Pradeep's Space Newsletter #48

Links and updates

Personal Updates

I attended the inaugural Short Credit Course on Space Power organized by The Takshashila Institution. This was a four weekend long course hosted by Aditya Ramanathan and Pranav R Satyanath. Some of the people who took sessions in the course included Ashok G V (on Space Governance) and Dr. Narayan Prasad (on the Commercial Space Sector) among others.

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ISRO Updates

• YUVIKA - YUva VIgyani KAryakram (Young Scientist Programme)

• Inauguration of the India-Bhutan Satellite Ground Station

• NISAR (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Satellite Update

• Controlled Re-entry Experiment of Megha-Tropiques-1 | Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) Controlled Re-entry Successful and impacted on the Pacific Ocean

• ISRO conducts Rail Track Rocket Sled deployment tests of the Gaganyaan Pilot and Apex Cover Separation parachutes

• Monthly Summary of Department of Space February 2023

• Astronomers develop a low-cost alternative for satellites to orient themselves in space

• Announcement of IN-SPACe Seed Fund Scheme for Innovation in India

Media Coverage

• 'ISRO working on 1,500 new technology areas': Chairman S. Somanath

• "We are moving away from a protectionist to an open mind," says ISRO chairman

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Twitter Updates

Massimiliano Ladovaz @M_Ladovaz

@OneWeb @isro @NSIL_India

Arjun_raf @ArjunRaf

A public lecture as part of ADITYA-L1 is being organized tomorrow and I'll be attending it. If anyone has any questions for the speaker, feel free to drop them here. I'll try to get it answered.

YouTube Updates

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Other Newsletters

• India Space Progress #2

• Martian Sunday - Issue 22: India & Russia developing 'Marsoplane'?