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Can India Really Regulate Starlink? The Lessons from Ukraine
The Russia–Ukraine war has starkly exposed the strategic vulnerabilities that emerge when modern nations rely on private, foreign-controlled satellite constellations for critical national security and military communications. While commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) networks like Starlink proved indispensable in keeping Ukrainian defense forces and civilian infrastructure connected following the systematic destruction of legacy terrestrial communications, the…
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Why Space Gen: Chandrayaan Gets ISRO Wrong — The Problem with Hero Worship in Indian Sci-Fi
The recently released TVF series Space Gen: Chandrayaan should have been a landmark moment for Indian prestige television.It had the budget.It had the backing of JioHotstar.And it had one of the most compelling true stories of the decade: India’s resurrection from the heartbreak of 2019 to the precision landing of 2023. Yet, five episodes in,…
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PSLV-C62 Failure Analysis: Why ISRO’s Workhorse is Struggling in SpaceX era!
For over three decades, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has been the quiet backbone of India’s space ambitions. It launched Chandrayaan-1, carried the Mars Orbiter Mission, and once stunned the world by deploying 104 satellites in a single mission. Within ISRO, PSLV earned a simple nickname: Old Reliable. That reputation is now under pressure.…
