World News | Officials say global space cooperation is an integral part of India’s space program

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (PTI) — Global space cooperation is an integral part of India’s space program, one of India’s top space scientists has said, and supports the idea of ​​countries joining together to replicate the International Space Station to build another space outpost.

Global space cooperation has been an “indispensable part” throughout the journey of India’s space program, Krunal Joshi, now an advisor to the Indian Embassy in Space (ISRO), said at the recent ASCEND conference.

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Joshi, who participated in two panels at the prestigious ASCEND conference hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in Las Vegas from October 24 to October 26, told the space science community that India has grown from 33 satellites More than 350 satellites have been launched. nation.

In the 1960s, India dedicated the Thumb Equatorial Rocket Launch Station to the United Nations, where various research and launch experiments were carried out. Today, India has more than 230 agreements with more than 55 countries and 5 multinational institutions. The range, he said, ranges from building satellites to building capacity.

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UNNATI (UNispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) initiated by ISRO with the support of the United Nations, India is helping emerging countries with capacity building, satellite building and how to build nanosatellites.

In 2019, India had 60 officials from 32 countries, and by 2022, there were 32 officials from 22 countries. So, this is a project that will be good for the coming country.

India’s Chandrayaan-1 is one of the shining examples of how international cooperation can help achieve big goals, he said. Countries such as the US, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria have contributed to its payload, and more than 50 countries are now following the science. He added that it was a classic example of how great powers can come together in space.

Answering a question during a panel discussion, Joshi said India was unlikely to build its own ISS, but supported the idea of ​​international cooperation.

“It is very difficult for India to have a full space station on its own. We don’t know. I don’t think that would be a more feasible solution. A more feasible solution would be for countries to come together and replicate what we did on the ISS things,” Josh said.

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