While Digantara Aerospace launched the world's first commercial satellite, Pixxel became the first private company in India to have satellites that allow observation of the Earth in over 150 bands.

Several other space companies have plans to construct their own space stations as well, including Northrop Grumman, Axiom Space, Nanoracks and Sierra Space. NASA needs at least one of them on orbit ...

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).

Space project is ‘very much feasible’, but requires the ‘right funding’ and regulatory support to take flight, analysts say.