India-Bhutan SAT: How India Is Helping Smaller Nations Like Bhutan With Space Technology

India-Bhutan SAT: The ground station established by ISRO in Bhutan for satellite tracking is one of the ways in which India is showing its willingness to share space technology with its neighbours. 

India-Bhutan SAT: This space cooperation between India and Bhutan is important because it will allow Bhutan, a nation smaller than Bhutan, to leverage space technology. India has also helped train engineers from Bhutan to build and test satellites.  ( Image Source :ISRO )

India-Bhutan SAT: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is helping nations smaller than India by providing them with space technology. One of these nations is Bhutan. On November 26, 2022, ISRO launched nine satellites as part of the PSLV-C54 mission. One of these satellites was BhutanSAT, a Bhutanese satellite. Scientists from both India and Bhutan jointly developed this satellite. On March 13, 2023, ISRO Chairman D Somanath, along with some delegates, inaugurated a Ground-Earth station