Launch
ISRO publishes 175-tonne semi-cryogenic power-head test result
The 88%-thrust firing exercised ignition build-up, steady-state operation and the main turbopumps, but a full-power power head, complete engine and flight stage still remain.
Editorial desk
Launch
Launch vehicles, test campaigns and the infrastructure carrying Indian spacecraft from the pad into orbit.
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.
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.