Space is the next frontier for India s startups and major industrial groups are attempting to conquer it.With the BJP government last year announcing to open the sector for private players, many startups have entered this relatively new .
Coronavirus grounded Indian space sector in first half of 2021
Sun, Jul 4 2021 10:12 IST |
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India s second spaceport for launching small satellites would be located in Tamil Nadu s Thoothukudi district, ISRO chief K. Sivan said. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, July 4 : A successful commercial launch, charting the decadal plan, coming out with a draft policy to allow private players, transferring medical equipment technologies was how the government owned space sector closed the Covid-19 affected first half of 2021.
On their part, the private sector players raised funds, got components manufactured overseas, designed rockets and satellites from home. We began the year with the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that placed into orbit 19 satellites including Brazil s earth observation satellite Amazonia-1, K. Sivan, Secretary, Department of Space (DOS) told IANS.
Guess what s keeping Indian space startups busy during lockdown
Sun, May 23 2021 14:36 IST |
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Chennai, May 23 : Young promoters of space startups are reaching for the skies.
They are raising funds, getting components manufactured overseas, designing rockets and satellites from home and gearing up to send their own rockets or rockets of others carrying their satellites into space.
They tell you that their earlier plans were affected by the Covid-19 lockdowns, but they hope their rockets and satellites would be set for lift-off in a year s time.
Two private rocket makers, Skyroot Aerospace and Agnikul Cosmos, recently announced raising $11 million each.
On the other hand, the Bengaluru-based satellite maker Syzygy Space Technologies Pvt Ltd, commonly known as Pixxel, had to postpone its first satellite launch slated early this year by an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket owing to a software glitch.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has opened its doors to two Indian start-ups to test their satellites at the UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru.