Axiom Space looks to India and Europe for rockets to help build its private space station

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Axiom Space looks to India and Europe for rockets to help build its private space station
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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesAxiom Space of Houston is considering using launch vehicles from India and Europe to help build its commercial space station mission in low-Earth orbit, according to media reports.

The final piece, a thermal power module, will help Axiom's space station modules detach from the ISS and become free-flying in Earth orbit, essentiallyits Small Satellite Launch Vehicle was completed and ready to be transferred to the industry for mass production. The move could help the nation's private sector build smaller, more affordable rockets.

Meanwhile, two startups, Hyderabad-based Skyroot and Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos, are building multi-stage rockets capable of ferrying payloads of up to 300 kg into low Earth orbit. The burgeoning Indian private sector made history in 2022, when Skyroot launched the country's first privately developed rocket, just two years after the government allowed private firms into the space sector.

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