GSAT-7C Launch Date Still Open After ₹2,563 Cr Contract
GSAT-7C launch date is unannounced. A ₹2,563 crore contract follows a 2021 DAC nod, and Varunastra adds ₹1,543 crore to BDL’s order book.
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NVS-03 Launch: The Critical Fix for NavIC’s 7-Month Gap
In August 2025, the Department of Space told Parliament that NVS-03 would be launched by the end of that year. The satellite will instead fly…
US On Orbit Space Control Capabilities: What Declassified Weapons Mean for Modern War
Following the Pentagon’s declassification of operational on-orbit space control weapons and Beijing’s warning against an orbital arms race, The Eastern Strategist analyzes the technical mechanisms,…
EOS-05: Inside India’s First Geosynchronous Imaging Satellite and the 24/7 Border Stare
Deploying an operational geosynchronous imaging satellite fundamentally changes Himalayan deterrence. While Low Earth Orbit platforms suffer from multi-day revisit latency, EOS-05 locks a permanent electro-optical…
NASA ISRO Moon Base Invite: What Bengaluru Meeting Means
NASA’s invitation to ISRO to join its Moon Base programme, extended at the 9th India-U.S. Civil Space Joint Working Group in Bengaluru, opens a new…
Not a Science Project: How India’s Space Station Became a ₹47,000 Crore Border-Security Bet
India’s space station is routinely covered as a science story. The budget says otherwise — a combined ₹47,000 crore commitment across two programmes reveals a…
Beyond the Rocket: What Vikram-1’s Orbit Actually Buys India
The Eastern Strategist At 12:05 pm on 18 July 2026, a seven-storey rocket built by an eight-year-old Hyderabad company punched through the coast at Sriharikota…
The Unseen Front of the Tech War: Why Mission ShakthiSAT is a Masterclass in Strategic Soft Power
By Rocío Caparrós Space Policy Expert When global powers calculate their competitive edge in space through Mission ShakthiSAT, artificial intelligence, or quantum computing, the metrics…
Why Is India Building Orbital Power Beyond the Moon? | Explained
What Is Driving India Space Program Beyond the Moon? How has ISRO evolved from a launch agency into a full-spectrum space power? Why do Gaganyaan,…