Lok Sabha Question No. 632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Achievements of ISRO Programme
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## 632.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.632

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017

## ACHIEVEMENTS OF ISRO PROGRAMME

## SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the country's space programme is moving in positive direction;
- (b) if so, the details of this recent achievements of the programmes in brief;
- (c) whether  any  activities  are  proposed  to  be  taken  up  shortly based on the experience gained in recent achievements; and
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
- (d) ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

(a) & (b)

Yes,  Madam.  Indian  space  programme  is  striving  to  provide increased  space  based  capability  and  witnessed  significant achievements in recent times. Some of the notable achievements include-

- (i) Operationalisation of GSLV-MkII with home-grown Cryogenic  Upper  Stage  (CUS)  with  indigenous  capability for launching 2-tonne class satellites.
- (ii) Successful  launch  of  first  developmental  flight  of  GSLVMkIII, which validated new version of Indigenous Cryogenic Engine. With this capability, it will be possible to launch up to 4-tonne class of communication satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO).
- (iii) Realisation of South Asia Satellite to enable South Asian countries to establish SATCOM  based  services  such as Television/DTH, VSAT, e-governance, banking, tele-medicine  &  tele-education  etc.,  with  coverage  over South Asia.
- (iv) Launch  of  104  Satellites  in  a  single  PSLV  (PSLV-C37) mission- Maximum satellites launched in a single launch mission till date.
- (v) Realisation of 7-satellite NavIC (Navigation -Indian Constellation) to provide Position, Navigation and Timing Services.
- (vi) Augmentation of Satellite Communication with highthroughput communication satellites.
- (vii) Successful flight testing of Technology Demonstrators of Re-usable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD) and Scramjet Air-breathing Engine.
- (viii) INSAT-3D  &  3DR  together  are  providing  meteorological data  every  15  minutes  for  enabling  weather  forecasting. Ocean  surface  wind  vector  data  from  SCATSAT-1  are being used operationally by global user community.
- (ix) Augmentation  of  earth  observation  capability  with  High Resolution Cartographic and Resource monitoring satellites.
- (x) Placing  a  unique  multi-wavelength  observatory  placed  in orbit, carrying instruments realised through Indian academic institutes to enhance understanding of universe and astronomical phenomena.
- (xi) Enabling  host  of applications  using  synergy  of earth observation,  communication  and  navigation  satellites  in governance and development.

## (c) & (d)

Based on the experience gained, various activities are planned in the near future, which include:

- (i) Second Developmental flight of GSLV-Mk III with indigenously developed high thrust cryogenic engine and stage in first half of 2018.
- (ii) Realisation of High throughput Communication 'GSAT-11', carrying  Ku  &  Ka  Band  communication  payloads  with multiple spot beams, capable of providing up to 10 Gbps throughput.
- (iii) Launch  of  Chandrayaan-2  Mission  India's  second  Lunar mission,  Chandrayaan-2  with  indigenous  Lander,  Rover and Orbiter Modules during first half of 2018. (iv) Augmentation of Indigenous navigation services. Launch of high resolution cartographic satellite for large scale  mapping  applications,  which  include  infrastructure planning, urban & rural development, utility management, disaster
- (v) natural resources inventory & management, management.
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