Space Technology

In a $626 billion global space economy dominated by SpaceX, a new generation of Indian founders is competing on engineering depth — not cost arbitrage. The number is almost misleading. India's share of the $626 billion global space economy sits at roughly two per cent — a figure that understates the country's actual capabilities by a wide margin. This is a nation that reached Mars orbit on the first attempt, landed near the lunar south pole before anyone else, and operates on