Ajey Lele

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘National Space Day: Touching Lives while Touching the Moon’ has been published in Taaza Khabar News on 23 August 2024.

The success with missions to Moon and Mars indicate that India is almost at par with the developed world in these fields. India’s accomplishment in space technologies has forced the world to take note of India’s scientific prowess. Today, from Panchayat to Parliament, space technology has become a crucial part of India’s development and governance model. National Space Day is a day to say, Thank You, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Why ISRO’s third and final development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle is significant’ has been published in First Post on 16 August 2024.

It is important to look at the success of the SSLV-D3 mission both from commercial and strategic perspectives, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘How DRDO’s successful Ballistic Missile Defence test is critical to India’s security’ has been published by First Post on 27 July 2024.

India’s two adversaries, namely Pakistan and China, are nuclear weapon states; as such, the presence of missile defence systems significantly bolsters India’s defence capabilities and contributes to enhancing its strategic posture, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Ariane 6 – Europe’s long-awaited odyssey in space’ has been published in Taazakabarnews.com on 16 July 2024.

To have a larger pie into the global launch market, ISRO and India’s private space industry need to tie-up with Arianespace. Jointly both agencies can develop a model towards providing commercial launch services in multiple orbits, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘First anniversary of Chandrayaan-3 mission: When India pioneered landing on lunar south pole’ has been published in First Post on 14 July 2024.

With the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, India became the first country in the world to land near the lunar south pole, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Remembering Starfish Prime’ has been published in ‘The Space Review’ on 08 July 2024.

Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States on July 9, 1962. It was reported that the blast had disabled some satellites (around two dozen satellites were operational at the time), including a British bird called Ariel 1, the first ever satellite launched by the United Kingdom, writes Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s opinion piece ‘China-France space partnership soaring to new heights’ has been published in Financial Express on 29 June 2024.

These recent space endeavors highlight the ongoing partnership and collaboration in space exploration between China and France, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s opinion piece ‘Chang’e-6 spacecraft brings lunar dust to Earth, revealing China’s 'Moon agenda'’ has been published in First Post on 26 June 2024.

The Chinese are very systematically making progress towards their ambition of sending a human to the Moon by 2030, says Gp Capt Lele.

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