https://spacewatch.global/tag/indian-prime-minister-narendra-modi/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sat, 07 Dec 2019 09:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/indian-prime-minister-narendra-modi/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/spacewatchgl-oped-indias-human-spaceflight-programme/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 09:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17337 On India’s independence day, 15th August 2018, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi announced that by 2022, “some of our young boys and girls will unfurl the Tricolour in space”. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/indian-space-wars-indias-drdo-head-outlines-counterspace-capability-ambitions/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13466 Following its 27 March 2019 direct-ascent antisatellite (ASAT) missile test that destroyed a target satellite in low-Earth orbit (LEO), the head of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – G. Satheesh Reddy – has outlined to Indian media his organisation's counterspace technology ambitions for the coming years.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-oped-india-destroys-its-own-satellite-with-a-test-missile-still-says-space-is-for-peace/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 08:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13370 On March 27, India announced it had successfully conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test, called “Mission Shakti”. After the United States, Russia and China, India is now the fourth country in the world to have demonstrated this capability.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/space-wars-india-successfully-tests-anti-satellite-weapon-in-mission-shakti/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13252 India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the country's first anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test against an out-of-service Indian satellite orbiting the Earth at 300 kilometres altitude on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, at 11.16 am Indian Time.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/indian-human-spaceflight-gaganyaan-mission-in-2022-to-orbit-three-astronauts-cost-1-4-billion/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12163 The Indian government announced on 28 December 2018 that its Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission expected to take place in 2022 will consist of three crew members, last for five to seven days in orbit, and is budgeted for the equivalent of U.S.$1.43 billion, according to Indian media reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/uzbekistan-and-india-to-cooperate-on-satellite-communications-and-space-research/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11913 The Government of India headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the agreement on cooperation in space research for peaceful purposes with Uzbekistan, according to a Trend News Agency report citing local Uzbek media.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/india-and-japan-to-hold-first-space-dialogue-in-march-2019/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11884 India and Japan have scheduled their first annual bilateral space dialogue in March 2019, where they will discuss cooperation and coordination on a range of civil and national security space issues, ranging from space-based maritime domain awareness and satellite reconnaissance through to the harmonization of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems and space exploration, according to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/pakistan-to-send-astronaut-into-orbit-by-2022-with-chinese-help/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11011 Pakistan announced on 25 October 2018 that it will send an astronaut into orbit by 2022 with the help of China, weeks after its arch-geopolitical rival India announced the start of its own human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan, in cooperation with Russia, France, and other countries.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/india-and-russia-sign-mou-on-human-spaceflight-training-and-cooperation/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10764 A "Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Federal Space Agency of Russia, Roscosmos, on Joint Activities in the field of Human Spaceflight Programme," was signed between India and Russia on 5 October 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/russia-formally-offers-india-vyomanaut-selection-and-training-assistance/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10432 Russia's national space agency, Roscosmos, has formally offered its assistance to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the selection and training of Vyomanauts as part of the Indian government's human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/sultanate-of-brunei-to-host-indian-satellite-tracking-and-telemetry-station/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10404 The Indian government cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been briefed about a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam covering space cooperation and the establishment of a telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) station in the Southeast Asian country for orbiting satellites and launch vehicles.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/swglquicktakes-deep-background-on-indias-gaganyaan-human-spaceflight-programme/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10364 SpaceWatch.Global is proud to introduce its #SWGLQuickTakes, a new feature series for subscribers that takes a topical space issue and polls the leading experts to provide an in-depth yet quick views on the context and background of what is going on. To start the series off, we asked three leading experts on the Indian space […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/indias-gaganyaan-programme-to-receive-technical-and-medical-support-from-frances-cnes/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 05:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10349 CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and ISRO Chairman K. Sivan announced today the creation of a French-Indian working group on human spaceflight, thus following up on one of the main commitments made by President Emmanuel Macron after his State visit to India. CNES and ISRO will be combining their expertise in the fields of space […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/indias-gaganyaan-mission-to-send-three-foreign-trained-vyomanauts-into-space-by-2022/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10211 Following the announcement in early August 2018 by Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister, that India will launch its own Vyomanauts into space by 2022, senior Indian space officials have added more details about what is now called the Gaganyaan programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/indias-human-spaceflight-ambitions-faces-political-backlash-technical-skepticism/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10142 Now that the euphoria over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement that India will launch its first Vyomanaut (derived from the Sanskrit word for space, or vyoma) into Earth orbit by 2022 has passed, the political contours of the announcement are beginning to take shape.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/indias-pm-modi-announces-first-manned-space-mission-by-2022-in-re-election-bid/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9936 Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi announced on 15 August 2018 – India's Independence Day - that India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022. The announcement was made by Modi in what is his last Independence Day speech ahead of the general election to be held in early 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/oman-and-india-to-collaborate-on-space-projects/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9669 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Oman in February 2018 has resulted in the release of a joint statement by Muscat and New Delhi identifying space as one of several sectors in which the two nations could collaborate.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/india-calls-rules-based-order-space-india-pacific-region-bolsters-space-cooperation-se-asia/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8884 India has solidified its space cooperation relationships in Southeast Asia, and called for rules-based order throughout the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) – to include space – during visits to Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this past week.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/india-france-cooperate-space-based-maritime-domain-awareness-indian-ocean/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7791 France and India have agreed to cooperate on space-based maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean. This decision to increase cooperation is seen as a geopolitical countermove to what many Indian analysts believe are increasing attempts by China to gain superiority in the Indian Ocean. France and India will now explore ways to use satellites […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/oman-india-sign-space-cooperation-agreement-modi-visit-muscat/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7485 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Sultanate of Oman on 11-12 February, 2018, where he was hosted by H.M. Sultan Qaboos. Both leaders oversaw the signing of a landmark space cooperation agreement between Oman and India during the visit. The Memorandum of Understand (MoU) was signed on behalf of the government of the Sultanate […]]]>