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![An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle launching at night.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xq5sSdmuzgZMFthbHfc7UG-320-80.jpg)
India's most powerful rocket launches 36 OneWeb internet satellites into orbit
By Mike Wall published
An Indian GSLV Mark III rocket launched 36 of OneWeb's broadband satellites today (Oct. 22), in the company's first launch since the Russian invasion of Ukraine shook up the spaceflight landscape.
![India launched an anti-satellite mission test called Mission Shakti March 27, intercepting a satellite in low Earth orbit.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DNKGxgehQoJsqfkv8fXzek-320-80.jpg)
India Says Its Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Created Minimal Space Debris. Is That True?
By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nation completed a successful test-fire of its first anti-satellite launch missile, dubbed "Mission Shakti," on Wednesday (March 27).
![Press Information Bureau India tweeted this image of Wednesday's (March 27) "Mission Shakti," the country's first test-fire launch of an anti-satellite weapon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6WhhemGf3amunaC7nMNhcm-320-80.jpg)
India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test Is a Big Deal. Here's Why.
By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated
What type of technology launched in "Mission Shakti"?
![Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the anti-satellite test in a televised speech March 27.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mBAuYGy9LFzVB6vXnwK273-320-80.jpg)
India Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon
By Jeff Foust last updated
The Indian government announced March 27 it successfully fired a ground-based anti-satellite weapon against a satellite in low Earth orbit.
![India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) launches for the first time, on Aug. 6, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/44GEQ5eKeZoP7KmNYpcKDY-320-80.jpeg)
India's new rocket fails to put satellites in right orbit in debut launch
By Mike Wall last updated
India's new rocket launched for the first time on Saturday night (Aug. 6) but failed to deliver its satellite payloads into their intended orbit.
![Technicians prepare India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle for its debut launch, which is scheduled for Aug. 6, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bfHstVmagDaRevXswvWySn-320-80.jpg)
Watch India's new rocket launch for the 1st time Saturday night
By Mike Wall published
India's new SSLV rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time on Saturday night (Aug. 6), and you can watch the debut live.
![rocket launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vyaFVRQVcrGMHcHWGiLYP9-320-80.png)
India launches 3 satellites and an experimental orbiting platform
By Mike Wall last updated
An Indian rocket launched three satellites and an experimental orbiting platform on Thursday (June 30).
![Artist's impression of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Jd4zykL8wKq74qEeYWKeS-320-80.jpg)
The Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse will leave these lunar spacecraft in the dark
By Stefanie Waldek published
The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse means solar power trouble for spacecraft on the moon
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