India's first private orbital rocket launches Saturday from Dhawan Space Centre
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I lifts off July 18 with 350 kg to LEO, marking India's entry into the private orbital launch market and testing a novel four-stage solid-hypergolic architecture.
NISAR releases fully calibrated global SAR data, undercutting commercial radar market
NASA-ISRO's NISAR mission released dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar data covering every landmass on Earth every 12 days at 5–10 m resolution, free and open access, directly competing with commercial SAR vendors at medium resolution.
India's first OptoSAR satellite reaches orbit, reshaping Earth observation
GalaxEye launched Mission Drishti today, the world's first commercial satellite combining SAR and optical imaging in one payload, signaling India's emergence as a credible Earth observation competitor.
New Glenn's First Booster Reuse Succeeds, Upper Stage Fails Customer
Blue Origin landed its first reused New Glenn booster on NG-3 today, but the upper stage placed AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite into a lower-than-planned orbit, rendering it a total loss—splitting the mission verdict on booster reuse versus operational reliability.
India's AI Monsoon System Reached 38 Million Farmers in 2025
A government-backed AI forecasting system delivered probabilistic monsoon onset predictions to 38,845,214 Indian farmers across 13 states during Kharif 2025, achieving up to four weeks of advance notice for the first time in 150 years of monsoon science.