AhmedabadIndia’s space agency approved the station’s first module.
Crewed orbital access is narrowing to states with launchers and abort-capable return capsules.
India’s Gaganyaan human-spaceflight program, still untested with crew, is the real gate on any 2035 target.
Gaganyaan’s schedule, already trailing its original 2022 target, will decide whether that date holds.
Sources: MoneyControl, Economic Times