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To get there, the country needs to rope in young scientists, startups, investors, and private industry partners, none of whom respond well to a closed-off approach, senior ISRO scientists said. Publicising ISRO scientists' achievements has given them more confidence and brought space startups to the door, asking for guidance as they plan private launches. A more responsive agency makes such partnerships more attractive, private space insiders say. "Private industry does not need help, they need predictability," said D S Govindrajan, president of Aniara Communications, which provides satellite services for emerging markets. Modi's government, heading for elections next year, is pushing the development of India's space industry.

Persons: Namrata Goswami, Narendra Modi, Sruthi Parupudi, Somanath, Govindrajan, Ashok Sharma, Somak Raychaudhury, Raychaudhury, Nivedita, Gerry Doyle Organizations: ISRO, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, YouTube, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, Aniara Communications, NASA, University of New, Australian Defence Force Academy, Indian, NewSpace India, Indian Space Association, Ashoka University, Thomson Locations: India, Indian, Ahmedabad, U.S, China, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Bengaluru

☆ India's moon lander and rover are about to wake up from a nearly month-long nap as the sun rises on the moon again
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

India's moon rover and lander are set to wake up after a nearly month-long nap. For example, the moon rover confirmed the presence of sulphur in the lunar south pole region. India is the fourth country — after the US, Russia, and China — to land on the moon, and the first to ever land near the lunar south pole. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe lunar south pole region is of particular interest because it contains water ice. India's lunar lander and rover are the first to study the south pole region up-close and sample it directly.

Persons: they'd, ISRO's Vikram, Al Jazeera, Srikanth Organizations: Service, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, NASA Locations: Wall, Silicon, India, Russia, China

☆ India’s lunar rover goes down a ramp to the moon’s surface and takes a walk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A man reads a daily Hindi newspaper with front page reporting on successful landing of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon, in New Delhi on Aug. 24, 2023. A lunar rover slid down a ramp from the lander of India's spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon's south pole, Indian space officials said Thursday, as the country celebrated its new scientific accomplishment. "India took a walk on the moon," the state-run Indian Space Research Organization said, adding that the Chandrayan-3 Rover would conduct experiments over 14 days, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface. "India Goes Where No Nation's Gone Before,'' read Thursday's headline in The Times of India daily, while the Indian Express newspaper exclaimed, "The moon is Indian." "Prime Minister Narendra Modi or any other politician should not take credit for this achievement," Bhargava said in a telephone interview.

Persons: Ajay Bhargava, Narendra Modi, Bhargava Organizations: Space Research Organization, Rover, Indian Express Locations: New Delhi, India, Times

☆ Exclusive: L&T, HAL vetted to bid on India rocket privatisation-source
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BENGALURU, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Larsen & Toubro and Hindustan Aeronautics are among companies vetted to potentially bid in India's efforts to privatise its small satellite launch rocket, a source told Reuters, as the government seeks more investment in the booming space market. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) was developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the national space agency, as a low-cost means to launch satellites weighing up to 500 kg (1,102 lb) into low-earth orbit. They serve a booming market to launch clusters of satellites for communications and data that SpaceX and rivals compete in. India is aiming to increase its share of the global satellite launch market by fivefold within the next decade. Under that contract, the companies will manufacture and deliver five Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) - often called ISRO's "workhorse" rocket.

Persons: Larsen, Narendra Modi, Nivedita, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Toubro, Hindustan Aeronautics, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, SpaceX, HAL, Launch, Indian, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Bengaluru

☆ Chandrayaan-3 punches home India's lead in budget space flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] People watch a live stream of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's landing on the moon, inside an auditorium of Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad, India, August 23, 2023. Although India's government allocated the equivalent of $1.66 billion for the department of space for the fiscal year ending in March, it spent around 25% less. By contrast, NASA has a $25 billion budget for the current year. Put another way, the annual increase in NASA's budget - $1.3 billion - was more than what ISRO spent in total. It used Indian suppliers for vehicle assembly, transportation and electronics to keep costs low.

Persons: Amit Dave, Chandrayaan's, Russia's Luna, Somak Raychaudhury, Amit Sharma, Somanath, Narendra Modi's, Ankit Patel, Patel, Nivedita, Aditi Shah, Aftab Ahmed, Kevin Krolicki, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, NASA, ISRO, Somanath, Ashoka University, Tata Consulting Engineers, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad, India, Chandrayaan, Russia, Bengaluru, New

☆ India's moon landing made history at a low cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ISROThe list is grim reading: Stuck, failed, missed, failed, failed, stuck, failed, crashed, missed, crashed, crashed. Even in the modern era — with nine lunar landing attempts since 2013 — the track record is still shaky. Before India's success Wednesday, missions by China, India, Israel, Japan and Russia were three for eight in the past decade. School students watching the live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon at Sector 20 Brahmananda Public School on August 23, 2023 in Noida, India. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of India's moon landing is the shoestring budget — by government standards — with which the country achieved the mission.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell, Sunil Ghosh, Jim Bridenstine, Bridenstine, They've, who's Organizations: ISRO, Soviet Union's, Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Gravity, India, School, Hindustan Times, NASA, CNBC, Indian Space Research Organization, U.S, Payload Services, Space Foundation Locations: China, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Noida, U.S, India's, United States

☆ India counts down to crucial moon landing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

India's mission - Chandrayaan means "moon vehicle" in Hindi and Sanskrit - is its second attempt to land there. "Landing on the south pole (of the moon) would actually allow India to explore if there is water ice on the moon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will watch the landing from South Africa, where he is attending the ongoing BRICS summit, media reported. Rough terrain makes a south pole landing difficult, and a first landing would be historic. For India, a successful moon landing would mark its emergence as a space power as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government looks to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses.

Persons: Russia's Luna, ISRO's, Carla Filotico, Adnan Abidi, Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi's, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Indian Space Research, SpaceTec Partners, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, India, Russian, New Delhi, South Africa

☆ Explainer: Why are space agencies racing to the moon's south pole?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

BENGALURU/WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - India's space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources. India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. In the same year, another NASA probe that hit the south pole found water ice below the moon's surface. Russia's Luna-25 craft had been scheduled to land on the south pole this week but spun out of control on approach and crashed on Sunday. The south pole - far from the equatorial region targeted by previous missions, including the crewed Apollo landings - is full of craters and deep trenches.

Persons: India's, Russia's Luna, Nivedita, Joey Roulette, Kevin Krolicki, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Soviet Union, Apollo, Brown University, NASA, Indian Space Research, ISRO, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, United Nations, Artemis Accords, Chandrayaan, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, WASHINGTON, Soviet, United States, China, U.S, Russia, Bengaluru, Washington

☆ Why are space agencies racing to the moon's south pole?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. In the same year, another NASA probe that hit the south pole found water ice below the moon's surface. Russia's Luna-25 craft had been scheduled to land on the south pole this week but spun out of control on approach and crashed on Sunday. The south pole - far from the equatorial region targeted by previous missions, including the crewed Apollo landings - is full of craters and deep trenches. Both the United States and China have planned missions to the south pole.

Persons: India's, Russia's Luna, Nivedita, Joey Roulette, Kevin Krolicki, Gerry Doyle Organizations: ISRO, Handout, REUTERS, Soviet Union, Apollo, Brown University, NASA, Indian Space Research, United Nations, Artemis Accords, Chandrayaan, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, WASHINGTON, Soviet, United States, China, U.S, Russia, Bengaluru, Washington

☆ Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia's crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The mission - Chandrayaan means "moon vehicle" in Hindi and Sanskrit - is India's second attempt to land on the south pole of the moon. Rough terrain makes a south pole landing difficult, but making a first landing would be historic. India's moon mission blasted off on July 14, and the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 separated from the propulsion module last week. For India, a successful moon landing would mark its emergence as a space power as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government looks to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses. A successful mission would make India only the fourth country to successfully land on the moon, after the former USSR, the United States and China.

Persons: Russia's Luna, ISRO's, Narendra Modi's, Manish Purohit, Sivan, Pawan Chandana, Nivedita, Gerry Doyle, Mark Potter Organizations: ISRO, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Russian, Russia, India, Hollywood, USSR, United States, China, Bengaluru

☆ India blasts Chandrayaan-3 lander toward moon's south pole
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

About 16 minutes later, ISRO's mission control announced that the rocket had succeeded in putting the Chandrayaan-3 lander into an Earth orbit that will send it looping toward a moon landing next month. India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. [1/5]India's LVM3-M4 lifts off carrying the Chandrayaan-3 lander from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, India, July 14, 2023. The lunar landing is expected on Aug. 23, ISRO has said. Modi had earlier said on Twitter that the moon mission "will carry the hopes and dreams of our nation".

Persons: Jai Hind, Satish, Space, Stringer, ISRO's, Narendra Modi's, Modi, India, Technology Jitendra Singh, Nivedita, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Indian Space Research, Soviet, YouTube, REUTERS, ISRO, Twitter, State for Science, Technology, Skyroot Aerospace, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Andhra Pradesh, India, United States, Soviet Union, China, Sriharikota, Bengaluru

☆ India readies takeoff for mission to land spacecraft on moon's south pole
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, July 14 (Reuters) - India's space agency made final preparations on Friday for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to land a robotic rover on the moon's south pole, a first in space exploration. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft would also be the first to land at the lunar south pole, an area of special interest for space agencies and private space companies because of the presence of water ice that could support a future space station. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it had completed a review of the mission readiness ahead of Friday's scheduled launch. India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. "Joining a billion Indians in wishing great luck for #Chandrayaan3 mission!"

Persons: ISRO's, Narendra Modi's, Pawan Chandana, Nivedita, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed Organizations: Soviet, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Skyroot Aerospace, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, United States, Soviet Union, China, Andhra Pradesh, Bengaluru

☆ India readies moon mission aimed to stake claim as a space power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Only the United States, the former Soviet Union and China have made successful lunar landings. India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. The Soviet Union, the United States, and China are the only three countries that have successfully carried out soft landings on the moon. On a visit to the United States last month, Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to deepen collaboration in space.

Persons: Narendra Modi's, Ajey Lele, Modi, Joe Biden, Carla Filotico, Nivedita, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed Organizations: Soviet, Indian Space Research Organisation, New, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies, Soviet Union, Skyroot Aerospace, U.S, NASA, ISRO, SpaceTec Partners, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, United States, Soviet Union, China, Andhra Pradesh, India, Soviet, Denver, Bengaluru

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