Jaivardhan Varshney

द्विज 🪔 - cosplaying as human.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Imagine a car that still runs perfectly but gets dumped because the tank is empty. That is how many satellites die. Satellites often die because they run out of fuel, not because the electronics fail.

Refueling and repositioning them can add years of service, delay replacement launches, and cut debris.

OrbitAID’s pitch is “orbital fuel stations”: tanker style servicing instead of throwing away working satellites.

Chennai based OrbitAID Aerospace is the first Indian company to try this end to end in space. In early 2027 it plans to send two small satellites into low Earth orbit together. One is the chaser. The other is the target.

The chaser looks at the target with sensors, flies close, docks using its own docking and fuel port, pumps fuel across, then boosts the target to a higher orbit. One flight. Inspect, meet, dock, refuel, extend life.

Very few countries can do this. China has shown in orbit refueling. The United States has tested pieces of the puzzle and is preparing bigger demos. Almost no one else has put a full private servicing chain in orbit.

If OrbitAID succeeds, India joins that tiny club with a homegrown private team, not only a government lab.

That matters. India is putting more satellites up for communication, weather, navigation and defence. Each new launch is costly. If old satellites can live longer, India saves money, keeps services running, and leaves less junk in orbit.

It also means Indian operators will not have to wait for a foreign tanker to come and fill their tanks.

Chennai is quietly becoming a real deep tech and space city. Tamil Nadu has backed space startups, launch firms and a planned space industrial zone in the south.

OrbitAID grew with state startup support and is now aiming at a global servicing market from that same city. Rockets from nearby, satellites from here, fuel stations in orbit next.

Simple idea. Hard job. Two Indian satellites meet in space, one fills the other, both keep working. If it flies, space stops being throwaway.

[Jaivardhan Varshney @jaivarshney]

There is no success in blaming others.

[Learn Linux with Dan @xmodulo]

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[Prem Soni @ValueWithPrem]

There’s a new gold scam happening that fools the ₹10 lakh testing machine itself.

The karatmeter shows 91.6%. The weight is perfect. The colour is perfect and the gold can still be fake.

I come from a gold jewellery family.
Nobody tells you this👇🏻

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First in my bloodline to witness Maggie at a shadi 😭😭

[The Adventurous Soul @TAdventurousoul]

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[Jaivardhan Varshney @jaivarshney]

If no one believes in you....

... you are Unbelievable!!

[Steve Burns @SJosephBurns]

A missed trade costs you nothing.
A forced trade can cost you plenty.

[Jaivardhan Varshney @jaivarshney]

You know a person is truly fair when he is hated by both the sides.

[The Rocket Media @TheRocketMediaX]

Meet Rajesh Gopakumar !
(IIT-JEE Rank 1, India’s top physicist)

> Born and brought up in Bengal
> Self-studied and secured AIR 1 in IIT-JEE'87
> Chose Physics over Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
> After IIT Kanpur, went to Princeton University for PhD
> Did his PhD under Nobel Laureate David Gross
> Went to Harvard University for postdoc
> Did pathbreaking work in string theory & gauge theories
> Published global theorems and papers with Cumrun Vafa
> Could have lived a comfortable life at any top global university
> But chose to return to India
> Joined as Professor at Harish-Chandra Research Institute
> Became Director of International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
> Played a key role in building ICTS into a global hub for fundamental research
> Recipient of prestigious honors like Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
> Fellow of leading science academies in India

Today, as a leading figure in India’s scientific ecosystem, he is driving cutting-edge research in fundamental physics and mentoring the next generation of scientists at ICTS-TIFR, helping position India at the forefront of global theoretical science.

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How to recognize gold and silver hallmarks ?

[Divya Tripathi @Divya_Tripa23]

2 Minutes Hand Mudras for Healthy Organs 👇

[குழலி 🇮🇳🚩 @sparkles4vr]

When two hearts protect each other's peace, not possess each other's life.

[⊹ ࣪ pam ˖✦ @pamvonhadder]

The real Van Gogh

[Jaivardhan Varshney @jaivarshney]

Looks more like a Gen-Zoo…

[Saffron King @SaffronKingg_]

This 40 year old Hippo thinks she is a Gen-Z 🤡🤮

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Kingfisher and egret

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[Jaivardhan Varshney @jaivarshney]

Dronacharya had asked for the young archer’s thumb as Guru Dakshina, knowing it would destroy the future of an innocent and devoted student. His greatness and knowledge could not erase the consequence of that choice.

Perhaps that is how karma works.

[Jaivardhan Varshney @jaivarshney]

After the Mahabharata war, a grieving Ashwatthama asked Krishna, “My father Dronacharya was one of the greatest gurus, yet he was killed through deceit. What, then, was the value of all his wisdom?”

Krishna reminded him of Ekalavya.

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