India’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