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Now, launch streaming is stopped.
From the graphics, it appeared that when the 3rd stage ended and the coast phase began, the rocket lost its attitude.
Briefly later, the info display showed that PS4 had ignited.

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India closer to becoming 2nd nation to re-fuel on-orbit satellite - ToI When OrbitAid's 25-kg Ayulsat lifts off aboard Isro's PSLV-C62 Monday, the mission's success will bring India a step closer to becoming the second country in the world to demonstrate on-orbit satellite refuelling , a capability...

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^ China has long held the view that India possesses the nuclear-weapons more for prestige and that it lacked the political stomach to order a nuclear strike if and when the time came.

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Looks like that the C62 mission carries a sensitive payload, EOS-N1. Of course, any 'Earth/Ocean Observation Satellite' can be of dual-purpose use. ISRO simply says 'earth observation satellite for a user'. The ISRO Brochure is totally silent on EOS-N1. There was some info in the brochure of the ear...

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^ That's very true. The Kashmiris were very unhappy with the IWT for they felt that their waters had been robbed.

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Looks like nimble moves are being made by IA based on lessons learnt from Op. Sindoor.

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Thank you, Ashok for the clarification & details. It is exciting to see start-ups doing such things as in-orbit refuelling and on-board processing. Both are at cutting-edge developments today. Best wishes for their success. Once upon a time such ideas would have been frowned upon in Indian space...

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Is this a classified payload?

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Remarkable, just plain remarkable !!
Salute to all those who believed and stayed the course.

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4️⃣ The Geopolitical Message: --> By commencing construction now (late 2025), India sends a signal before the next decade even begins: "*The Indian Ocean is not a Chinese lake. And the Himalayas are not our only frontier.*" --> The S-5 ensures that no matter what happens on the land borde...

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Scorpenes with Black Sharks, Arihant Class with Takshak https://chakranewz.com/critical-technologies/trending/scorpenes-with-black-sharks-arihant-class-with-takshak 31 Dec 2025 Scorpenes will have both. EHWT and Blackshark. EHWT tested on Kilo class will mean, its also for the Kilos. Yes, Varunastr...

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A conflict in 2026 is almost certain. Pakistanis are so desperate for some recognition, some success in this cruel world. Somehow the only country that was founded on Islam has not received much ( any , some would say) munificence from Alla'h despite the piety and holistic belief in 'Jihad fi Sabili...

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One hopes that the US and the Japanese are keeping a very close watch on the Indo-China Sea PLAN exercises around Taiwan, beset as they are with their own problems. The US has huge internal issues, external issues like tariff wars, Ukraine, Venezuela etc whereas China is not frittering away resource...

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'80 drones in 36 hours': Pakistan's big admission on Operation Sindoor; confirms damage to Nur Khan airbase - ToI Pakistan has once again found itself on the defensive after a senior government official publicly acknowledged the impact of India’s precision strikes on a key military installation dur...

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Indus Water Treaty put on hold, government clears another Chenab hydel project - ToI Paving the way for the construction of a project of strategic significance following suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a panel of the environment ministry has approved the 260 MW Dulhasti State-II hydrop...

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India speeds-up projects in J&K as Pakistan raises IWT at UN - ET While India is accelerating work and fast-tracking clearances for hydropower projects in Jammu & Kashmir after suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Pakistan has stepped up its campaign against New Delhi at international ...

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From a nuclear professional’s standpoint, I am afraid this is not the end of nuclear deterrence for us but a transition from myth-based deterrence to behavior-tested deterrence. Impressive Progress, no doubt — but not complete safety. A more precise claim — and harder to dispute would be: Operation...

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How India 'rewrote' Pakistan's nuclear doctrine in 2025 - Economic Times For more than two decades, Pakistan’s nuclear weapons have functioned as a strategic equaliser against India’s growing conventional superiority. Islamabad’s nuclear posture was never designed primarily for battlefield use; but...

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India test fires 3,500-km missile from nuclear submarine - Rajat Pandit, ToI India tested an intermediate-range ballistic missile called K-4, which is designed to hit targets 3,500-km away, from the nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. There was no official word f...

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putnanja wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 21:26
SSridhar wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 19:01
On November 28, 2024, reliable sources indicated that a K-4 missile had been fired from INS Arighat that morning.
2024 or 2025?

2024.

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Indian rocket launches record-breaking BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite to orbit - SPACE.com

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bala wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 00:34 Forget about arms, the biggest crisis is the dual IWT water and now Taliban blocking kunar river (known as chitral river) to the Pukes. . . .
// Pukes: will eat ~~grass~~ drygrass come what may!

Just wait when the Kabul river will be dammed with Indian help.

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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 10:17 We already have SLBMs, no?

On November 28, 2024, reliable sources indicated that a K-4 missile had been fired from INS Arighat that morning.

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uddu wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 08:26 Other than Asian Chronicle everyone is stating it to be SLBM which could be K-4 or even K-5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSoSRMTEwEc/
theasianchronicle

Soon, we will hear that it was fired by INS Aridhaman. It looks like a standard practice to signal the arrival.

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Lift-off & On-board Camera Shots of LVM3-M6 available here

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It was a wonderful text-book type launch this morning. Very precise ephemeris achieved. Congratulations ISRO & NSIL.

As Chairman said, ISRO has a very busy period ahead.

Also, looking forward to that Technology Demonstrator satellite that is expected to prove 30 technologies.

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^ The above report must be consigned to dustbin. India must contemptuously dismiss it. We can accuse the Special Rapporteur as having been bribed by Pakistan. Let's be disruptive as much as possible. IWT is now done & dusted. No chance of revival. There will be no more treaties with any lower ri...

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Minister Chen describes the fiver goals for his MSS Look at what he so ironically says, “[We must] wage an intensive counter-espionage campaign with special attention for critical national technological assets, [and] rigorously prevent and combat foreign forces from stealing our core technologies a...

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Isro to launch its heaviest US commercial sat BlueBird-6 on December 15 - ToI In a boost to Indo-US space cooperation, Isro will launch its heaviest American commercial communication low-earth orbit satellite, the 6.5-tonne BlueBird-6, from the Sriharikota spaceport on Dec 15 . Isro’s ‘Bahubali’ ro...

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India, France & UAE to kick off air drill today - ToI India on Wednesday will conduct a major air combat exercise with France and the UAE over the Arabian Sea , with the aim to further strengthen trilateral defence cooperation and enhance military interoperability in the Indian Ocean region and...

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India targets $45 billion space economy driven by private firms - ET India is accelerating its space ambitions, targeting a sustained lunar presence within the next decade as part of its broader plan to become a developed economy by 2047. “ By 2035, we’ll have a space station called Bharatiya Antar...

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^ The fake combat capabilities refers to the corruption in PLARF which led to discovery of the older-model DF-5 ICBM silos being fake.

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I hope that SMART is one day MIRVd because we can expect other naval assets also nearby and we can take care of a few of them in one go.

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uddu wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025 12:41
Cain Marko wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025 03:15
What are the specs on the NG? Lighter?
Lighter, shorter, lesser range of about 290km compared to the 800 or so km possibility of Brahmos.

It can also be fired from torpedo tubes as it is 50 cm in dia. rather than only VLS.

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Excellent news, but we have to see how it goes with the Ditwah cyclone bearing down on the East coast.

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The Lowy Institute's 2025 Comprehensive Power Index is out.

Terroristan is below Philippines.

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In 2014, the Abe-administration overcame political opposition from its partner in alliance, The New Komeito, and authorized a reinterpretation of war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, allowing Japan for the first time since World War II to come to the aid of an ally under attack. According t...

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Significant risk to Uri hydro plant: Pakistan retaliation met swift CISF action during Operation Sindoor; how families were evacuated in time - ToI Pakistan's retaliation put the Uri hydroelectric plant near the Line of Control (LoC) under significant risk during a high-risk security situation that...

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AdityaM wrote: ↑23 Nov 2025 12:02 Analysis of what may have happened

https://youtu.be/p6uchbKDJPY?si=VVQBgWN4Wtdf7aWS

Very logical explanation.

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HAL-L&T build first industry-made PSLV rocket; Oceansat launch scheduled early next year - ET The consortium of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro has indigenously built the first PSLV rocket, which is set to launch the Oceansat satellite early next year , a senior L&am...

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