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ISRO may launch four Kleos Space satellites in November — ending COVID-19 hiatus

"The Company has been informed (by NSIL via Spaceflight Inc.) that the launch of the four Kleos …

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Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch another 60 Starlink internet satellites into Earth’s orbit tonight

The next big batch of Starlink satellites will take to the skies tonight. The 60 new satellites wil…

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​​ISRO to kick off 2021 by launching its first Indian start-up passenger into space aboard the PSLV-C51

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)The first quarter of 2021 will see Indian space agency's till ringing w…

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A once-in-century solar storm could fry power grids and knock out satellites. Here's why scientists worry it could happen soon.

Powerful solar storms that can knock out power grids are extremely rare. But these are more likely …

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Indian space startup Agnikul may be looking outside India to launch its rockets

"Our first preference is to use Indian rocket ports at Sriharikota or the upcoming one at Kulase…

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A new Indian government company will sell space technology to private players

The space industry was part of the Narendra Modi government’s Vision 2030 announced during the rece…

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ISRO's commercial arm bags orders to launch four foreign satellites as it looks to invest ₹10,000 crore over the next five years

State-run NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL), the commercial arm of the space department, bagged orders to l…

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Elon Musk's SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites — this time using the same Falcon 9 booster as its first crewed mission

Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX launched another set of 60 Starlink satellites into the sky to…

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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit to go public in SPAC merger valuing the satellite launch company at $3.2 billion

Virgin Orbit in January took 10 small satellites to Earth's orbit for NASA in its first successful …

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India’s new rocket will let ISRO launch satellites month-on-month

Each satellite will cost between ₹30-35 crore each and can carry satellites weighing up to 500…

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Rocket Lab just launched its first spacecraft, transforming a leftover piece of its rocket into a satellite that can carry missions to the moon or Venus

This first launch is just a demo, but NASA has already contracted a Photon spacecraft to fly a moon…

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Elon Musk's SpaceX sees valuation jump 33% to top $100 billion, becoming the 2nd-most valuable private company, report says

SpaceX trails behind TikTok parent Bytedance, which is worth $140 billion, and has leapfrogged paym…

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Ukraine says Elon Musk's Starlink has been 'very effective' in countering Russia, and China is paying close attention

Starlink has allowed Ukrainians to keep their communications channels open, and Chinese researchers…

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Astra CEO says space will be the next big platform as more satellites take orbit, but we need some regulations to avoid chaos

Astra CEO Chris Kemp said the space industry is on the verge of becoming as ubiquitous as the inter…

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'I am incredibly sorry that we failed': Rocket Lab's 13th space mission didn't reach orbit on Saturday, losing 7 small satellites in the process

An Electron launch vehicle built by Rocket Lab failed to deliver seven small satellites to orbit mi…

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ISRO doesn't know when it will be ready to restart space launches

What would have been an insipid first half of the calendar year 2020 for the Indian space agency tu…

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Scientists are piggybacking on internet satellites to break free from GPS dependence

GPS has become one of the core features of modern communication devices, be it smartphones or dedic…

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India likely to launch its 'eye in the sky' satellite GISAT-1 on March 28 to monitor borders and natural disasters

The rocket will place the spacecraft in a geosynchronous orbit. It will be subsequently positi…

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