Lok Sabha Question No. 1362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Crew Escape System
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUDHEER GUPTA, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., S. RAJENDRAN, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1362

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018

## CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM

## 1362. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  name  of  Indian  Space  Research  Organization's  (ISRO) clients  along  with  the  revenue  generated  during  each  of  the last three years;
- (b) the  total  amount  allocated,  disbursed  and  spent  by  ISRO  for its projects during the said period;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to make ISRO a profitable organization;
- (d) whether the ISRO has carried out a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System recently; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof  along  with  the aims/objectives thereto and expenditure incurred thereon?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) The  clients  using  ISRO's  commercial  products  and  services include strategic customers, Government of India/PSUs, private users  and  international  customers.  The  Client  list  is  enclosed as  Annexure-1.  The  revenue  generated  during  the  last  three years is as follows:
- (b) The total amount allocated, disbursed and spent by ISRO for its projects/  programmes  in  the  areas  of  Space  Transportation Systems, Earth Observation, Satellite Communication & Navigation,  Space  Science  and  Planetary  Exploration  during last  three  years  i.e.  2015-16,  2016-17  &  2017-18  are  given below:

2015-2016 :INR 1794.93Crores

2016-2017 :INR 1872.93Crores

2017-2018 :INR 1932.27Crores

(Rupees in Crore)

| Financial   | Amount         | Amount         | Spent   |
|-------------|----------------|----------------|---------|
| Year        | Allocated (BE) | Disbursed (RE) |         |
| 2015-16     | 2477.79        | 2183.95        | 2207.67 |
| 2016-17     | 2208.10        | 2557.32        | 2613.27 |
| 2017-18     | 1762.96        | 2253.52        | 2388.24 |

- (c) (i) Antrix  Corporation  Limited  (ANTRIX),  the  commercial  arm of  Indian  Space  research  Organisation,  is  marketing  the Satellite  Capacity  on  the  Indian  Communication  Satellites bringing   revenue to the Department of Space.
- (ii) ANTRIX  is  marketing  products  and  services  from  Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) program and also offers TTC services to international customers.
- (iii) Launch  Services  is  also  an  important  business  earning valuable Foreign Exchange. We have launched 237 satellites from 29 countries till date.
- (iv) ANTRIX takes part in the major International and National Exhibition and portrays the products and services emanating  from  Indian Space  Programme.   It includes building and launching of satellites for customers, establishment  of  Ground  Segment,  provisioning  of  wide variety  of  data  from  Indian  Remote  Sensing  Satellites, capacity building and consultancy application projects.
- (d) Yes Madam, ISRO has carried out Pad Abort Test successfully to qualify Crew Escape System required for Human Spaceflight, on 5th July 2018 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
- (e)
- As part of the activities for development of critical technologies for future Human Spaceflight, Pad Abort Test was carried out to demonstrate the Crew Escape System during any exigency at launch  pad.  The  Crew  Escape  System  is  configured  using

specially  designed  quick  acting  solid  motors  that  deliver  a relatively  large  thrust  to  take  the  crew  module  to  a  safe distance.  Experimental  data  from  this  mission  will  serve  as  a useful  input  to  undertake  human  spaceflight  programme.  An amount  of  Rs.173.00  crores  is  approved  for  development  of critical technologies including Crew Escape System

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1362 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2018

Annexure-1

## Clients of ISRO/ Antrix Corp. Ltd.

|   Sl. No | Name of Customers/ Users                                                                        |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Airport Authority of India                                                                      |
|        2 | All India Radio, Prasar Bharti                                                                  |
|        3 | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)                                                             |
|        4 | Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geo - Informatics (BISAG)                    |
|        5 | Directorate of Police Wireless, POLNET                                                          |
|        6 | Doordarshan, Prasar Bharti                                                                      |
|        7 | Directorate General (Radio & Television) Afghanistan through Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) |
|        8 | Dte of Police & Director of Police Wireless, Pune                                               |
|        9 | Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL)                                                         |
|       10 | ERNET India                                                                                     |
|       11 | GyanDarshan, IGNOU                                                                              |
|       12 | Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)                                  |
|       13 | Indian Institute of Astrophysics                                                                |
|       14 | Indian Railways Project Management Unit (IRPMU)                                                 |
|       15 | Integrated Test Range, Chandipur                                                                |
|       16 | Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited                                                |

|   Sl. No | Name of Customers/ Users                  |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|
|       17 | Ministry of Human Resource Development    |
|       18 | National Center of Seismology (NCS), MoES |
|       19 | National Informatics Centre (NIC)         |
|       20 | National Remote Sensing Centre            |
|       21 | ONGC Limited                              |
|       22 | A M Television Pvt. Ltd.                  |
|       23 | ABP News Network Pvt. Ltd.                |
|       24 | Asianet News Network Pvt. Ltd.            |
|       25 | Associated Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (TV9)    |
|       26 | Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.                |
|       27 | Bharti Airtel Limited                     |
|       28 | Bharti Telemedia Ltd.                     |
|       29 | Bhutan Broadcasting Corp. Ltd.            |
|       30 | Brahmaputra Tele-productions              |
|       31 | Broadcast Equipment India Pvt. Ltd.       |
|       32 | Business Broadcast News Pvt. Ltd.         |
|       33 | Calcutta TV Network Ltd.                  |
|       34 | Dish TV India Limited                     |
|       35 | Eastern Media Limited                     |
|       36 | Eenadu Television Pvt. Ltd.               |
|       37 | HCL Comnet Systems & Services             |
|       38 | Hughes Communications India Ltd.          |
|       39 | Independent News Service Pvt. Ltd         |
|       40 | Independent TV Limited (Reliance Big TV)  |

|   Sl. No | Name of Customers/ Users                |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|
|       41 | Indiasign Private Limited               |
|       42 | Indira Television Limited               |
|       43 | Information TV Private Limited          |
|       44 | Infotel Satcom Pvt. Ltd.                |
|       45 | Kalaignar TV Pvt. Ltd.                  |
|       46 | Kalinga Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
|       47 | Kasthuri Medias Private Ltd.            |
|       48 | Lamhas Satellite Services Limited       |
|       49 | Malayalam Communications Limited        |
|       50 | Metronation Chennai TV Pvt. Ltd.        |
|       51 | MH One TV Network Limited               |
|       52 | MM TV Pvt. Ltd.                         |
|       53 | New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV)        |
|       54 | News Nation Network Pvt. Ltd.           |
|       55 | Ortel Communication Limited             |
|       56 | Planetcast Media Services Limited       |
|       57 | Pride East Entertainments Ltd.          |
|       58 | Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd             |
|       59 | Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd.               |
|       60 | S.B. Multimedia Limited                 |
|       61 | Shreya Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd.           |
|       62 | Skyline Telemedia Services Pvt. Ltd.    |
|       63 | Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel         |
|       64 | Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd.                 |

|   Sl. No | Name of Customers/ Users                      |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       65 | Sun TV Network Limited                        |
|       66 | Surya Processing Food Pvt. Ltd.               |
|       67 | Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel Pvt. Ltd.     |
|       68 | Tata Sky Limited                              |
|       69 | Tatanet Services Limited                      |
|       70 | TV 18 Broadcast Limited                       |
|       71 | TV Today Network Limited                      |
|       72 | Writemen Media Pvt. Ltd.                      |
|       73 | Zee Media Corporation Limited                 |
|       74 | India Meteorological Department, New Delhi    |
|       75 | Intelsat, USA                                 |
|       76 | KSAT, Norway                                  |
|       77 | CNES, France                                  |
|       78 | Centum Electronics Private Limited, Bangalore |
|       79 | Data Patterns Private Limited, Bangalore      |
|       80 | DRDL, Hyderabad                               |
|       81 | PES University, Bangalore                     |
|       82 | GAF AG, Germany                               |
|       83 | CRIES, Algeria                                |
|       84 | University of Dundee, UK                      |

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