More research centres in the country to support the research of ISRO
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today gave the details of the upcoming ISRO space missions planned in 2022 in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha as follows:
1. Two Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) missions including 1 dedicated commercial mission and one mission for launching the EOS-06 earth observation satellite
2. Two developmental flights of ISRO’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)
3. One Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission for launching the NVS-01 navigation satellite for NavIC
4. One communication satellite mission (GSAT-24) through procured launch for commercial customer
5. One Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle – Mark III (GSLV Mk-III) mission, which is a dedicated commercial mission
Dr. Jitendra Singh also informed that Government intends to establish more research centers in the country to support the research of ISRO. He added that the existing Space Technology Incubation Centre, Regional Academic Centre for Space will get a grant of Rs. 200 lakhs per year maximum, and new proposed cells also will adopt the same guidelines.
The Minister said Government pursues collaborative projects with foreign space research organizations with the objectives of enhancing the capacity of the Indian space program for advancing programmatic priorities, augmenting space science and earth observation database, widening ground station networks, bettering products and services through joint experiments and creating platforms for inflow of expertise.
Currently, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of United States of America to jointly realise a satellite mission named ‘NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)’ for scientific studies of Earth.
Government intends to establish more research centres in the country to support the research of ISRO
Minister informs that ISRO is working with NASA to jointly realise a satellite mission named ‘NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)’ for scientific studies of Earth
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