Dr. Jitendra Singh, India’s Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, says that the private sector will be a co-traveler in India’s Space Sector Jjurney and that private companies will be provided with a level playing field in space-based activities as well as satellite launches. Speaking on October 11th he said that ISRO (India’s […]

India State Research Organsation (ISRO) said last week that it wasn’t going to be privatised. But that hasn’t stopped plans to bring the private sector into many of its current functions. India’s government is now creating a batch of changes and reforms which will result in greater participation of India’s creative public sector and industries […]

Sunil Mittal, chairman of the Bharti group of business, has spoke at length about its involvement in bankrupt satellite operator OneWeb. Bharti has committed to investment $500 million in OneWeb. The UK government is matching the investment, while a smaller sum ($50 million) will come from EchoStar’s sister company Hughes Network Systems. Japan’s SoftBank and […]

EchoStar-owned Hughes Network Systems is to launch a consumer broadband-by-satellite service for India. June 2020 saw India’s government relaxing its former tight controls on all things connected to satellite, including space services such as satellite launching, rockets and similar services. “The lesson for us is we need to get into the HughesNet consumer service in […]

India is already extremely active in terms of space activity with its own rockets and related satellite activity. But now a dedicated Space Activities Bill is completing its final stages in parliament. In June the government announced its reform plans which would allow a much greater role by India’s private sector and this would embrace […]