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My have you grown!
In 1969, a magazine named Science Today carried a special on the Indian space programme which was then taking baby steps. One article by an eminent Indian-American engineer elaborated upon how India could never aspire to become a space power as its engineering education system lacked strength in the key areas of control systems. In spite of such doomsday analysis, the programme has gone from strength to strength and our two top stories are relevant in this context. India has recently held Space Expo for the second time and Arianespace, which once launched Indian satellites, is now ready to market ISRO’s PSLV which is one of the most reliable launcher in its class. ISRO's relations with Arianespace dates back to the second experimental launch of Ariane 1 which carried India’s first experimental communications satellite, APPLE for free. Arianespace wanted a live payload and ISRO needed a launch to test its first satellite. Such win-win cooperative agreements are key to the development of technology. India’s first few remote sensing satellites were launched from the erstwhile Soviet Union till the PSLV was developed; and its communications satellites were launched from the US and later Arianspace till the GSLV launcher was developed. Today, India is a recognised space power. Its constellation of remote sensing satellites is unique and serves a range of applications from meteorology to land records. It is now time for India to share and help other budding space efforts.
Prof Arup Dasgupta
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Space Expo showcases India's prowessA three-day international conference cum exhibition on space business – Bengaluru Space Expo 2010, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), showcased India’s prowess in space. It also underlined the importance of...
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Arianespace to market ISRO rocketArianespace has offered to promote Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the multi-billion-dollar satellite-launch market. The European firm plans to market PSLV for commercial launch of satellites as part of its...
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Global Citizen Award for Jack DangermondJack Dangermond, founder and President of ESRI, has been named as the recipient of GSDI Association’s Global Citizen Award. The award will be presented on the opening day of the GSDI 12 World Conference to be held in Singapore....
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