Space Power

This project studies the ways in which India can leverage its space capabilities and international space cooperation to advance its national interests.

Our Approach

The ability to use space for commercial, military, and scientific purposes is a vital determinant of overall national power. Takshashila’s space power project looks at how diplomatic engagements, domestic policies, and military planning can help build India’s space power and thus contribute to its economic growth and strategic position.

Recent Analysis

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Space Reforms in India: A Job Half Done
Space Reforms in India: A Job Half Done

By Ashwin Prasad

Takshashila Issue Brief - Demand for Space Launch Services in India
Takshashila Issue Brief - Demand for Space Launch Services in India

By Ashwin Prasad

Understanding the Lunar Governance Challenge
Understanding the Lunar Governance Challenge

By Aditya Ramanathan

Takshashila Discussion Document - Human Spaceflight: Indian Goals & Global Ambitions
Takshashila Discussion Document - Human Spaceflight: Indian Goals & Global Ambitions

By Aditya Ramanathan

Think20 Policy Brief - Sustaining Outer Space: An SSA Data-Sharing Arrangement for the G20
Think20 Policy Brief - Sustaining Outer Space: An SSA Data-Sharing Arrangement for the G20

By Pranav R Satyanath

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Proposals for the U.N’s New Agenda for Peace
Takshashila Policy Advisory - Proposals for the U.N’s New Agenda for Peace

By Shambhavi Naik, Pranav R Satyanath, Saurabh Todi & Shrikrishna Upadhyaya

Takshashila Issue Brief - The Quad Agenda for Semiconductors, Biotechnology, and Space
Takshashila Issue Brief - The Quad Agenda for Semiconductors, Biotechnology, and Space

By Shrikrishna Upadhyaya

Takshashila Discussion Document - Approaches to Advance India’s Interests in Outer Space
Takshashila Discussion Document - Approaches to Advance India’s Interests in Outer Space

By Pranav R Satyanath

Takshashila Discussion Document - Examining the Opportunities and Challenges for India’s Human Spaceflight Programme
Takshashila Discussion Document - Examining the Opportunities and Challenges for India’s Human Spaceflight Programme

By Pranav R Satyanath

Takshashila Issue Brief - India & Artemis Programme: Next Step for Space Cooperation?
Takshashila Issue Brief - India & Artemis Programme: Next Step for Space Cooperation?

By Shrikrishna Upadhyaya

Takshashila Discussion Document - How States Negotiated in the UN’s OEWG on Space Threats
Takshashila Discussion Document - How States Negotiated in the UN’s OEWG on Space Threats

By Pranav R Satyanath

Takshashila Research Note - Space Stations: Promises & Challenges
Takshashila Research Note - Space Stations: Promises & Challenges

By Aditya Ramanathan and Aditya Pareek

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demand for Grants in the Union Budget for FY 2022-23
Takshashila Policy Advisory - Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demand for Grants in the Union Budget for FY 2022-23

By Shambhavi Naik, Pradeep Mohandas, Sarthak Pradhan, Aditya Ramanathan, Aditya Pareek and Pranay Kotasthane

Takshashila Discussion Document - India-Russia Space Cooperation: A Way Forward
Takshashila Discussion Document - India-Russia Space Cooperation: A Way Forward

By Aditya Pareek and Andrey Gubin

Takshashila Policy Brief - The New Space Policy 2020
Takshashila Policy Brief - The New Space Policy 2020

By Utkarsh Narain

Takshashila Working Paper - Space Power and Space Warfare
Takshashila Working Paper - Space Power and Space Warfare

By Pranav R. Satyanath

Recent Commentaries

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Mint | Private sector participation in LVM3 production could mean a space sector boom

By Ashwin Prasad

Firstpost | Agnikul’s first test flight: Time for private sector to be wings of Indian space industry

By Ashwin Prasad

Deccan Herald | New guidelines could hamper India’s promising space industry

By Ashwin Prasad

Firstpost | How private sector can propel a new wave of space revolution in India

By Ashwin Prasad

Times of India | In final frontier, 4 is the first number

By Aditya Ramanathan

Spacepreneur | India's Space and Geospatial Policies: Unlocking New Horizons

By Nithiyanandam

Hindustan Times | Chandrayaan will help us profit from the heavens

By Aditya Ramanathan

Times of India | Why India must now prepare for lunar geopolitics as well

By Aditya Ramanathan

The Hindu | Will signing Artemis Accords benefit India?

By Aditya Ramanathan

Times of India | How, finally, India is reaching for the Moon

By Aditya Ramanathan

The Hindu | Explained | India has signed the Artemis Accords. What is at stake?

By Aditya Ramanathan

How Should India Respond to the US' Unilateral ASAT Test Ban?

By Pranav RS

The Role of Space in the Russia-Ukraine War

By Aditya Pareek

India Needs A Comprehensive Space Strategy

BY ADITYA PAREEK AND MEGHA PARDHI

Space Power Team

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Aditya Ramanathan
Aditya Ramanathan

Aditya is an Associate Fellow with the Takshashila Institution. A journalist by training, he has previously worked at Mint and as a freelancer. He has also researched and written on colonial-era Indian military history.

Ashwin Prasad
Ashwin Prasad

Ashwin is a Research Analyst working with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme at the Takshashila Institution. He monitors the evolution of India as a space power by undertaking policy research on the commercial, legal, and strategic aspects of outer space affairs from an Indian national interest perspective.