ISRO's Global Playbook Gets an Upgrade: ESA Deal, Gaganyaan Push, and Private Rockets Fill the Gaps

ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan delivered a one-two punch for India's space ambitions this week — a keynote at the International Space Summit in Paris on "Future of Human Space Flight in Low Earth Orbit" (Sept 9-10), followed by a lecture at IIT Sriharikota titled "India's Space Programme: The Challenges and Way Forward" (Sept 25). The Paris summit delivered tangible results: ISRO and ESA signed an amended cooperation agreement extending to 2032, now covering human and robotic...