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"The number beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017" Does this vehicle not have a name? Or is the reporter too l

"The number beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017" Does this vehicle not have a name? Or is the reporter too lazy to look it up? BBC never fails when it comes to its Anti-India stance.

cody8295 6y ago
PSLV-C37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37
wlesieutre 6y ago
The mission was PSLV-C37, but they also didn't tell you that the SpaceX flight was F9-106 or that it flew on booster B1058. Would you describe that as the BBC's anti-American stance at work? Or maybe the serial numbers tacked on to the missions aren't really newsworthy, and anyone who wants more specific details can type "104 satellites" into google? I vouched you comment back up because I think it's worth linking, but no need to ascribe some sort of malicious motive to the BBC here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2403 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2403
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- shripadk 6y ago
  > but they also didn't tell you that the SpaceX flight We know it is a SpaceX flight. I have never seen any news story call it an "American flight". Have always seen news stories attribute to the organization: NASA/SpaceX/Virgin Galactic etc. I would have ignored the slight had the story at least mentioned ISRO. And this is a report by the "Science Correspondent". This would be a bare minimum expectation. > I vouched you comment back up because I think it's worth linking, but no need to ascribe some sort of malicious motive to the BBC here. Thanks for vouching. Well BBC has held an anti-India stance for quite a long time[1]. Even positive stories are spun around to paint India in a negative light. And it is not just the BBC. A huge section of the Western media indulges in this behavior. So felt like calling them out. Even if I am the lone voice here. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Indian_sentiment#BBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Indian_sentiment#BBC
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aparsons 6y ago
Not sure why you’re offended, but on the world stage, India is largely a joke.
- dang 6y ago
  Nationalistic flamewar is not ok here, regardless of whether another comment started it. It just leads to hell, so please don't post like this to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 6y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." Nationalistic flamewar is particularly not where we want to go here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

cody8295 6y ago

PSLV-C37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37

wlesieutre 6y ago

The mission was PSLV-C37, but they also didn't tell you that the SpaceX flight was F9-106 or that it flew on booster B1058. Would you describe that as the BBC's anti-American stance at work? Or maybe the serial numbers tacked on to the missions aren't really newsworthy, and anyone who wants more specific details can type "104 satellites" into google? I vouched you comment back up because I think it's worth linking, but no need to ascribe some sort of malicious motive to the BBC here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSLV-C37 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2403 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2403

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shripadk 6y ago
> but they also didn't tell you that the SpaceX flight We know it is a SpaceX flight. I have never seen any news story call it an "American flight". Have always seen news stories attribute to the organization: NASA/SpaceX/Virgin Galactic etc. I would have ignored the slight had the story at least mentioned ISRO. And this is a report by the "Science Correspondent". This would be a bare minimum expectation. > I vouched you comment back up because I think it's worth linking, but no need to ascribe some sort of malicious motive to the BBC here. Thanks for vouching. Well BBC has held an anti-India stance for quite a long time[1]. Even positive stories are spun around to paint India in a negative light. And it is not just the BBC. A huge section of the Western media indulges in this behavior. So felt like calling them out. Even if I am the lone voice here. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Indian_sentiment#BBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Indian_sentiment#BBC

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aparsons 6y ago

Not sure why you’re offended, but on the world stage, India is largely a joke.

dang 6y ago
Nationalistic flamewar is not ok here, regardless of whether another comment started it. It just leads to hell, so please don't post like this to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dang 6y ago

"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." Nationalistic flamewar is particularly not where we want to go here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html