India space program: Rocket launches, missions and news

An Indian PSLV rocket launched Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Thursday (Dec. 5) after a one-day delay.

India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040 to support crewed missions to the lunar surface.

India plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit no sooner than 2026, roughly a year past the previously known timeline, following a series of uncrewed flight tests slated to begin in December.

India launched the EOS-08 Earth-observing satellite Thursday (Aug. 15), on the third-ever mission of the nation's SSLV rocket.

India's Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched a test vehicle powered by a homegrown 3D printed rocket engine.

India recently performed a successful hot-fire test of a rocket engine that was built using 3D printing technology, a breakthrough that could boost the nation's spaceflight prospects.

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully carried out a landing test with its prototype space plane last week.

India successfully launched its powerful new INSAT-3DS weather and disaster-warning spacecraft to orbit on Saturday morning (Feb. 17).

India sent its XPoSat X-ray observatory into orbit on New Year's Day to study black holes, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena.

India is setting long-term goals that could see the country establish its own moon base before 2050.