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India’s New Space-Based Spy Network
By Usman Haider
India is pushing ahead with an ambitious project to build an indigenous constellation of space-based surveillance capabilities.

Measuring the Depth of India’s Space Program
By Namrata Goswami
Where India’s matrix on space power takes the hardest hit is the lack of strategic clarity regarding the “why” of its space policies.

Outer Space in the BJP’s Election Manifesto: Promises and Prospects
By Kiran Mohan Vazhapully
In one section of their manifesto, the BJP outlined its plan to make India a “leading space power.”

India’s Space Program in 2023: Taking Stock
By Namrata Goswami
2023 witnessed some rather game-changing updates to India’s space vision.

The Long Evolution of India-US Space Relations
By Noiranjana Kashyap
New Delhi and Washington have gone from apprehension to close collaboration on the development of India's space program.

The Slow Militarization of India’s Space Sector
By Anuttama Banerji
Space has become securitized and militarized within the Indian strategic discourse, with technology, assets, and other infrastructure within the domain being used for military purposes.

The Strategic and Geopolitical Significance of India’s Chandrayaan 3 Lunar Mission
By Namrata Goswami
As the race to commercially exploit the Moon heats up, India’s latest mission has big ramifications.

Defining ‘Responsible Behavior’ in Space Is a Growing Necessity
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Amid worsening geopolitical dynamics and contested great power relations, even obvious good behavior needs to be spelled out clearly.

India’s Space Cooperation With the Middle East
By Anuttama Banerji
While the traditional view holds that India’s engagement with the region is primarily focused on economics, especially energy, space cooperation is an increasingly important area.

The Lunar Race Between India and Russia: What’s at Stake?
By Namrata Goswami
Later this month, the two nations will each attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. The missions will have implications for the two rival blocs now forming in space.

India Launches a Lander and Rover to Explore the Moon’s South Pole
By Aijaz Rahi and Ashok Sharma
A successful landing would make India the fourth country – after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China – to achieve the feat.

What Do We Know About India’s New Space Policy?
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Among other things, the policy opens up the country's space sector to the active participation of the private sector.

OneWeb Launch an Important Success for India’s Space Program
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The cost effectiveness of India’s satellite launches, along with its credible launch system, offer the country enormous opportunities.

Developments in Asia-Pacific’s Space Industry
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Benjamin Charlton.

Could the Quad Help With India’s Space Station Dreams?
By Pranav R. Satyanath
As China finishes its own space station, what India should look to international partners to take its space program to the next level.

India’s Mission DefSpace
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
What is most remarkable with Mission Defense Space is its goal to provide the private sector an opportunity to finally operate in India’s defense space sector.

India’s New Small Satellite Launch Vehicle Fails
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Despite the failure of the August 7 rocket launch, the ISRO appears to be taking a determined but prudent path for the future.

The Artemis Accords and Global Lunar Governance
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
It would be useful to have spacefaring powers agree upon and comply with a common set of principles.

Managing the Military Problem of Space: The Case of India
By Robert Farley
Different countries have approached the military aspects of space in different ways. Here’s India’s approach.

Sky High: How the Asia-Pacific Sees Space
David Burbach, Namrata Goswami, and Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan discuss the future of space competition and cooperation in Asia.

India and the US Are Expanding Their Space Cooperation
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is a very specific subfield, but an increasingly important one for safeguarding space operations.

US Returns to Human Spaceflight
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The growing private space sector is beginning to create new energy and excitement about space.

Bridging Strategy and Space: Indian Defense Reforms
By Nilanthan Niruthan
India’s space ambitions are growing. With that growth, New Delhi's strategy in the space domain will need to evolve, too.

Trump’s India Visit Should Enhance US-India Space Cooperation
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami
It's time for Washington and New Delhi to take their space cooperation to the next level.
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