Tracking and contextualizing India’s increasingly relevant capabilities in civil space exploration.
Indian Space
I’m honored that this Indian Space Progress monthly report series is now highlighted as a resource on the website of Spaceport SARABHAI, India’s first space think tank founded by an inspiring team of multidisciplinary experts many of whom I admire and have learnt from. 🚀 Chandrayaan 3’s journey
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Sep 4, 2023 edit: It hopped! India’s Chandrayaan 3 lander is on its way to the Moon as we speak, aiming for a graceful touchdown near the lunar south pole on August 23. In a pre-launch interview, popular Indian YouTuber Gareeb Scientist asked an interesting question to ISRO Chief
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The ambitious mission comes as India signs the US-led Artemis Accords to shape future global lunar activities.
ISRO Chandrayaan
On July 14, Friday at 14:35 IST (09:05 UTC), ISRO launched the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft for its second Moon landing attempt. Chandrayaan 3’s Project Director P. Veeramuthuvel said in a post-launch briefing that the GSLV Mk III rocket injected the spacecraft close to the ideal intended orbit
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From Chandrayaan 1 to the Artemis Accords, India and US aim for the Moon As part of an unprecedented set of broad-sweeping agreements between the US and India centered around collaborative science & technology advancements, India signed the Artemis Accords on June 21. India is the 27th country—but more
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Thank you so much everyone for your kind notes on Moon Monday crossing 5,000 readers :). Considering the upcoming wave of exciting Moon missions from around the globe, I’m gathering feedback on how I can continue uniquely serving lunar and space communities with this one-of-a-kind newsletter. I request you
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ISRO begins launching navigation satellites with GPS interoperability and self-made atomic clocks On May 29, an ISRO GSLV Mk II rocket successfully launched and deployed the NVS-01 navigation satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), providing a much needed boost to India’s regional navigation service called Navigation with Indian
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An uncrewed, autonomous spaceplane prototype developed by ISRO successfully landed on a runway at Chitradurga, India on April 2. The winged vehicle, officially called the Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), was heli-dropped from a height of 4.5 kilometers such that its descent simulates an approach from space. The
Indian Space
At ~2,000 words, this edition is filled with updates and context on what has been a buzzing March for Indian space. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did trying to make sense of it all. :) ISRO solidifies its commercial leg with second launch for OneWeb
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Thank you so much everyone for your immense interest in my Indian space newsletter, which is now more than 3,500 readers strong! After sitting on the idea for 2 years now, I’m glad to have finally found the inclination, time, and (financial) means to craft such reports. And
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US scientists urge NASA to plan LRO successor A specialized team of US scientists called CLOC-SAT, part of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), has released a report urging NASA to plan a replacement for the 2009-launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in order to support the increasingly important, upcoming NASA(
