Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS)
India's Space Station
The Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), also called Bharatiya Space Station, is India's planned modular orbital space station, targeted for commissioning by 2035. Like the International Space Station (ISS), it will be assembled in segments launched on separate rockets, requiring repeated docking operations in circular low Earth orbit.
- The Government of India approved the BAS programme as part of India's revised Space Policy 2023.
- India's space policy 2023 envisions IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) as the nodal body for commercial partnerships, allowing private players to participate in station construction.
- The Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission (crewed orbital flights) is a prerequisite for BAS operations; Gaganyaan's first uncrewed mission (G1) used the LVM3 rocket.
- BAS will be placed in low Earth orbit, similar to ISS (~400 km altitude), where circular orbit docking conditions prevail — matching SPADEX-3's mandate.
● Tracked since March 23, 2026 · last seen September 22, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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