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Ravish Malhotra

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NameRavish Malhotra
TypeIntercosmos Cosmonaut
NationalityIndian
Birth dateDecember 25, 1943(age 66)
Birth placeLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other occupationTest Pilot
RankAir Commodore
Time in spaceA backup
Selection1982

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Air Commodore (retd) Ravish Malhotra (b. 25 December 1943 in Lahore(now in present day Pakistan)) is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force and the retired astronaut. He was trained as an Indian astronaut by the Soviet Union.He was also the Air Officer Commanding of AF Station , Hindon near Delhi.

He was selected as backup of Rakesh Sharma for the Soyuz T-11 mission which launched the first Indian citizen into space. Malhotra was awarded the Kirti Chakra in 1984.

He became an Air Force test pilot, later stationed at the test center in Bangalore. He is presently the Vice President of the aerospace department of Dynamatic Technologies.


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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Satellites
Earth observationBhaskara Satellite series * IRS * Cartosat 1 * Cartosat 2 * Cartosat 2A * Cartosat 3 * Oceansat-2
CommunicationIndian National Satellite System * GSAT-1 * GSAT-2 * GSAT-3 * GSAT-4 * KALPANA-1
Space observatoryAryabhata * Astrosat
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Extraterrestrial explorationAditya * Chandrayaan-1 * Chandrayaan-2 * Mars mission
Launch vehicle
fleet
Expendable launch systemSLV * ASLV * PSLV * GSLV * GSLV-Mk III
Reusable launch systemAVATAR RLV
Human spaceflight
programme
Technology demonstrationSRE-1 * SRE-2
Crew vehicleOrbital Vehicle * Indian Space Shuttle Program
Launch vehicleGSLV-IIH
Astronomy and
planetary sciences
ObservatoriesIndian Astronomical Observatory * Ooty Radio Telescope
InstitutionsNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory
Associated
organizations
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research * Raman Research Institute * Indian Institute of Astrophysics * Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics * Department of Space * Antrix Corporation * Aerospace Command * Defence Research and Development Organisation * IIST
People
AstronautsRakesh Sharma * Ravish Malhotra
ScientistsHomi Jehangir Bhabha * Vikram Sarabhai * Satish Dhawan * Raja Ramanna * Abdul Kalam * Udipi Ramachandra Rao * K. Kasturirangan * G. Madhavan Nair * Mylswamy Annadurai * B. N. Suresh * K. Radhakrishnan
Other
Bhuvan



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