BENGALURU: Spacetech startup Dhruva Space is set to launch its first commercial mission, LEAP-1, in the third quarter of 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9. The mission, a landmark for the 2012-founded Hyderabad-based company, will host advanced AI and hyperspectral imaging payloads from Australian firms Akula Tech and Esper Satellites on Dhruva’s indigenously developed P-30 satellite…
Dror-1 satellite launched (Image credits: Israel War Room) Israel’s new national communications satellite, Dror-1, was successfully launched into space early Sunday morning from Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch facility in Florida.The Dror-1 satellite, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), weighs 4.5 tons, spans 17.8 meters, and is equipped with the largest transmission and reception antennas ever…
Nasa has postponed the planned launch of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, which includes Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and crew members from Poland and Hungary, was rescheduled for Sunday, June 22. It will now take place on a later date yet to be announced.“Nasa has made the decision to…
ISS leaks ‘small’; ‘not uncommon’ to delay launch: Nasa BENGALURU: Nasa, which, along with Axiom Space, delayed the launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) owing to leaks in a Russian service module of the ISS earlier this week, has categorised the same as “small”. The US space agency is…
