Page 2 - Satellites

Mumbai-based start-up plans to set up fuel stations in outer space

Orbit Fab, a US-based company, has also unveiled plans to launch re-fuelling services for satellites and aims to set up fuel depots in low earth and geostationary orbits

Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch OneWeb satellites

OneWeb is a joint venture between India Bharti Global and the UK government

Spectrum prices must be nominal: Nelco managing director P J Nath

Nelco has tied up with Canadian-based satellite operator Telesat and will offer broadband services in 2024

Starlink services now have 250,000 users across 25 countries: Elon Musk

SpaceX has about 1,800 Starlink satellites in orbit.

Satellite broadband: RIL's entry could mark start of another telecom battle

Reliance could also build a constellation from scratch as Google is doing but that would be time-consuming. Plus, the competition has already put up large numbers of satellites in space

Starlink's satellite blitz and the issue of close encounters in space

The last decade has seen increasing problems with space junk and live satellites

Keep hands off USO fund, it's our money: Telecom firms to satellite players

The USO fund was set up by the government in 2003 to provide a subsidy for inclusive communication growth.

Satellite communications could improve quality of existing mobile networks

Satellite communication is expensive, but it has a strong use case

Amazon seeks US approval to deploy 4,500 additional satellites

Amazon had said previously it planned to spend at least $10 billion to build 3,236 such satellites through its Project Kuiper programme

Satellites could help track if nations keep their carbon pledges

The researchers said that by plugging satellite measurements of CO2 into an Earth-systems model, they were able to detect small reductions in atmospheric concentration of the gas over the US

Bharti-backed OneWeb, Neom Tech form $200 mn JV for satellite network

The joint venture firm will see the deployment of OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to provide connectivity to enable Neom's ecosystem of cognitive technologies.

India opens inflight data market to UK satellite firm Inmarsat

Inmarsat's connectivity comes from satellites in geostationary orbit, but it will likely end up competing with new deep-pocketed low-earth orbit satellite rivals like Elon Musk's SpaceX

PM Modi to launch industry body Indian Space Association on Monday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Indian Space Association, a grouping of space and satellite companies, at a virtual event on October 11, the industry body said on Thursday. Indian Space Association (ISpA) represents homegrown and global corporations with advanced capabilities in space and satellite technologies. Its founding members include Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Nelco (Tata Group), OneWeb, Mapmyindia, Walchandnagar Industries and Ananth Technology Limited. Other core members include Godrej, Hughes India, Azista-BST Aerospace Private Limited, BEL, Centum Electronics and Maxar India. "We are truly honoured to have the Hon'ble Prime Minister grace the launch ceremony and outline his vision for the growth of India's space industry and making our nation a global leader in the space arena," ISpA Director General A K Bhatt said in a statement. L&T-NxT Senior Executive Vice President for Defence, Jayant Patil has been appointed as the first chairman of ISpA, ...

ISRO's commercial arm NSIL announces first demand driven satellite mission

ISRO's commercial arm, NewSpace India Limited on Friday announced its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the Government in June last year

Drone use, satellite imagery for agriculture insurance may be a must

Govt, Irdai considering using artificial intelligence to control fraud claims, cut delays in settlement

Launching into space? Not so fast. Insurers baulk at new coverage

The insurance dilemma underlines a greater problem: no one is cleaning up the mess in space

Earth Observation Satellite 03 scheduled for launch on August 12

The Earth Observation Satellite-03 is scheduled to be launched on August 12, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Singh is the Minister of State in-charge of the Department of Space. "GSLV-F10 is slated to launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-03 on August 12, 2021 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. #ISRO," Singh tweeted on Monday. Last week, in a written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Singh had said that GSLV F10 would launch EOS-03 in the third quarter of 2021. PSLV-C52 is scheduled to launch EOS-04, another earth observation satellite, in the third quarter of 2021. The first developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV- D1, is scheduled to launch EOS-02 in the fourth quarter of 2021. PSLV-C53 is also scheduled to launch EOS-06 in the fourth quarter of 2021, Singh said.

DoT issues LoI to Bharti's OneWeb for satellite services licence

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a letter of intent (LoI) to Bharti group-backed OneWeb for satellite services in India, according to an official source

India's satellite navigation sector set for higher growth trajectory

India's satellite based navigation and augmentation services sector appears headed for a higher growth trajectory with the proposed ignition of a policy push towards effective development, operation and maintenance of such systems. The Department of Space (DoS) plans to devise a "comprehensive and substantive" national policy for satellite based navigation -- the Indian Satellite Navigation Policy - 2021 (SATNAV Policy - 2021). Its draft has now been hosted on the website of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for public consultation after which it would be placed before the Union Cabinet for final approval. It seeks to "Achieve self-reliance in satellite based navigation and augmentation services with emphasis on assuring availability & quality, enhancing usage, working towards progressive evolution of the services and promoting research & development". In the last few decades, there has been a phenomenal growth in the number of applications that rely .

Space for innovation

A journalist's accounts of India's early scientists are vital for the republic to remind itself of what inclusive nation-building can look like