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What makes Skyroot’s Vikram-1 launch unique? | Explained
13+ hour, 38+ min ago (594+ words) Skyroot’s Vikram-1 has made India only the third country where a private company has independently placed payloads in orbit. Here’s what makes the mission significant The story so far: The Vikram-1 rocket, built by the Hyderabad firm Skyroot, shot through…...
Space payload built by VIT-AP students launched aboard Vikram-1 rocket
23+ hour, 58+ min ago (18+ words) VIT-AP students celebrate the successful launch of their space payload, VISWA-M, aboard the Vikram-1 rocket....
Why Kerala’s two private airline projects have hit an air pocket
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (293+ words) Published - July 18, 2026 12:34 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Speaking to The Hindu, a senior official associated with Air Kerala said although the airline had gone ahead with plans to launch services from Kerala, with the Cochin international airport as the hub of its…...
All you need to know about Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (478+ words) Updated - July 18, 2026 10:55 am IST Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, is set to lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday (July 18, 2026) at 11.30 a.m. The launch is expected to mark the entry of Indian…...
Oceansat-3A likely to be launched by year-end, says NRSC Director
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (247+ words) Updated - July 18, 2026 12:42 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM The Oceansat-3A satellite is likely to be launched before the end of this year, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) Director Prakash Chauhan said in Visakhapatnam on Friday. He was speaking after inaugurating the NICES-Coastal Observation…...
SRM University-AP unveils student-built air taxi ‘DOXI’
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (207+ words) Published - July 17, 2026 08:04 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA SRM University-AP has unveiled DOXI, an indigenous electric air taxi developed by a team of B. Tech students under the guidance of Pradyut Kumar Sanki, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Center for Drone Technology (CDT) of…...
SpaceX abruptly scrubs Starship test flight
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (344+ words) Published - July 17, 2026 11:28 am IST - South Padre Island SpaceX on Thursday (July 17, 2026) aborted what was to be its first Starship flight since the company went public, abruptly calling it off just as the booster began to ignite. "Some of the engines…...
Power grids face unexpected slow-burn threat from solar storms
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (215+ words) However, a new study in Space Weather has reported that these storms can also stress power grids in a hitherto unexpected way and that existing tools may not fully capture the effects. The findings are centred on a geomagnetic storm…...
India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket Vikram-1 set to liff off on July 18
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (327+ words) Published - July 16, 2026 05:28 pm IST - Bengaluru India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1 will be launched on July 18, 2026, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. Private space launch company Skyroot Aerospace on Thursday (July 16, 2026) announced that it will attempt to…...
Technical committee recommends new systems for strengthening LSGD Engineering wing
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (35+ words) A technical committee constituted by the State government has recommended new systems for overseeing quality, design and environmental aspects as part of several measures to strengthen the Engineering wing of the Local Self Government Department....