is envious of the continuous improvement of my country's space station . India also claims to build a space station larger than China in 2030. Why do Indians dare to make such wild claims when hundreds of millions of people in India don't have enough to eat? What is India's aerospace strength?
In the impression of ordinary people, Indian Aerospace can be said to be only a toddler compared with China.
But looking at the history of India's aerospace development, it is not difficult to find that their aerospace industry started relatively early. As early as 1963, India built their first rocket launch site in Donba, and our country only successfully launched its first satellite in 1970.
Of course, the rapid development of India's aerospace industry in the early days was inseparable from the support of the Soviet Union's big brother at that time. In the same year, India launched the first sounding rocket in India's history, and because of this, India's international reputation Have the qualifications to join the Space Club.
In July 1980, India successfully launched a satellite using its home-made launch vehicle , making India the fourth country in the world that can independently launch satellites.
As of 2012, India has launched a total of about 60 satellites, and has established its own satellite navigation system , IRNSS based on Starlink . Although they built satellite navigation systems earlier, as far as the current world is concerned, there is still no place for Indian satellite navigation systems.
In 2013, India successfully launched its first Mars probe and successfully arrived at Mars, becoming the first country in Asia to successfully launch a Mars probe. In 2017, in order to enhance its aerospace influence in Asia, India set a world record at the time by launching 104 satellites into space at once.
As of now, India's various aerospace equipment are relatively complete, and there are 1.68 million related aerospace science and technology personnel. Objectively speaking, India is indeed a big country in the aerospace field, and there is evidence for Indian netizens to dare to make such claims. According to.
India’s aerospace industry started earlier than China and has complete infrastructure. Why are there so few breakthroughs in India’s aerospace field today?
If we study the history of India's aerospace development in detail, it is not difficult to find that they seem to have the idea of matching us. For example, in 2015, we set a record of launching 20 satellites into space at the same time, while India launched 104 satellites into space at once in 2017.
Seeing our Yutu lunar exploration vehicle successfully landing on the moon, they also want to clamor for manned landing on the moon. Seeing that our space station is about to be completed, they also want to start construction of the space station in 2023.
But haste makes waste. Ever since India wanted to accelerate its exploration in the aerospace field, everything has not gone so smoothly. As early as 2008, India was already preparing for a manned moon landing, and in 2008 In October launched the "Moon 1" probe, and in July of the following year it launched the "Moon 2" probe.
But problems came one after another. After nine months of work, the Lunar 2 probe suddenly lost contact with the ground command center, and the lunar exploration mission could only be declared ended. In addition, the PSLV rocket launch missions that Indians are proud of have failed in the past few years, which has also dealt a heavy blow to India's aerospace industry.
According to relevant statistics, in the past few years from 2014 to 2021, India has had 10 major launch accidents caused by failures of various space equipment. It was precisely these accidents that caused the international image of India's aerospace industry to plummet, and the Indian space station plan and manned space plan were also postponed indefinitely. It is precisely for these reasons that we have not heard news about Indian aerospace in recent years.
India claims to build a space station larger than China in 2030. Can this ambitious ambition really be realized?
To understand this problem, we might as well first understand the development history of my country's aerospace industry. According to the white paper on my country's aerospace industry, in the next five years, China's aerospace will vigorously develop in space science, space technology , and space applications. .
Not only will there be deeper development in the space transportation system, manned spaceflight and deep space exploration, the most amazing thing is that our country will build an international lunar scientific research station . This project will be in the lunar orbit and lunar surface. Build scientific experimental facilities on the moon to achieve the purpose of exploring the moon.
Building a space station on the moon is an arduous task for any country in the world, and our country’s determination to build this project is also very strong. Once the lunar scientific research station is successfully completed, then our country’s aerospace scientific research field will take the lead internationally. The Admiral will be in a league of his own.
It will be extremely difficult for India to catch up with us by then. They said that India’s space station will be fully completed in 2030 and will be larger than China’s space station, but by then we may not be there. Limited to the exploration of the space station, the lunar scientific research station may have been put into use long ago.
To sum up, it is almost impossible for India to catch up with China's achievements in the aerospace field by relying on its own strength in the future. However, our goal is also to build a community with a shared future for mankind, so it is possible that in the future, various countries will reasonably develop deep space exploration technology, and by then humankind's achievements in the space field will be even higher.
