Lok Sabha Question No. 1076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Rockets Launched by ISRO
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, GAURAV GOGOI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1076

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017

## ROCKETS LAUNCHED BY ISRO

## 1076.   SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of rocket launches undertaken by ISRO during the last three years;
- (b) the number of foreign satellites launched, expenditure incurred thereon and revenue raised therefrom;
- (c) the number of rocket launches and satellite launches proposed during the ensuing three years; and
- (d) the funds provided and the R&D activities undertaken by ISRO during the said period along with the new  technologies developed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) During  the  last  three  years  i.e.  January  2014  to  December 2016,  ISRO  has  undertaken  seventeen (17)  rocket  launches,

which  includes  thirteen  (13)  launches  of  PSLV,  three  (03) launches  of  GSLV  and  one  (01)  experimental  flight  of  GSLVMkIII.

- (b) During  the  last  three  years  i.e.  January  2014  to  December 2016,  44  satellites  from  8  countries  have  been  successfully launched  by  ISRO  on-board  Polar  Satellite  Launch  Vehicles (PSLVs).  These  satellites  were  launched  under  a  commercial arrangement between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO and the foreign customers. Antrix has earned  a  total  revenue  of  about  98  Million  Euros  through launching of these 44 foreign satellites.
- (c) About Twenty-Four (24) satellites are proposed to be realised during the ensuing three years i.e. January 2017 to December 2019. Out of these, twenty-two (22) satellites will be launched using twenty Indian launch vehicles and two (2) satellites will be launched through procured launch services.
- (d) During the last three years i.e. 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16, the funds allocated to Department of Space are given below:

| Financial Year   |   Amount Allocated (RE) ( ` in Crore) |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2013-14          |                               5172.04 |
| 2014-15          |                               5826    |
| 2015-16          |                               6959.44 |

During the above said period, various R&D activities undertaken by the Department towards development of technologies include (i) development of Air Breathing Propulsion, (ii) Re-usable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator,  (iii)  High  Thrust  Cryogenic  Engine  (iv)  re-entry technologies  Crew  Module,  (v)  Multi-object  Tracking  Radar (vi) Lithium ion Batteries, (vii) 75mN  Stationery Plasma Thrusters,  (viii)  Pressure  Transducer  (ix)  Search  and  Rescue Beacon, (x) 6m  S-Band unfurlable Antenna, (xi) NavIC constellation for navigational Services (xii) Geo-stationary atmospheric  sounder,  (xiii)  Critical  Technologies  for  Human Spaceflight, (xiv) Indigenization of Space Materials & Components.

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