Lok Sabha Question No. 5681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: ISRO Space Missions
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5681 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 06, 2022

## ISRO SPACE MISSIONS

## 5681.  SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a)
- the details of upcoming ISRO space missions;
- (b) whether the Government has the data of expenses for these projects and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of collaborative projects with foreign  space research organisations;
- (d) whether the Government intends to establish more research centres in the country to support the research of ISRO;
- (e) if so, the details thereof including the funds allocated for the same; and
- (f) the number of satellites of India for educational, military and climate observation  purposes  at  the  international  space station and in orbit?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  upcoming  ISRO  space  missions  planned  in  2022  are  as follows:
- i. 2 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) missions including 1 dedicated commercial mission and 1 mission for launching the EOS-06 earth observation satellite
- ii. 2 developmental flights of ISRO's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)
- iii. 1 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission  for  launching  NVS-01  navigation  satellite  for NavIC
- iv. 1  communication  satellite  mission  (GSAT-24)  through procured launch for commercial customer
- v.      1 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV Mk-III) mission,   which   is a dedicated commercial mission
- (b) The details of approved project cost and cumulative expenditure up to February 2022 for these projects are given below:

(Rs in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | Project                     |   No of Units Approved |   Approved Project Cost |   Cum. Exp till Feb 2022 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | PSLV Continuation (Phase-6) |                     30 |                 6131    |                  1092.32 |
|         2 | Oceansat-3 & 3A             |                      2 |                  797.17 |                   471.98 |

|   Sl. No. | Project                               |   No of Units Approved |   Approved Project Cost |   Cum. Exp till Feb 2022 |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|         3 | Development of SSLV                   |                      3 |                  169.06 |                   145.82 |
|         4 | GSLV-operational (Phase-1 to Phase-3) |                     16 |                 4365.41 |                  3526.23 |
|         5 | IRNSS 1J - 1N                         |                      5 |                  964.68 |                   403.02 |
|         6 | GSAT-22/23/24                         |                      3 |                  865.75 |                   483.88 |
|         7 | GSLV Mk III Continuation (Phase- 1)   |                     10 |                 4338.2  |                   730.12 |

- (c) Government pursues collaborative projects with foreign space research  organizations  with  the  objectives  of  enhancing  the capacity of the Indian space programme for advancing programmatic  priorities,  augmenting  space  science  and  earth observation data base,  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  'NASAISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)' for scientific studies of Earth.
- (d) Yes, Sir.

(e) Existing Space Technology Incubation Centre, Regional Academia Centre for   Space will get a grant of Rs. 200 lakhs per year maximum and new proposed cells also will adopt the same guidelines. (f) There  are  no  satellites  of  India  at  the  International  Space Station. A total of nearly 5 transponders across 4 satellites for educational purposes and 4 satellites for climate observation purposes are currently in operation. *****