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India’s US Satellite Launch Caps 2025 on High Note

By BPN News Desk December 26, 2025

India successfully launched a United States commercial satellite into orbit, marking a major milestone in its space activities and international cooperation in 2025. The mission was carried out by the Indian Space Research Organisation using its heavy-lift launch vehicle, placing the US-built satellite into its intended orbit. The launch further strengthened India’s

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Russia Plans Lunar Power Station by 2036

By BPN News Desk December 25, 2025

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has announced plans to establish a power station on the Moon by 2036 as part of its long-term lunar exploration programme. The project is aimed at supporting sustained scientific and technological operations on the lunar surface rather than short-duration missions. Power Supply for Future Lunar Missions According to officials, the proposed

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ISRO’s LVM3 Launches Heaviest Payload Successfully

By BPN News Desk December 24, 2025

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday successfully launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite aboard its LVM3-M6 heavy-lift rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The mission marked the heaviest payload ever carried by India’s LVM3 launch vehicle, also popularly known as the Baahubali rocket. Mission details

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ISRO Clears Gaganyaan Drogue Parachute Tests

By BPN News Desk December 21, 2025

The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully completed a crucial set of drogue parachute deployment qualification tests for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, marking another key milestone toward India’s first crewed space mission. Key Safety System Validated ISRO confirmed that the tests were conducted to validate the performance of drogue parachutes used

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ISRO to Launch US Satellite on December 24

By BPN News Desk December 20, 2025

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a United States commercial communication satellite on December 24, marking another major milestone in India’s growing role in the global space launch market. The mission will be carried out from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota using ISRO’s heavy-lift launch vehicle. Details of the […]

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Scientists Warn of Satellite Collision Risk in Low Earth Orbit

By BPN News Desk December 17, 2025

Scientists have raised concerns over the growing risk of a major satellite collision in low Earth orbit, warning that the increasingly crowded space environment could trigger a chain reaction of crashes with serious consequences. Researchers say the rapid rise in the number of satellites and debris fragments has significantly increased the probability of collisions if […]

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NASA Loses Contact With MAVEN Mars Orbiter

By BPN News Desk December 12, 2025

NASA has confirmed that it lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. The communication drop occurred on December 6, after the spacecraft passed behind the planet during its normal orbit. When MAVEN was expected to re-establish contact after emerging from Mars’ far side, mission controllers did […]

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PM Unveils Skyroot’s Vikram-I, India’s First Private Orbital Rocket

By BPN News Desk November 27, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Vikram-I, India’s first privately built orbital rocket, at Skyroot Aerospace’s newly inaugurated Infinity Campus in Hyderabad. The event marks a major milestone for India’s private space sector as it moves towards independent launch capabilities. Features Of Vikram-I Vikram-I is designed to place small satellites — up to nearly 300 kg

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ISRO Launches Heaviest Communication Satellite, CMS-03

By BPN News Desk November 2, 2025

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its communication satellite CMS‑03—also known as GSAT-7R—on 2 November 2025 at 17:26 IST from the Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The satellite, weighing about 4,410 kg, was placed into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), making it the heaviest communication satellite

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Gaganyaan Mission 90% Work Complete

By BPN News Desk October 24, 2025

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that nearly 90% of the developmental work for India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, is complete. Chairman V Narayanan said the mission is progressing steadily with critical systems nearing readiness. Crewed Flight Targeted for 2027 ISRO has set early 2027 as the target for the first crewed […]