Chennai, Dec. 26 -- The year 2025, which is set to end soon, is a mixed bag for the Indian space sector as a whole-government and private sector. For the government-owned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) it was a largely forgettable year, given the failure of two major national security satellite launch missions during the first half of the year under review.
During 2025, ISRO carried out five satellite missions, of which two failed. For the country/ISRO, the first half was disastrous with the back-to-back failures of two satellite launch missions of strategic importance-navigation satellite NVS-02 and earth observation satellite EOS-09.
The satellites were meant to replace ageing IRNSS-1E in India's regional navigation system. O...