According to the Indian media "Eurasia Times" reported on January 17, recently, India's Minister of Atomic Energy and Space Development, Jitendra Singh, announced in parliament that India's first space station will be completed in 2030, while the long-awaited Indian manned space program "Gaganyaan" will be launched this year. Indian media optimistically pointed out that according to the law of history, as China may become the only country in the world with a space station in 2024 (2030 at the latest), its neighbor India will also catch up in the next few years.
Earlier in 2019, K Sivan, CEO of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), first introduced the features of the planned Indian space station. According to Sivan, the space station could weigh up to 20 tons and be arranged in an orbit 400 kilometers above Earth, where astronauts could stay for 15-20 days. Sivan said at the time that construction of the space station would begin 5 to 7 years after the implementation of the Gaganyan program.
Indian media pointed out that the Indian Space Research Organization mentioned in the 2022 New Year's message published on its website that there is a view that in 2021, almost nothing will happen to NASA in the United States - "mainly because of the reduction in the number of NASA launches." However, CEO K Sivan noted that during this "hiatus", the Indian Space Research Organization has launched various technological development programs and prepared for space activities over the next decade.
However, Indian media also pointed out that Sivan has also stressed that the Indian government has approved space sector reforms to expand the presence of its space industry in India and even the world. He also noted that some policies in India's space sector are also being adjusted in response to reforms, so while the space station is the most ambitious project in ISRO's program, it will take some time before launch.
At the end of the report, Nitin J. Ticku, defense analyst and editor-in-chief of Eurasian Times, wrote: "If you look at the historical records of China and India together, you will have a clearer understanding of India's space station [the development process], which is also a fair idea." From nuclear tests to anti-satellite tests, India has been catching up with China very quickly. ”
Along the lines, Nitin writes: "China's first nuclear test was in 1964, And India's was in 1974 — a little more than 10 years to catch up; China launched its first lunar mission, Chang'e-1, in 2007, India launched Chandrayaan-1 in 2008; China conducted its first anti-satellite mission in 2007, followed by India in 2019." So ideally, now that the Asian giant (China) has launched its own space station, history suggests that India could have its own space station by 2030, as ISRO announced. This is the law we are seeing. ”
(Editor: LH)