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Since the 1970s the island of Sriharikota has served as the country's Cape Canaveral, with the national space agency launching scores of spacecraft headed as far as the moon and Mars. But in November a new tenant appeared.

Secretary general of ISpA, Lt Gen (Retd) Anil Kumar Bhatt says an early approval of the Space Activity Bill would be the next logical step in ensuring a global acceptance of the Indian space sector

The policy formally laid down the regulations of privatizing space missions in India, and also denoted clear guidelines of operations for NewSpace India Limited (Nsil) — Isro’s commercial arm — and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe).

According to the Space Policy, the Centre sought to establish an ‘overarching, composite and dynamic framework’ to implement privatization of space

The document paves way for large consumers of space technology or services such as communication, remote-sensing, data services, launch services, etc., to directly procure from any source, whether private or public

NEW DELHI: India is working on new space collaborations with Saudi Arabia, focusing on downstream applications and satellite manufacturing, the Indian Space Research Organization said on Friday. ISRO, India’s national space agency, has been cooperating with the Kingdom under a 2010 agreement with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. There has been growing interest

NEW DELHI: When the Vikram-S rocket was launched in November, it set a new milestone in India’s space industry — a success for the private players who recently entered a domain that for decades belonged only to the state. The privately built rocket took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and reached an apogee of 89.5 km, making its owners, Skyroot

Kashmiri Pandit Killed: Once again the atmosphere of panic in the valley and the concerns of the people of minority Hindu community have increased. Meanwhile, Asaduddin Owaisi has targeted the central government and Jammu and Kashmirs LG Manoj Sinha.

In the last two years there have been significant changes in the space sector, “we need to discuss it introspect on it and see how we can empower and create a resilient space ecosystem in India, said Lt. Gen Anil Kumar Bhatt, Director General, Indian Space Association (ISpA) in the keynote address of the session “Indian space startups experience and eco-system creator.”

MoS Jitendra Singh has informed the Lok Sabha that 75 spacetech startups are currently registered with the DPIIT.