Chennai, Dec. 27 -- The year 2025 that is set to end 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 largely forgettable year given 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 satellite is meant to replace ageing IRNSS-1E in India's regional navigation system.
On January 29, ...