India has done a better job
than China in promoting satellite launch technology, which could prompt Beijing
to fast-track commercialization of its rocket launches to vie for the world's
small satellite launch market, Chinese officials said on Monday.
''India can send commercial satellites
into at lower costs, giving the country's competitiveness in the global race
for the burgeoning commercial space businesses," Zhang Yonghe, director
with the new technology department of the Shanghai Engineering Centre for
Microsatellites, said.
China may
fast-track the commercialization of its rocket launches after India's success,
Chinese-state run media quoted Chinese officials as saying in a report, titled India's satellite launch ramps up.
Zhang believes that India did a better job
promoting its launch services internationally than China, the report said.
Acknowledging that
after reaching Mars ahead of China, India again stole a march last week by
putting 104 satellites into orbit from a single rocket , Zhang said, "China will likely
fast-track the commercialization of its rocket launches to vie for the world's
burgeoning small satellite launch market.''
"Wednesday's
launch is India's latest triumph for its space programme," a Global Times report said.
"In 2014,
India became the fourth country to successfully send a spacecraft to orbit
Mars, signaling a regional rivalry with China, which suffered a failure in its
Mars mission in 2012," it said.
"Nearly all
of its 103 smaller satellites are from other countries including Israel,
Kazakhstan, Switzerland and the US," it pointed out.
After the Indian
Space Research Organization’s successful feat, the daily, part of the ruling
Communist Party of China publications, had said the achievement made Indians
proud but it sought to belittle the significance saying that its impact is
"limited".
While praising the
record launch as "India's triumph", Monday's report also said
"With respect to the research and development of both military and
commercial rocket launch services, India lags behind China, the US and
Russia.''
Source :- Domain-B
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