India seeks prestige and power through space programme
India's space programme promises soft power, prestige and potentially military benefits
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- Indigenous launchers
- Commercial aspirations for launchers
- Intellectual property rights
- Expanding capabilities
- Applications satellites
- International cooperation
- European allies
- US ties
- Militarising space?
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_350.jpg "India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Reuters/Babu)")