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26 Jun

Indian pvt players can build and operate rocket launch sites

Chennai: India has decided to allow private companies to establish and operate rocket launch sites within and outside the country, subject to prior authorisation from the government. Similarly, any rocket launch (orbital or sub-orbital) from Indian or overseas territory can be carried out only with authorisation from Indian National Space Promotion & Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), an independent body constituted by the Government of India, under the Department of Space (DOS). The launch could be from own or leased launch site and also from mobile platforms (land, sea or air) as per the Draft National Space Transportation Policy-2020 brought out by the…

25 Jun

New navigation policy on anvil, IN-SPACe to be separate vertical: ISRO chief

Chennai: The proposed Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), part of space sector reforms aimed at bringing in private sector participation, will be a separate vertical under the Department of Space (DOS), said ISRO Chairman K.Sivan on Thursday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief also said a new Navigation Policy is also being proposed. Suitable changes in Remote Sensing Data Policy as well as SATCOM policy are also on the anvil as a part of aligning them to an open and inclusive space sector.In an online address from Bengaluru, Sivan said the IN-SPACe as a separate vertical for…

21 Dec

2019 – A year of several new beginnings for Indian space sector

Chennai: The year 2019 was a year of several new beginnings for India's space sector that is now on Mission 2.0 mode.The year also saw the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scoring a couple of half centuries, like putting into orbit 50 foreign satellites and also sending up its 50th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).However, the one jarring note in the success symphony was the crash landing of India's moonlander Vikram on the lunar surface. The year also saw ISRO and Department of Space (DoS) taking firm steps towards setting up of second rocket launch pad in Tamil Nadu; flying Indian…