July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...on space situational awareness. The recent anti-satellite test by India, on 27 March 2019, confirms an extremely worrying trend ... that an anti-satellite weapon capability was within reach, India conducted the first test of the weapon system, under the...
01 December 2014
India reaches Mars at first attempt
...as the equivalent to the price of a bus-ride for every person in India. This success marks the first time a nation has orbited Mars at the ... the first Martian probe from an Asian country and enables India to be only the fourth nation to ever fly to ...
07 September 2019
Chandrayaan-2 lander fails to touchdown successfully
...the Moon. A soft landing on another planetary body would have made India the fourth nation to achieve such a feat - an endeavour that ...of more than $100 billion on its Apollo missions, India spent approximately $140 million. Indeed, even the budget ...
December 2014
Gods and space
Martian celebration – An art installation in Kolkata, inspired by India’s successful Mars mission, forms part of the Hindu Durga Puja festival, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... agency has succeeded so far primarily by pursuing a policy of joint technological development with other nations including China, India, Russia and Ukraine. Now, following the ratification of a technology safeguards agreement (TSA) with the USA...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... destroyed and about 2000 additional pieces of trackable debris were added to LEO. Most recently, on 27 March 2019, India conducted an ASAT test (known as Mission Shakti) on a 740 kg Earth observation satellite called Microsat-R, which added at least...
