
You Can Have a Rocket and Still Lose Access to Space | Space Launch 2
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A rocket is only useful if it has somewhere reliable to launch from. Lokendra Sharma and Ashwin Prasad Rao discuss how geography, launch ranges, sea launch and access to foreign spaceports shape national launch capacity. They also examine India’s dependence on Sriharikota, the role of Kulasekarapattinam, and whether Technology Safeguards Agreements and overseas launch sites could give India more resilient access to orbit.
The discussion draws on this recent newsletter edition discussing global space launch: https://orrery.ashwinprasadrao.com/p/still-on-the-umbilical
For those interested in exploring these questions further, Takshashila Institution’s Space Power Course: Advancing India’s Interests in the Orbits and Beyond covers the strategic, commercial and military dimensions of space power:
https://takshashila.org.in/pages/policy-school/ecc-space-power.html
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