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How Many Satellites Are Orbiting Earth?

Supriya Chakrabarti 09/10/2021

No year in the past compares to 2021: as...

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Need for Speed: Why Rapid Space Launch Capability Is Important for India

Pranav R. Satyanath 03/03/2020

Our current era is typified by a space race...

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Thanks to Starlink There’s a New Void in Space: the Absence of Rules of the Road

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/11/2019

An abundance of financial incentives, a dearth of policies...

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What Does India Really Hope to Gain From the ASAT Test?

Arup Dasgupta 04/04/2019

The debris aspect of the ASAT test has received...

GSAT-6A seen with two halves of the payload faring of GSLV F08, ahead of the mission's launch on March 29, 2018. Credit: ISRO

Confirmed: GSAT 6A Comms Satellite in Trouble as ISRO Loses Contact

The Wire Staff 01/04/2018

According to sources, the satellite's second orbit-raising manoeuvre was...

The propellant for the IRNSS 1D satellite being filled ahead of its launch in March 2015. Credit: ISRO

‘India’s GPS’ Delayed by Deadline Overruns, ISRO’s ‘Administrative Laxity’: CAG

The Wire Staff 14/03/2018

The project is riddled with major deadline and cost...

The GRASP instrument. Credit: ISAC/ISRO

ISRO’s Mk III Launched a Little-Known Instrument Called GRASP – This Is What It Does

R. Ramachandran 26/06/2017

GRASP will be important to design better electronics, to...