“Coming of age as player…”, Australia praises India’s prowess in space ahead of Axiom 4’s launch

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New Delhi, June 25, 2025 (ANI): On Axiom 4 mission, Australian High Commissioner to India Philip Green said, “India is coming of age as a player in space. You look back decades to when space was a province for countries like the United States and the Soviet Union. Now it's much more varied, and we see that India is one of the truly fastest-growing countries in space. Our country is too... we congratulate India on all its successes.”

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00:00Australia and India are natural partners in space.

00:04We are now strategically aligned as nations

00:08and both focused on the opportunities in space.

00:12Our interests are complementary.

00:14Australia is a large country with very few people

00:18which means we have dark skies

00:20and very huge capabilities for launch

00:23as well as strong tracking capabilities.

00:26It was Australian tracking facilities

00:28that first got that message from the Gaganyan space capsule

00:33right there on the South Pole of the Moon.

00:35So there is huge possibility between us

00:39and here we have represented three of our six states

00:43including the Governor of the State of South Australia

00:46to demonstrate how keen we are to engage with India.

00:49And there's a particular message we have

00:52that Sydney, Australia will be hosting

00:55the International Astronomical Congress

00:57in just three months and we're welcoming Indian delegates

01:00to see what that has to offer

01:02to engage with the Australian side

01:04but also the whole space community of the world

01:07that will be gathered in our great city of Sydney.

01:10So one more question.

01:11Action Mission 4 is set to be launched today.

01:14How do you see India's participation and what do you like to see on that?

01:17Well, this is a natural development, isn't it?

01:20I mean, you know, India is coming of age as a player in space.

01:24You know, you look back decades to when space was a province

01:29for countries like the United States and the Soviet Union.

01:33Now it's much more varied and we see that India

01:36is one of the truly fastest growing countries in space.

01:39Our country is too.

01:40By the way, our space industry is growing at 10% year on year per annum.

01:45But we congratulate India on all its success

01:48and we look forward to a further measure of that success today with Axia.

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