India

India launches 'invaluable' South Asia satellite

Posted in Business on 5th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

India has successfully launched a new communications satellite for South Asia from Sriharikota space centre.

India lofts a record 104 satellites into orbit on a single rocket

Posted in Hardware on 18th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

An Indian rocket deployed 104 spacecraft into orbit 300 miles above Earth on Tuesday, the largest pack of satellites ever launched on a single booster.

India predicts it will exceed Paris renewable energy target by half

Posted in Science on 21st Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Government forecasts 57% of electricity will come from renewable sources by 2027, above 40% target agreed at climate summit.

Solar Capacity In India Tops 10 Gigawatts

Posted in Business on 29th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

India will soon become the third-largest solar power market in the world, after China and the United States.

Why India's commercial space programme is thriving

Posted in Science on 29th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

In June India launched 20 satellites in a single mission, the most in the history of the country's ambitious space program. Seventeen of those were foreign.