India, a seriously underestimated space opponent, we all underestimated its capabilities.

India is a magical country on the South Asian continent. When it comes to India, many people's first impressions are mostly motorcycle acrobatics, curry rice or people hanging trains. When it comes to Indian space flight, many people have a bad impression. The moon landing failed, the manned space flight failed, and even the satellite launch was blessed by a god cow. India doesn't seem to have any commendable space technology. So is the real Indian space flight really that unbearable?

India's space flight began in 1963, when India built its first rocket launching pad and launched its first sounding rocket. On July 1980, India successfully launched a satellite from its own launch site for the first time, becoming the sixth country in the world with independent satellite launch capability. In the aerospace field, the technical ability of a rocket often determines one. Although India is not as good as China, the United States, Russian and other space powers in the rocket field at present, its rocket technical strength is also one of the best in the world. At present, the most important rockets in India include Satellite Launch Vehicle 3 (SLV-3) (retired), Accelerated Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which undertake almost all Indian space missions, including domestic space exploration and international satellite orders.

In recent years, India has made several commendable achievements in space flight. The first one came from 20 17 and 15. In February, India launched a launch vehicle carrying 104 satellites, which broke the Asian record of 20 satellites with one arrow in China and the world record of 37 satellites with one arrow in Russia, respectively, and set a new record for the largest number of satellites launched in a single time in human history. This launch mission uses PSLV-XL, one of India's main rockets at present, that is, the polar orbit launch rocket. Although India has launched 104 satellites at one time, most of them are in one orbit, and the total payload weight of PSLV rocket is about 1.5 tons, which is not difficult. Compared with China Long March rocket, the ultimate near-earth orbit load of PSLV rocket is about 3.5 tons.

The second is Chandrayaan- 1 launched by India in 2008, with a total mass of 1.380kg and a cost of about $83 million. It will carry 1 lunar probe and successfully fly around the moon, making India the third Asian country to explore the moon. However, Chandrayaan- 1 lost contact in August 2009 after flying around the moon for 3,400 times. Of course, what India is most proud of is that the independently developed Mars probes Man Garian and Man Garian weigh about 1.35 tons and cost only $7,300, which is not as high as a Hollywood blockbuster.

Man Garian was successfully launched on the afternoon of 20 1 13 10, and successfully entered the orbit of Mars on September 24, 20 14, thus India became the fourth country or organization in the world to successfully explore Mars. However, whether Man Garian can successfully enter Mars actually depends to a great extent on NASA's deep space network, although some Indian rockets are independently developed. Therefore, NASA has provided powerful space communication knowledge for human beings to enter Mars. It can be said that without NASA's deep space network, Man Garian, which cost only $73 million, could hardly reach Mars. Although many aspects of Indian space are realized with the help of NASA, it can also be said that this is an advantage of India.

In the current space field, NASA has almost completely crushed any country in all space fields, including military satellites, scientific satellites, manned space flight, deep space exploration and commercial space flight. The European Space Agency has obvious advantages in scientific satellites, communication satellites and deep space exploration. China has made rapid progress in manned space flight and satellite application. Although Russia is declining, the fields of military satellites and manned space flight are still strong, while Japan's unique skills in deep space exploration are frequent. Most of China's space activities rely on independent innovation, and countless astronauts are willing to make efforts. India is different. Although their strength is far from ours, thanks to the help of NASA, India has acquired many advanced technologies in the space field. After all, in the current space field, NASA is undoubtedly the strongest.

On the whole, India is not what we thought. If we know its unique advantages, we will make obvious progress, although there is a gap between us. In the future, the space field is bound to be the focus of competition among world powers, and the small earth can no longer satisfy human desire for exploration. The focus of the future of mankind lies in the sea of stars.