 11, 2022 09:44 PM IST

    India's first privately built rocket set for November 15 launch

    The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named 'Prarambh' (the beginning), will carry payloads of two Indian and one foreign customers and is set for launch from the Indian Space Research Organisation's launchpad at Sriharikota.

  • Mission Prarambh: Skyroot Aerospace to launch Vikram-S from Sriharikota on November 18 November 17, 2022 12:17 PM IST

    Mission Prarambh: Skyroot Aerospace to launch Vikram-S from Sriharikota on November 18

    Named after the father of India's space programme Vikram Sarabhai, the sub-orbital solid-stage rocket, made of carbon composite with 3D-printed motors, would carry three customer payloads.

  • Agnikul Cosmos plans commercial launch of Agnibaan around March 2023 November 11, 2022 07:11 PM IST

    Agnikul Cosmos plans commercial launch of Agnibaan around March 2023

    Agnikul Cosmos is planning a test launch of its two-stage booster Agnibaan in December 2022. And, based on the findings of the test launch, the startup plans to conduct a commercial launch with customer payloads in March or April 2023, co-founder and CEO Srinath Ravichandran said.

  • What history tells us about 'first launches' of rockets November 10, 2022 02:52 PM IST

    What history tells us about 'first launches' of rockets

    Ahead of Skyroot Aerospace's maiden flight of its launch vehicle Vikram-S, here's a look at what happened on the first flights of other private companies and giants like ISRO and NASA's respective launch vehicles.

  • Skyroot Aerospace's Mission Prarambh: A closer look at India's first private rocket launch November 15, 2022 11:11 AM IST

    Skyroot Aerospace's Mission Prarambh: A closer look at India's first private rocket launch

    The mission has been named 'Prarambh,' which means 'beginning,' to commemorate the beginning of private sector launches in India.

  • Excitement is sky-high for India’s first private rocket, set to launch next week November 09, 2022 09:58 AM IST

    Excitement is sky-high for India’s first private rocket, set to launch next week

    Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot Aerospace is eyeing a window between November 12 and 16 for the launch of India's first privately-developed rocket, Vikram-S.

  • India's first private rocket to be launched between November 12-16 November 08, 2022 08:10 PM IST

    India's first private rocket to be launched between November 12-16

    The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named 'Prarambh' (the beginning), will carry two Indian and one foreign customer payloads and is set for launch from Indian Space Research Organisation's launchpad at Sriharikota.

  • Skyroot Aerospace set to launch India's first private rocket from ISRO's Sriharikota next week November 08, 2022 05:39 PM IST

    Skyroot Aerospace set to launch India's first private rocket from ISRO's Sriharikota next week

    The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named 'Prarambh' (the beginning), will carry three customer payloads and is set for launch from Indian Space Research Organisation's launchpad at Sriharikota.