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Jun 09, 2025

Starlink Gets Green Light to Launch Satellite Internet in India

In a major boost to satellite-based internet connectivity in India, Elon Musk's Starlink secured the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) licence from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). With this approval, Starlink becomes the third company authorised to provide satellite communication services in India, alongside Bharti Airtel-backed OneWeb and Reliance Jio's Satellite Communications. The company is expected to receive trial spectrum within 15–20 days to demonstrate its technical and security compliance before commencing full-scale operations.

Jun 06, 2025

Ispace's RESILIENCE Lunar Lander Crashes

A Japanese private spacecraft, owned by Tokyo-based ispace, crashed in a failed lunar landing attempt in the Mare Frigoris area, the second moonshot failure for the company. The RESILIENCE lunar lander lost contact while descending, prompting ispace to call off the mission as a failure.

Jun 03, 2025

Private Japanese Spacecraft, to Attempt Daring Moon Landing

Months after it launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket, Japan's ispace Resilience lander is ready to attempt a daring Moon landing.
Japan's ispace's RESILIENCE lander is scheduled to attempt a touchdown on the Moon on June 5, 2025, near the center of Mare Frigoris, also known as the Sea of Cold.
Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 15, 2025, RESILIENCE was successfully deployed and began its months-long voyage using a low-energy transfer orbit—a fuel-efficient trajectory that included a lunar flyby and a series of complex deep-space maneuvers.

Jun 02, 2025

China Launches Tianwen-2 to Collect Asteroid Samples

China launched its Tianwen-2 mission, dispatching a spacecraft to gather samples from an asteroid near to Mars. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) anticipates that this mission will yield groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity's knowledge of the cosmos.
The Tianwen-2 probe will collect samples from the asteroid 2016HO3. Additionally, it will explore the main-belt comet 311P, situated beyond Mars.

Jun 01, 2025

IndiaAI Mission Gets Boost as Compute Capacity Tops 34,000 GPUs

Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday announced a major expansion in the country's national AI infrastructure and talent development ecosystem.
Speaking at the 'IndiaAI – Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India' event in New Delhi, the Minister said India's national compute capacity has now crossed 34,000 GPUs, bolstered by the addition of 15,916 new units to the existing 18,417.
The announcement was accompanied by the selection of three more startups to develop indigenous foundation models under the IndiaAI Mission, following a rigorous multi-stage expert evaluation process.

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