Lunar exploration missions date back to the very beginning of space exploration itself. In over a year’s time following Sputnik, the advances in aerospace technologies were made to enable forays into our closest neighbour in outer space. The desire....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement from the ramparts of Red Fort to create Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) constitutes a major milestone in the history of India’s defence reforms¹. The appointment of CDS was one....

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1. On 27 Mar 2019, India conducted Mission Shakti, an anti satellite missile test destroying a live satellite in L....
   August 14, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Harnessing space , India’s space ventures , India’s satellite assets

In recent years, ‘indigenous innovation’ has become the buzzword in China’s industrial paradigm for promoting the development of Chinese domestic standards and technologies. Outlined in the 2006 National Medium-and Long-Term Program for Science....