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India says it has achieved key milestones for the 2028 launch of an Indian Space Station to join the ISS and Tiangong Space Station.

Why successful de-docking of SpaDeX mission is a huge milestone for ISRO?

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Indian media isn't exactly reliable when it comes to India's space program...
- Its the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) who've said this, and they've a pretty good track record of achieving stated goals.
And yet 80% of their population is in extreme poverty, with absolutely no infrastructure...
- Wrong. The World Bank says 13% of Indians live in extreme poverty & 97% of the population have wired electricity. Also, surely the way to be richer and more developed is investing in high tech growth industries like advanced space tech?
yeah, they definitely have their priorities wrong
So if all goes to plan there should be three space stations in 2028 - when will there be a fourth? Russia has plans for an Russian Orbital Service Station. While no one doubts Russia has the necessary technical expertise, can it spare diverting the cash from its war in Ukraine?
Presumably that will be a commercial one someday, it doesn't seem like any other countries are in the pipeline for developing one. The ISS is slated to be deorbited around 2030. The US & ESA/Canada might well part ways when the ISS is decommissioned, and it seems unclear what will replace the ISS, and exactly how much longer it will last.

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