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The Indian Space Programme (the book) – price discount and reviews

By Gurbir Dated: November 21, 2017 Leave a Comment

Price discounts until the end of November. Ebook £9.99. Book reviews of the The Indian Space Programme.

“A true scholarly, and authoritative history. A landmark book.” Dr Allan Chapman, Wadham College University of Oxford.

“Singh has done a masterful job of pulling together unique material and photos for a popular reader.” Leonard David.

“This is a monumental book on the Indian space program, arguably the least covered major space program in the world. In over 600 pages, the author describes the organization and history of India’s launcher and satellite programs. My conclusion was that if something is not covered in this book, it wasn’t worth covering. Kudos to Mr. Singh for researching and writing such a complete overview. If you have any questions on India’s space efforts, the answer will surely be here.” Bert Vis

“Excellent book giving each and every single detail, not only about India’s Space Programme, but also historical aspects of Europe, USA and Russian” Dr Rajinder Singh, University of Oldenburg, Germany.

 

Available now

  • Paperback  available on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, and Amazon.es.
  • Ebook on Kindle is available on Amazon in the following countries
    United States : United Kingdom : Germany : France : Spain : Italy : Netherlands : Japan : BR : CA : MX : Australia : India

 

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Manchester – This is the Place

By Gurbir Dated: May 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

One of the more memorable events from Manchester over the last week. A poem by Tony Walsh.  I don’t listen to much poetry but this is a Riveting five minutes.

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Public Event. Anglo Indian Stephen Smith – India’s forgotten Rocketeer

By Gurbir Dated: March 17, 2017 2 Comments

What: A public talk on Anglo Indian Stephen Smith. His life and achievements.

Where: The Larkhill Centre, Thorley Lane, Timperley, WA15 7AZ (about 3 miles from Manchester International Airport)

When: 19:30 – 20:15 Tuesday 21st March 2017

The event is organised by the India Study Circle for Philately. During the 1920s Stephen Smith founded the Calcutta Philatelic Club and the Aero Philatelic Club of India (which changed its name to the Indian Airmail Society in 1930). The rocket mail covers flown in his rockets were in demand by collectors then and remain so today.  A bit more about him on this piece I wrote here and checkout the update in my comment to the same post.

In the talk I will speak about  his personal life story and provided an update on having recently made contact with his  family (grand-daughter and great grand-daughter) living in London. The event is open to the public and is free – includes tea and biscuits.

 

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Akatsuki – New arrival at Venus

By Gurbir Dated: December 11, 2015 Leave a Comment

Akatsuki. Credit JAXAWith two active rovers on the surface of Mars and six satellites in orbit, the Human exploration of Mars continues as never before. Two more missions will be leaving Earth for Mars in early 2016. However, the space news of this week that has not received the due global attention is the arrival of the Japanese spacecraft, Akatsuki in Venusian orbit on Monday. Compared to the social media storm of when the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission arrived in Mars in October 2014, Akatsuki’s arrival at Venus has been an unfairly subdued affair.

The highly successful European Venus Express mission came to an end early this year, today Akatsuki is the only active spacecraft in orbit around Venus. At 400 by 440,000km Akatsuki will orbit Venus every two weeks in a highly elliptical orbit. Jaxa engineers plan to tweak the orbit and commission all 6 instruments – 3 of which are already operational.

The story of Akatsuki’s mission to Venus almost mirrored the problematic Nozomi spacecraft to Mars in 1999. Jaxa’s Nozomi spacecraft suffered engine problems and failed to orbit Mars but did fly past it in 2003. Akatsuki, launched in 2010 also suffered engine problems and achieved orbit of Venus only on its second attempt 5 years after launch. Jaxa’s engineers employed some remarkable engineering solutions to achieve this success. Akatsuki will now orbit Venus for a two-year science mission. A more detailed write-up is available at Spaceflight 1010.

 

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