♦ Defence Space Agency inaugurated a first-ever space exercise Antariksha Abhyas-2024 in New Delhi on 11 November 2024.

♦ It is a first of its kind exercise being conducted and is expected to help secure national strategic objectives in space and integrate India’s space capability in military operations.

♦ The Space Exercise aims to provide enhanced understanding of space based assets and services and to gain understanding of operational dependency on space segment between stakeholders. 

♦ The three-day exercise will be concluded on 13 November 2024.