ISRO's Northeast Expansion and India's Spacetech Gold Rush

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone for ISRO's Advanced Radar Research Centre in Chandrapur today, marking the northeast's first space surveillance facility. The centre is part of Project NETRA, designed to track objects in space and protect India's orbital assets. ISRO chairman V. Narayanan confirmed the facility will be world-class, with a cloud radar commissioned before end of February 2027. The Assam government has allocated 200 bighas (6.61 acres) for...