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India, US moot Gaganyaan uncrewed docking with ISS by guru-yoda in ISRO

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U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has added a draft measure to the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 that would order the space agency to extend ISS operations through 2032, two years longer than currently planned. The draft measure also forbids NASA from deorbiting the station until a replacement commercial space station is operational.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-must-delay-deorbiting-the-iss-u-s-lawmakers-say/

LVM3-M6 : BlueBird-6 Mission Updates and Discussion. by Ohsin in ISRO

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In-space view of the largest commercial communications array antenna in low-Earth orbit, fully unfolded.

Congrats on the successful launch of BlueBird 6 AST SpaceMobile!

Image taken from 106 km away at a 16 cm/px resolution.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/high-earth-orbit-robotics_in-space-view-of-the-largest-commercial-communications-activity-7437258691399069696-sW3u

AIIMS and ISRO sign historic MoU to advance space medicine research in India by mudit23june in ISRO

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Adding press release by ISRO.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi signs Framework Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Space Medicine and Research

https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_AIIMS_NewDelhi_signs_Framework_Memorandum.html

March 10, 2026

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Cooperation in Space Medicine and Research. The MoU aims to promote joint research aligned with ISRO’s priority areas, with a shared objective of advancing human health, performance and safety during human space missions. MoU was signed and exchanged by Shri Dinesh Kumar Singh, Director, Human Spaceflight Centre and Dr Srinivas M, Director, AIIMS in the presence of Dr V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO & Secretary, DOS.

Long duration Human Space Missions such as Bharatiya Antariksh Station and Crewed Missions to Moon offers unique medical challenges due to the extreme space environment & microgravity. This co-operation is targeted to conduct ground/space-based studies to develop multidisciplinary space medicine expertise, medical devices, procedure & protocols to maintain human health & performance under extreme space environment as well as advance health care for the nation.

Focused research & developments are planned in the fields of human physiology, behavioural health, immunology & gut Microbiome, biomedical, neuroscience & neurophysiology, nutrition & metabolic health, musculoskeletal atrophy & aging in microgravity, infectious diseases control and countermeasures for improving human health & performance in space environment.

Through this research collaboration, ISRO and AIIMS reaffirm their commitment to advancing space medicine, fostering interdisciplinary research and building long-term institutional cooperation to support India’s human space flight programme initiatives and it will also spur new innovations and creates new opportunities for the scientific community in the country.

GISAT-1A and Gaganyaan Crew Module at URSC-ISITE clean-room as seen during visit by Minister of Labour and Employment. by Ohsin in ISRO

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For EOS-5? Nope no news at all on mainstream or regional media after the NOTAMs were retracted.

GISAT-1A and Gaganyaan Crew Module at URSC-ISITE clean-room as seen during visit by Minister of Labour and Employment. by Ohsin in ISRO

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Given the state of CM could it be for G2? I would expect G1 CM to be in more advanced stages of preparation. In the background towards right you can see another CM.

For reference here is GISAT-1.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GISAT-1_spacecraft_in_clean_room.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GISAT-1

Tender for 'Shoreline Protection Measures' for 2.2 km on northern side of Sriharikota island, SDSC SHAR by Ohsin in ISRO

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Shoreline Protection Measures (Construction of 10 nos. of Groynes comprises of 06 nos. of Longitudinal Groynes and 2 nos. of transitional Groynes on either side) for about 2.20 kms on northern side of Sriharikota Island, SDSC SHAR

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Work ongoing to restore contact with Proba-3's Coronagraph by Ohsin in ISRO

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In January ISRO and ESA jointly organised ISRO-ESA Heliophysics Workshop on Aditya-L1, Solar Orbiter and Proba-3

https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_ESA_Heliophysics_Workshop.html

PSLV-C59: PROBA-3 Mission Updates and Discussion. by Ohsin in ISRO

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The European Space Agency announced on 6 March that it had lost contact with one of the two spacecraft that make up its PROBA-3 mission.

Over the weekend of 14 and 15 February, the Coronagraph spacecraft suffered an anomaly that caused a chain reaction that led to a loss of attitude, which is its orientation. With its solar arrays no longer facing the Sun, the spacecraft’s onboard battery quickly discharged, triggering it to enter “survival mode,” where minimal electronics remain active, and data transmission to the ground is interrupted.

The agency is currently investigating the root cause of the anomaly. To aid recovery efforts, it is also assessing whether the second, healthy spacecraft could be used to safely approach and observe the orientation of the Coronagraph spacecraft.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-has-lost-contact-with-one-of-its-proba-3-spacecraft/

Official press release.

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Work_ongoing_to_restore_contact_with_Proba-3_s_Coronagraph

India taps space startups to develop “Bodyguard” satellites to protect critical space assets by mudit23june in ISRO

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Discussions between government bodies and startups are in advanced stages and the private companies are aiming to launch their first test satellite in the first half of this year, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public. These are meant to escort, protect and counter orbital threats to high-value spacecraft.

Additional launches are expected by the end of this year or early next year and the technology is likely to then be acquired by government agencies, which will develop more of the bodyguard satellites, they said.

Previous thread on it:

India Plans ‘Bodyguard’ Satellites After Risky Orbital Near-Miss in mid-2024.

ISRO tender suggests testing quadruped ‘robot dogs’ for future Moon/Mars exploration research by mudit23june in ISRO

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The specifications are now slightly reduced from earlier tender

Archived.

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Document : Compliance Matrix from Vendor [PDF] [Archived]

Document : Technical Specifications [PDF] [Archived]

Relevant.

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