Siddhesh Naik

@VU2FDC

Cofounder & CEO @ULOOKSpace Roots: @uni_mumbai Alum: @LASPatCU @CUBoulder @MITxPRO Chasing signals📡 from ham callsigns to whispers in orbit 🛰️.

Bengaluru, India sirana.in Joined December 2019

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Siddhesh Naik @VU2FDC 5d

Glad to have participated in the Economics and Business of Space panel at @UCF, Orlando. Insightful discussions on strengthening 🇮🇳-🇺🇸 space cooperation and the opportunities ahead for the commercial space ecosystem.

Thanks to @ORFAmerica & the @IndiaCenterUCF.

Harsh V Pant @ProfHarshVPant 5d

India-US Space cooperation has grown due to committed top-down and bottom-up bilateral efforts. Glad to inaugurate the 🇮🇳-🇺🇸 space dialogue at the lovely @UCF campus in Orlando organised by @ORFAmerica in partnership with @IndiaCenterUCF.
@d_jaishankar @the_nuclearyogi

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Siddhesh Naik @VU2FDC Nov 2

Question companies. Scrutinise ownership. Demand accountability. Absolutely 💯
But anonymous character assassination masquerading as national interest? That’s neither scrutiny nor patriotism.
India’s space industry deserves a more mature discourse.

Awais Ahmed Verified account @awaisahmedna Nov 2

300+ Indians have spent years of their lives building satellites and critical technology for this country. They deserve better than having their work and patriotism questioned by manufactured controversies.

I owe them a response. Here it is: x.com/i/article/2117…
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Siddhesh Naik @VU2FDC Oct 22

HAPS are aircraft, vulnerable to interception, including by air-to-air missiles. Lower CAPEX doesn’t establish cost advantage; OPEX and lifecycle costs matter.
The omission: satellites can overfly denied territory. HAPS cannot assume that access. Persistence doesn’t equal reach.

Netram Defence Foundation Verified account @NetramDefence Oct 21

India just flew a solar-powered aircraft to the edge of space — and kept it there.

A HAPS (High-Altitude Platform) demonstrator flew at ~12 km over Pokhran. The goal: pseudo-satellites that stay aloft for 30–45 DAYS on sunlight alone, watching borders & relaying signals — at a fraction of a satellite's cost.

A spy satellite you can't shoot down easily, launch cheaply, and land to reuse. That's the idea.

The future of surveillance may not orbit. It may just… hover.

#MakeInIndia
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Siddhesh Naik @VU2FDC Oct 20

Aced Engineering & Machine Drawing at @Uni_Mumbai , not just the drawing, but the engineering thinking behind it.
So yes, the mechanical designer in me feels a little insecure. 😅
Machines are learning to dream up machines.
A little scary. A lot amazing. 🚀

Sam Pasupalak Verified account @spisallyouneed Oct 19

Introducing SKY-001, the first Engineering World Model.
On CAD and BIM tasks, it beats GPT-6 Astra and every frontier model we tested:

-> 51-125x faster
- > 150-210x cheaper
-> Higher IOU than all frontier models

SKY-001 lets you dream a physical object before you build it.

18 months of work. Built by the team out of Maluuba's deep learning lab (acq. by @MSRResearch).

The first ‘AI General Engineer’ will be the backbone for Autonomous Manufacturing.

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Siddhesh Naik @VU2FDC Oct 20

Maharashtra is no different. With 305 out of 358 talukas reportedly declared drought-hit, the water crisis is no longer a distant warning.
This is unfolding across the Deccan.
We need coordinated, war-footing measures for water conservation & groundwater recharge.

Radha Krishna Kavuluru Verified account @iamkrishradha Oct 20

We are enjoying the concrete jungles in Hyderabad, but the rural Telangana has been sucked of water. Truly realised the scale of upcoming disaster today. Extreme water deploration in all water bodies. Its time we already treat it as a disaster and take war footing measures. @revanth_anumula sir
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