PM Narendra Modi says successful launch will 'encourage countless youngsters to dream bigger and innovate fearlessly'.
Coastal observation research laboratory inaugurated at Andhra University’s Centre for Studies on Bay of Bengal
Vikram-1’s flight sequence, from lift-off to orbit injection, will cover 14 phases, and the total duration of the flight will be 15.46 minutes
Private space launch company Skyroot Aerospace on July 16, 2026 announced that it will attempt to launch Vikram-1 from the space port’s first launch pad at 11.30 a.m..
NASA chief Jared Isaacman made a rare visit to the Russia-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome to witness the launch.
China succeeded in recovering the reusable rocket used in the maiden launch of the Long March 10B on Friday. The 70-metre (230-foot) tall, 5-metre wide medium-lift rocket lifted off from southern China’s Wenchang space launch site at 12.15pm. Soon after launch, the first stage of the rocket returned vertically and was recovered via a sea-based net platform, according to state news agency Xinhua. The two-stage Long March 10B’s first stage is powered by seven YF-100K engines that burn kerosene...
With SpaceX completing the biggest public offering in history, Elon Musk’s reusable chemical rockets seem to be the only game in town for getting to space. But halfway around the globe, a little-known Chinese town tucked against the Tibetan Plateau could change all that. In late March, the government of the city of Ziyang said a research facility successfully tested a high-temperature superconducting navigation system, which they said was a breakthrough in electromagnetic rocket launch...