12/16/2023, 8:18:41 PM
Highlights: After the successful moon landing – India's space industry reaches new heights. India became the first country in the world to land on the moon's south pole this summer. Today, there are 200 Indian startups in the fast-growing sector. One of them is Digantara, which is developing a kind of space version of Google maps, which will help avoid collisions in space when traffic becomes denser.See more in the clip above. The full interview with Tanveer Ahmed is available on CNN iReport.
India became the first country in the world to land on the moon's south pole this summer. Something that has given a huge boost to the Indian space industry.
India has had a space industry since the 1960s. But after the successful moon landing last summer, the conditions changed.
Today, there are 200 Indian startups in the fast-growing sector. One of them is Digantara, which is developing a kind of space version of Google maps, which will help avoid collisions in space when traffic becomes denser.
"Around a million objects orbit the Earth, and on this platform you can see them all," says Tanveer Ahmed, Digantara's CEO.
See more in the clip above