India has launched its first space mission to study the sun. The Aditya L1 spacecraft will travel to the outermost part of the sun’s orbit. Its aim is to record data that will help scientists to understand how massive explosions of solar gases happen, and and how they impact the Earth. The mission is due to take around 5 years. That means India’s last two space missions have been successful. Both missions are different, technically difficult missions. Do they proove that India is now among the leaders in space exploration? Both China and India are rising military and economic powers. They regularly clash on their shared border, and both countries have very ambitious space programs. Will this rivalry in space change their relationship on the ground? Some discoveries in space affect the way we live on earth, but how much of space exploration is really about politics, bravado and flexing on the world stage?
What are the geopolitical implications of India’s success in space? | DW News
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