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Every dispatch, feature and dossier published by the Space Exploration .IN newsroom.

Launch

Vikram-1 reaches orbit on India’s first private orbital launch

Skyroot’s four-stage launcher placed two satellites in low Earth orbit on its maiden flight, crossing a threshold for India’s commercial launch ecosystem.

18 July 20268 min read

Editorial illustration of Aditya-L1 observing the Sun from the Sun–Earth L1 region

Solar science

Aditya-L1 opens a third cycle of observing time

With more than 30 TB of mission data already public, ISRO is inviting India’s solar-physics community to propose the observatory’s next investigations.

16 July 20266 min read

Editorial illustration of the SOLVE test vehicle ascending beside a descending crew capsule

Human spaceflight

The motor test shaping Gaganyaan’s next escape trials

SOLVE turns modified PSLV hardware into a flexible test bed for India’s crew-module parachute system. Here is what the first firing proved—and what comes next.

04 July 20267 min read

Editorial illustration connecting a crew capsule, modular orbital station and lunar lander

The 2047 dossier

From Gaganyaan to an Indian station in orbit

A mission-by-mission guide to the approved modules, return technologies and launch systems connecting today’s crew programme to Bharatiya Antariksh Station and a lunar landing.

28 April 202610 min read

Editorial illustration of tracking stations monitoring close approaches around an Indian satellite

Space safety

India’s orbital traffic report, decoded

ISSAR-2025 shows how a record launch year translated into more conjunction alerts, more manoeuvre reviews and a heavier operational burden for spaceflight safety.

16 April 20269 min read

Editorial illustration of three research participants approaching an analogue habitat in the mountains of Ladakh

Human factors

Mission MITRA puts crew teamwork under high-altitude stress

A week-long analogue campaign in Leh is studying how Gaganyatris and ground teams communicate, decide and adapt when isolation and thin air raise the pressure.

03 April 20267 min read

Editorial illustration of a mixed Earth-observation constellation scanning the Indian subcontinent

Industry

Inside India’s privately led national Earth-observation constellation

A Pixxel-led consortium plans a 12-satellite system spanning optical, multispectral, radar and hyperspectral imaging under a five-year public–private programme.

21 January 20268 min read

Editorial illustration of engineers reviewing telemetry around the third stage of a launch vehicle

Launch analysis

What the PSLV-C62 anomaly review needs to answer

ISRO has located the mission anomaly near the end of the third stage and begun a detailed analysis. Until that work is published, the evidence supports questions—not conclusions.

12 January 20266 min read