• Chandrayaan-2 Begins Next Year in Lunar Orbit

    Moon Orbit

    India orbiter surpasses another full year in lunar polar orbit since reaching the Moon in 2019; Chandrayaan-2 lander and rover were unsuccessful in lunar landing.

  • Chandrayaan-3 Commemorated for Moon Landing (2023)

    Statio Shiv Shakti, 69.373°S 32.319°E, Moon Surface

    Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander and Pragyan rover celebrated today after successfully landing on Moon in 2023; marking India as the 4th country to land on Moon, and 1st near the Moon South Pole.

  • 10 Years in Space: India’s Astrosat

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

    Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2015.

  • NASA Space Apps Challenge

    Worldwide

    48-hour hackathon in French and English for space enthusiasts, programmers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and students; 2800+ local events and online

  • NET Dec — Launch LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) / Gaganyaan G1

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

    Uncrewed 1st test flight for Gaganyaan orbital mission scheduled to occur before end of year, will carry fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster); Re-entering capsule will slow to 8m / sec before landing.

  • Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) / BlueBird 6

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

    India Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3), also called Bahubali, to launch 6,500-kg Bluebird 6 for AST SpaceMobile; launch was coordinated by New Space India Limited (NSIL), commercial arm of ISRO.

  • Launch PSLV-DL / EOS-N1

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

    NET Jan 5 - early morning launch of PSLV with small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and 18 additional ride-share payloads.

  • National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) 2026

    Meghalaya, Shillong, India

    A biennial event organized by ISRO for researchers working in the fields of atmospheric, space and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics, and the exploration of solar system bodies. The first NSSS was held in 1978 at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. The 23rd National Space Science Symposium will be held at Umiam, Shillong […]

  • NET May 21 — Launch GSLV Mk II / GISAT-1A (EOS-05)

    Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

    Launch window 08:45-12:45 India Time | HST 17:15-21:15 May 20 for Earth-observing satellite to geostationary orbit above India. Expected to be 5th successful launch of GSLV Mk II.