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16 Sep

ISRO to launch first test vehicle mission for Gaganyaan by October

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India, Science & TechBusiness, India, ISRO

The first test vehicle of Gaganyaan, India's ambitious first manned spacecraft initiative to validate the crew escape system, will be launched within a month or two, a top ISRO official said on Friday. According to Bengaluru-headquartered National Space Agency officials, this will be the first of four aborted missions of the Gaganyaan programme. The first test vehicle mission, TV-D1, will be followed by the second test vehicle TV-D2 mission and the Gaganyaan's first uncrewed mission (LVM3-G1). Test vehicle missions with robotic payloads (TV-D3&D4) and a second series of LVM3-G2 missions are planned next. The crude mission is planned based on…

18 Nov

Skyroot, Digantar: The private firms helping India fly high in space

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsTech ByteISRO

"We started with a leap of faith." That's what Naga Bharath Daka tells when asked about Skyroot Aerospace, the Indian space-tech start-up he co-founded with a partner in 2018. Motivated by the promise give by the space sector, he and associate engineer Pawan Chandana left their secure government jobs at the ISRO- the country's government-run space agency - to set up Skyroot, that designs and make rocket components to send satellites into space. This week, Skyroot is trying to form a history by launching India's first privately developed rocket from ISRO's Sriharikota space centre in east of India. India's funding…