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| How Space Programmes Of India And Its Neighbours Stack Up: 10 Points
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| INDIA
, 4-May-2017
21:7:55 PM |
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India is ready to launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "gift' - a communications satellite made under a Rs. 450-crore project. Seven nations, including India which are part of SAARC, will use the satellite. But most of them have their fledgling space programmes. In real terms, the biggest beneficiaries could be Bhutan and Maldives, which have none. Pakistan is not participating in the project. But India's space diplomacy is seen as a move to counter to China's growing influence in the area. Prime Mnister Narendra Modi said the "invaluable gift" is an "appropriate example of our commitment towards South Asia".
1India, which is gifting the South Asia communications satellite, has end-to-end capabilities in space faring.
2Pakistan, which was invited, declined to be part of South Asia Satellite. Its space programme is older than ISRO, but very primitive as it lacks heavy duty launchers and satellite fabrication. It has acquired two communications satellites. It owns one satellite - the PAKSAT-1R.
3Bangladesh has minimal space faring infrastructure. But by the year-end the nation wants to launch its own Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite, which is being built by a French company, Thales.
4Sri Lanka launched its first communications satellite in 2012. Made with help from China, it was called SupremeSAT.
5Afghanistan, a war torn country, has already acquired a communications satellite called AfghanSAT. This is an old India-made satellite leased from Europe, which is already in operation. It is yet to ink the final deal for South Asia Satellite.
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