Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Programme of Departments of Space
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 42

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022

## PROGRAMMES OF DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

- *42. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the major programmes of the Department of Space along with its role in the Defence and Agricultural sector;
- (b) the  number  of  Satellites/Gaganyaan  launched  under  the  Space Mission  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  number  of  such launches which have been successful/failed.
- (c) The reasons for the failed launches.
- (d) The  number  of  foreign  satellites  launched  under  the  Space Mission alongwith the details of foreign exchange earned through these launches;
- (e) Whether the Department of Space is likely to provide its spacerelated services to international customers on commercial basis in the future; and
- (f) If so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN REPLY TO OF DEPARTMENT OF SPACE' ASKED BY SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR FOR

STARRED QUESTION NO. 42 REGARDING 'PROGRAMMES ANSWERING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022.

## (a) The major programmes of the Department of Space include:

1. Space Applications Programme comprising of design and development of tools to address the needs of national imperative and  priorities  of  Government  in  the  areas  of  socio-economic security,  sustainable  development,  disaster  management  and citizen-centric governance. Once operationalized, these application-based tools are transferred to the user departments/ministries for institutionalization therein.
2. Satellite  Programme  in  order  to  enable  the  above  downstream applications,    comprising  of  (i)Earth  Observation  Satellites  for natural resources monitoring, cartographic applications, Oceanography,  meteorology,  disaster  management  support  etc., (ii)  Communication  Satellites  for  telecommunication,  television broadcasting,  tele-education,  tele-medicine  etc.,  (iii)  Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) for providing Position, Navigation and Timing services over India and its neighborhood, and  (iv)  Space  science  and  planetary  exploration  Satellites  for studying outer space and interplanetary exploration.
3. Launch Vehicle Programme in order to place the above satellites in  outer  space,  comprising  of  Polar  Satellite  Launch  Vehicle (PSLV),  Geosynchronous  Satellite  Launch  Vehicle  (GSLV)  and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV Mk-III) for launching satellites of national, commercial and special users.
4. Gaganyaan Programme to demonstrate capability to send humans to space and bring them back to Earth safely.

The  design,  development  and  launch  of  satellites  by  DOS  with required  payloads  is  intended  for  peaceful  use  of  outer  space. With  regards  to  agricultural  sector,  the  applications  of  space technology include monitoring and inventory of agricultural crops, mapping  &  assessing soil conditions and land degradation, appraisal  of  irrigation  infrastructure  and  assessment  of  crop damage due to disasters events such as drought, flood, cyclone & hail  storm.  The  meteorological  satellites  in  geostationary  orbits provide frequent state of weather parameters for enabling weather  forecasting  and  helps  in  agricultural  operations  in  the country.

- (b) During  the  period  (01/01/2019  -  till  date),  ISRO  has  launched  13 Indian  satellites  for  various  applications  such  as  Communication, Earth  Observation,  Experimental  Disaster  Management,  Planetary Observation etc., the details of which are attached as Annexure - 1. No Gaganyaan launches have taken place in the past 3 years. Out  of  the  above  launches,  launch  of  1  satellite  (EOS-03)  was unsuccessful.
- (c) GSLV-F10 launch carrying the Earth Observation Satellite [EOS-03] took place on August 12, 2021. However, the mission couldn't be accomplished as intended due to the failure of the launch vehicle GSLV-F10. The reason for the failure was found to be an anomaly in the Cryogenic Upper Stage, that caused the onboard computer to abort the mission at 307 seconds into the flight, leading to mission failure.
- (d) Starting  from  1999  till  date,  Indian  Space  Research  Organization (ISRO), through its commercial arm, has successfully launched 345 foreign satellites from 34 countries on-board Polar Satellite Launch

Vehicle  (PSLV).  Total  Foreign  Exchange  revenue  earned  through launching of these foreign satellites amounts to approx. 56 Million USD and 220 Million Euros.

(e) Yes, Sir. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a CPSE under Department of Space (DOS), will be commercially providing space related services to international customers.

(f) The  Space-related  services  that  NSIL  provides  to  International customers are in the areas of (i) Launch Services for international customer satellites on-board ISRO's launch vehicles viz. PSLV and GSLV-MKIII; (ii) Building Earth Observation/ Communication satellites  for  International  customers,  and  (iii)  Providing  Mission Support Services for tracking customer launch vehicle/ satellites using ISRO/ other international ground stations.

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## Annexure -1

|   Sl. No. | Satellite     | Launch Date   | Mission                                   | Application                                   | Launch Status        |
|-----------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | INS-2TD       | Feb 14, 2022  | PSLV- C52/EOS- 04 Mission                 | Experimental                                  | Launch Successful    |
|         2 | EOS-04        | Feb 14, 2022  | PSLV- C52/EOS- 04 Mission                 | Earth Observation                             | Launch Successful    |
|         3 | EOS-03        | Aug 12, 2021  | GSLV-F10 / EOS-03                         | Earth Observation                             | Launch unsuccess ful |
|         4 | CMS-01        | Dec 17, 2020  | PSLV- C50/CMS- 01                         | Communicati on                                | Launch Successful    |
|         5 | EOS-01        | Nov 07, 2020  | PSLV- C49/EOS- 01                         | Disaster Management System, Earth Observation | Launch Successful    |
|         6 | GSAT-30       | Jan 17, 2020  | Ariane-5 VA-251 (Procured)                | Communicati on                                | Launch Successful    |
|         7 | RISAT- 2BR1   | Dec 11, 2019  | PSLV- C48/RISAT- 2BR1                     | Disaster Management System, Earth Observation | Launch Successful    |
|         8 | Cartosat-3    | Nov 27, 2019  | PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission             | Earth Observation                             | Launch Successful    |
|         9 | Chandraya an2 | Jul 22, 2019  | GSLV-Mk III - M1 / Chandraya an-2 Mission | Planetary Observation                         | Launch Successful    |

| Sl. No. Satellite   | Launch Date   | Mission                     | Application                                   | Launch Status     |
|---------------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 10 RISAT-2B         | May 22, 2019  | PSLV-C46 Mission            | Disaster Management System, Earth Observation | Launch Successful |
| 11 EMISAT           | Apr 01, 2019  | PSLV- C45/EMISA T MISSION   |                                               | Launch Successful |
| 12 GSAT-31          | Feb 06, 2019  | Ariane-5 VA- 247(Procur ed) | Communicati on                                | Launch Successful |
| 13 Microsat-R       | Jan 24, 2019  | PSLV-C44                    |                                               | Launch Successful |

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