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India’s space agency, ISRO, is preparing to launch the heaviest American commercial satellite it has ever carried, the 6.5-tonne BlueBird-6, on 15 December from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.This mission underscores deepening Indo-US space collaboration, with ISRO’s reliable LVM3 rocket—nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ for its power—deploying the satellite into low Earth orbit. The launch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a cordial telephone conversation with United States President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking a significant moment in the evolving India-US relationship.The discussion, which took place amid ongoing negotiations for a Bilateral Trade Agreement, focused on reviewing the robust progress of the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.Both leaders
Space agency is investigating after Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekendNasa has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade, though the US space agency said it was trying to re-establ…
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, returned safely to Earth on Tuesday following an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Their journey concluded with a parachute-assisted landing at 10:03 am local time in Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan, after undocking from the ISS on the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft late on
India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, has made a significant contribution to the global scientific effort to understand solar storms, particularly an unusually powerful event that struck Earth in May 2024.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Tuesday that Aditya-L1 joined forces with six US satellites, including NASA’s Wind satellite, enabling researchers to study the
Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanityIt used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stre…
In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to meet policy makers and space agencies at the industry’s largest gathering, a look at the exploration and exploitation of spaceGood morning. This week Glasgow hosts one of the UK’s largest ever gatherings…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected electrical discharges, dubbed ‘mini-lightning’, in Mars’ thin atmosphere, marking the first direct evidence of such activity on the Red Planet.These faint sparks, resembling static electricity, were recorded amid dust devils and storms using the rover’s SuperCam microphone and electromagnetic sensors.The six-wheeled rover, operational in Jezero Crater
The US‑licensed BlueBird-6 satellite, built by AST SpaceMobile, is scheduled to launch on 15 December 2025 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on ISRO’s LVM‑3 heavy‑lift rocket, subject to final confirmation by Indian authorities.Weighing about 6.5 tons, it will be among the heaviest commercial communications spacecraft ever placed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and marks a major
Blue Origin says it is aiming for another attempt as soon as Wednesday as competition with Musk’s SpaceX intensifies Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced on Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glen…