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Official PIB release title and October 12, 2026 publication date announcing the cyclone and marine weather decision-support system

Satellite weather services

IMD releases public cyclone and marine weather demonstrator

The map-based platform includes satellite-product controls, but its public landing page still labels the data as demonstrations and places operational information in the future.

15 October 20262 min read

Anil Menon in a white spacesuit works among equipment and handrails outside the International Space Station

Human Spaceflight

NASA assigns Anil Menon to final station solar-array spacewalks

NASA schedules Menon and Canada’s Joshua Kutryk for October 29 and November 5 installations. The assignments set a plan for completing the station’s power augmentation.

15 October 20262 min read

Glowing cubes and spherical nodes connected by thin arcs above a stylised blue Earth horizon

India space industry

OXG Space plans orbital demonstration after ₹17 crore round

Aum Ventures led the funding reported on 14 October, with the proceeds intended for the Bengaluru company's planned Mission Synapse programme.

15 October 20261 min read

Seven Expedition 75 crew members in blue flight suits, with Anil Menon second from left

Space medicine

Station log records Anil Menon’s October eye checks

NASA’s October 13 entry describes medical imaging to study microgravity’s effects on the eye. It reports activity, with no clinical findings.

14 October 20261 min read

Falcon 9 rises between launch-pad towers above bright exhaust in a NASA broadcast frame

Station Resupply

SpaceX launches final station solar arrays aboard cargo Dragon

NASA’s cargo flight carries Redwire’s final solar-array pair and health experiments. Docking is targeted for October 15, with array installation planned for later this fall.

14 October 20262 min read

Tree-lined entrance road and guarded gates at the Semiconductor Laboratory in Mohali

India space industry

IN-SPACe seeks wider use of indigenous chips in space

An October 13 webinar presented Mohali’s government laboratory and its product portfolio; customer orders and delivery terms remain unverified.

14 October 20262 min read

Weather satellites

EUMETSAT declares Meteosat infrared sounder data operational

The operator’s October 13 notice records the transition from pre-operational observations and supplies filename examples bearing the operational marker.

14 October 20262 min read

IAN Group announcement showing the ₹27 crore ThinkMetal funding headline, October 13 date and introductory transaction text

Space industry

IAN Group publishes ₹27 crore ThinkMetal funding disclosure

The investor identifies space among the Chennai manufacturer’s applications. It plans to back product development, materials research and commercial adoption; no space-specific allocation is disclosed.

14 October 20261 min read

Anil Menon, Sophie Adenot and Jessica Meir gathered in the space station’s Destiny laboratory, with Meir holding a commemorative patch

Station life

Anil Menon releases headstand video from space station

His October 11 post describes the focus needed for exercise in orbit and credits fellow astronaut Jack Hathaway as a coach.

13 October 20261 min read

Clouds over Cuba and the Bahamas, with turquoise shallow waters and dark open ocean

Earth observation

ESA publishes Sentinel-3C’s first images and radar measurements

The 8 October release shows early observations from the Copernicus satellite; ESA expects another five months of commissioning before service.

13 October 20262 min read

Conceptual painted landscape with orange agricultural fields and a blue winding river beneath a thin orbital arc

Earth observation

TRISHNA targets launch within 12–16 months for thermal mapping

A satellite-centre director outlined the window on October 11. The India–France Earth-observation mission remains in development, with no fixed launch date in the cited report.

13 October 20262 min read

Blue illustration of the International Space Station with modules, radiators and long solar-array wings

Commercial space

NASA opens final call for commercial space station proposals

The agency sets a December 8 deadline after its July draft consultation, with contract awards expected in spring 2027.

13 October 20262 min read