May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... later it rose to 104. And the risky and complex mission was born, which K.Sivan, director of ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, admitted was one of the toughest. Dismissing oft repeated theories, ISRO chairman A.S.Kiran...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... outer space and draws out the implications for international relations Likewise, India’s space programme, as inspired by Vikram Sarabhai, was devoted to economic and social purposes such as Earth observation, weather warning and communications. Over...
11 October 2018
ISRO: a personal history
... of an “award-winning senior scientist” involved with the programme “from its very inception”. Aravamudan was recruited by Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space endeavour, at the age of 25 and joined a team of young engineers and scientists...
