SPACE: Which country has how many satellites in space, know about India's strong position,Know it Here

New Delhi, In the last few decades, India has proved its supremacy in the world of space. Competing with America and Russia, India has stood on the list where only a few countries of the world have reached. In this entire journey, India's mission 'Chandrayaan-2' could not get relatively successful, but India's stung on the world stage.

The Union of Concerned Scientists Satellite Database has compiled a list. The names of those countries of the world are recorded in this list, which has flagged success in space. 

According to this report, there are 1038 satellites in America's space so far. There are 356 satellites in China's space. Russia has 167 satellites in space, 130 in America, 78 in Japan, and 58 in India. Of these, 339 are for military use, 133 for civil, 1440 for commercial use, and 318 for mixed-use.

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58 years Bang Journey

India's space journey began on 21 November 1963 when India launched an American-made two-stage sounding rocket 'Nike-Apache' from Thumba, a fishing area in Kerala. This was India's first step towards space.

 At that time, India neither had the necessary facilities nor the infrastructure for this launch. Since there was no building at the Thumba rocket launch station, the local bishop's house was made the director's office. The building of the ancient St Mary Magdalene Church became the control room and smoke was seen with the naked eye. Even rocket parts and space equipment were transported to the launch site by bullock carts and cycles.

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Success of Mangalyaan

On 16 November 2013, India wrote a new chapter in the history of space science. The space journey of PSLV C-25 Mars Orbiter (Mangalyaan) started from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 2:39 am on this day. 

With its arrival on Mars on 24 September 2014, India became the first country to be successful in such a mission for the first time. With this, it became the fourth country in the world to send such a mission after Soviet Russia, NASA, and the European Space Agency. Apart from this, it is also the cheapest mission sent to Mars.