India's Space Program, Ambitions, and Activities

Goswami, Namrata

doi:10.1353/asp.2020.0022

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“…While the incorporation of exploration activities within India's space portfolio suggests the growing importance of prestige-related factors, it is improbable that they would overshadow the development-oriented objectives of the space programme. This suggests that the "needs-based approach" remains the dominant principle of Indian space policy [Aliberti 2018;Goswami 2020].…”

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Implications of Chinese space policy for the Asian region: regional space initiatives analysis

Stetsiuk

2023

Chinese Studies

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Chinese proactive space policy is having an increasing impact on the current state of affairs related to space exploration in the Asian region. This includes the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) and the promotion of its activities as an alternative to the already existing Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), which was created by Japan, as well as the development of a wide range of initiatives and projects for the space industry within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The purpose of this article is to compare the two main regional space governance frameworks presented by China and Japan, identify their differences and potential points of convergence, consider the role of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) as an interlink in the Belt and Road Initiative Space Information Corridor (BRISIC), and evaluate the prospect of a possible space race between the three key space actors in the Asian region, which are China, Japan, and India.The processes that are taking place at the regional level cannot be labeled a space race in the traditional sense (compared to the first space race during the Cold War), since all three "space giants" of the region are guided by their respective national development priorities. There is an understanding that China satisfies all of the requirements that should be met by a space power more effectively than any other nation in the region. In this way, the aspect of rivalry brings a healthy spirit of reasonable competitiveness without a tough ideological or military confrontation.

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Implications of Chinese space policy for the Asian region: regional space initiatives analysis

Stetsiuk

2023

Chinese Studies

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“…There is an ever-growing interest in space exploration, with a multitude of satellite missions planned for the next few years and the Moon being one of the main objectives. Projects such as the Russian LUNA 27 lander [3], NASA's Artemis [31] and VIPER [12] programmes, ESA's PRO-SPECT mission [38], JAXA's SLIM [30], the Indian Chandrayaan 3 [16], and China's Chang'e 6 [10] are expected to land on the Moon before the end of the decade. Furthermore, commercial missions by private companies like Astrobotic Technology [33], SpaceX [41], and Blue Origin [11] are also scheduled to land and perform experiments on the lunar surface in the near future.…”

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A novel approach to the analytical modelling of an auger conveyor system for lunar regolith transportation

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Auger-based transportation systems are a promising method to transport lunar regolith for in situ resource utilisation. An analytical model based on terrestrial auger conveyor industry guidelines is used to predict the behaviour and performance parameters of an auger conveyor system under a range of initial conditions. Key aspects of the model have been validated with published experimental data. The proposed model produces more accurate predictions than previous methods and calculates the inclination angle with the best conveying efficiency. The proposed model output flow predictions have on average $$47\%$$ 47 % less deviation from the experimental data mean than previous model predictions, while the predictions for power requirements without considering energy losses present 42.9% and $$59.2\%$$ 59.2 % less deviation than previous predictions. When the losses are considered, the proposed model predictions are 70% and $$86.4\%$$ 86.4 % more accurate than the previous models, which have been found to underestimate the power requirements of this type of conveyors.

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“…However, since the beginning of the 21st century, more than a dozen missions have been undertaken. Recently, many lunar exploration missions are announced, such as the sample-return phase of Chinaʼs lunar exploration program (Li et al 2019), Lunar Polar Exploration Mission of Japan (Hoshino et al 2020), Chandrayaan-3 of India (Goswami 2020), and, the Lunar Gateway and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) of the USA (Duggan et al 2019). The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) mission is one such mission.…”

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KMAG: KPLO Magnetometer Payload

Lee

Jin

Jeong

et al. 2021

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Kplo-MAGnetometer (KMAG) is one of the scientific instruments of Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) set to be launched in 2022. Its objectives are magnetic field investigation and technical demonstration near the surface of the Moon. Specifically, it will investigate the lithospheric magnetism of the Moon and measure the electromagnetic wave properties near the lunar surface. It consists of three fluxgate magnetometers on a 1.2 m long boom, which is relatively shorter than the boom used in other missions. The three magnetometers are included for scientific measurements, redundancy checks, and multi-sensor technical investigation. The magnetometers and an inner Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive sensor perform simultaneous sampling to correct for the magnetic field interference caused by the spacecraft. The fully integrated flight model assembly showed that the magnetometer noise level was less than 30 pT Hz−1/2 at 1 Hz and stability was within ±0.2 nT at the 10 Hz sampling rate. This paper describes the configuration and performance of the KMAG using the multi-sensing method. KPLO, THEMIS-ARTEMIS spacecraft, and Commercial Lunar Payload Service modules will be in their operational phase simultaneously. Therefore, the KMAG will be able to contribute to multi-site in-situ measurements of the lunar magnetic field. We expect that the KMAG will provide an up-to-date lunar observation data set and an opportunity to perform the multi-sensor observation.

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India's Space Program, Ambitions, and Activities

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Implications of Chinese space policy for the Asian region: regional space initiatives analysis

Implications of Chinese space policy for the Asian region: regional space initiatives analysis

A novel approach to the analytical modelling of an auger conveyor system for lunar regolith transportation

KMAG: KPLO Magnetometer Payload

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