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India’s missions. The people and companies behind them.This week · 34 updates ↓

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PierSight publishes Varuna 2.0 vibration-test update

The company’s public account records testing at ISRO’s Space Applications Centre. The qualification model is a development prototype; the records do not establish flight-hardware qualification.

Gujarati lettering names the Government of India, Department of Space and Space Applications Centre on a pale stone wall in Ahmedabad
Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, on a wall photographed on January 3, 2012. Credit: Yohaan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Original photograph unchanged; this archival view does not show Varuna 2.0 or its tests.

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Conceptual illustration of a crew capsule heading from Earth to a modular Indian space station, and a separate lunar lander traveling toward the Moon
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3–9 November 202634 updates

  • Industry 8
  • Science 9
  • Missions 15
  • Policy 1
  • Launch 1

09 November 2026

  1. India space industryPierSight publishes Varuna 2.0 vibration-test update1 min read
  2. Earth observationCopernicus records Sentinel-5P’s return to nominal operations1 min read
  3. Space missionsNASA releases recording of Menon and Rober’s student call1 min read
  4. Satellite fire monitoringiFOREST launches Fire Watch for satellite crop-burning monitoring1 min read
  5. Lunar explorationNASA plans nuclear-powered PROMISE rover for Moon’s south pole2 min read

08 November 2026

  1. Satellite fire monitoringNovember 5 satellite bulletin records 837 paddy-fire detections1 min read
  2. Planetary defenceHera thermal images track Dimorphos cooling in shadow2 min read
  3. Space missionsCharter adds Canadian radar maps for Andhra flood districts2 min read
  4. Mars explorationNASA prepares Gold for powered Earth flyby towards Mars3 min read
  5. Space policyTRAI proposes national authorisation for satellite network providers2 min read
  6. Human SpaceflightMenon and Kutryk install space station’s final roll-out solar array1 min read
  7. India space industryHical secures Premji investment for India manufacturing expansion2 min read
  8. Space industryAequs files warrant allotment after ₹325 crore upfront payment2 min read
  9. Space industryCosmoserve plans capture tests after $6 million seed announcement2 min read

05 November 2026

  1. Space IndustryFunding notice names Yantrify and Twin Earth AI1 min read
  2. Satellite fire monitoringIARI publishes satellite bulletin with 467 paddy-fire detections1 min read
  3. Space missionsCharter publishes Korean satellite maps of Andhra districts1 min read
  4. Planetary defenceHera-JAPAN publishes observing plan for two asteroids1 min read
  5. Space IndustryFoundation publishes ₹49.98 lakh investment notice for BAAS1 min read
  6. Human SpaceflightNASA clears Menon and Kutryk for final solar-array spacewalk1 min read
  7. Swift ObservatoryNASA records Swift re-entry over North Sumatra1 min read
  8. Satellite navigationISRO publishes final orbit-manoeuvring details for NVS-031 min read

04 November 2026

  1. Space missionsCharter adds Sentinel-2 map for Anakapalli after Cyclone Arnab1 min read
  2. Radar satellite launchRocket Lab deploys radar satellite for Japan’s iQPS2 min read
  3. Earth observationCopernicus posts delay notice covering three Sentinel missions1 min read
  4. Space industryAstrobase plans ₹500 crore rocket-engine factory in Karnataka2 min read
  5. Space missionsNASA plans student call with Anil Menon and Mark Rober2 min read
  6. Earth ObservationIMD issues satellite bulletin on Murasu’s inland remnant1 min read

03 November 2026

  1. Space missionsDisasters Charter adds Andhra flood maps after Cyclone Arnab1 min read
  2. Space IndustryNorthwood plans ground-network expansion after $375 million round1 min read
  3. Earth observationNOAA publishes Suomi NPP data-delivery shutdown notice2 min read
  4. Earth ObservationIMD publishes satellite assessment after Murasu’s Andhra landfall1 min read
  5. LaunchISRO targets first Kulasekarapattinam launch for March–April 20272 min read
  6. Human SpaceflightNASA revises timing for Menon and Kutryk’s spacewalk1 min read