Key Facts: Introduction India’s space and satellite industry is undergoing a transformative boom, turning the country into one of the hottest “new space” markets to watch. Long synonymous with ISRO’s thrifty but trailblazing missions – such as the Mars Orbiter Mission that reached the red planet in 2014 for just $74 M (cheaper than the Hollywood…
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In mid-June 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications granted Starlink a Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) license, publicly confirmed by Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Starlink becomes the third GMPCS licensee in India after Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio’s satellite venture. Starlink operates a Low-Earth Orbit constellation at about 550 km altitude, and globally has…
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As of early 2024, India had about 750–950 million internet users, roughly 50–68% of the population, with rural users totaling over 440 million. There are over 1.15 billion mobile connections in use, and more than 95% of internet subscriptions are via wireless mobile networks. Fixed broadband accounts for roughly 4% of subscriptions, with about 40–45…
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