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India’s space organisation, ISRO, has captured the imagination of rocket scientists and civilians across the world with its affordable, yet ambitious, technology. The agency’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft last year became the first to land on the far side of the moon – just days after a similar Russian mission failed, and at a fraction of the cost of US space exploration projects.

S. Somanath, an aerospace engineer who became ISRO chairman in early 2022, is credited with steering the organization through a critical development phase that has bolstered national pride; almost 7 million people watched a livestream of the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing.

Reuters correspondent Nivedita Bhattacharjee talks with Somanath about ISRO’s plans to join the global race for a share of the $447 billion private space market, developments in the agency’s planned human mission, competition from China, the potential colonization of Mars and the future of mankind.

 
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Summary:

  • ISRO will construct a telemetry tracking station on Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands for supporting the Gaganyaan manned spaceflight program, and perhaps other future missions.
  • Two Australian spacecraft to launch on Indian rockets: 1) Optimus, the largest Australian-designed spacecraft to date, will fly on SSLV. 2) LatConnect60 will fly onboard Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram series in the coming years. There's another satellite by Skykraft that seems to be a joint program with a PNT (postition, navigation & timing) payload.
  • Exploring possible Australian contribution to ISRO's BAS station program.
 
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