Lok Sabha Question No. 1589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Successful ISRO Missions
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Praveen Patel, Dr. D. Purandeswari, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1589 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2024

## SUCCESSFUL ISRO MISSIONS

1589.  SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SMT. DAGGUBATI PURANDESWARI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  spacecraft  missions,  launch vehicle  missions  and  technology  demonstrators  which  have been successfully realized by the Department of Space since 2014;
- (b) whether the Mars Orbitor Mission has achieved its stipulated objectives;
- (c) the major breakthroughs made by AstroSat since its launch in September 2015;
- (d) the  details  of  the  agreements  signed  by  ISRO  with  other countries in the field of space cooperation during the last ten years;
- (e) the details of the International space missions and projects in which ISRO has participated; and
- (f)
- the details of the future of India's space programme?
- (iv)

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) The  details  of  the  number  of  spacecraft  missions,  launch vehicle  missions,  and  technology  demonstrators  which  have been  successfully  realized  by  the  Department  of  Space  since 2014:
- (b) Yes, Sir. The Mars Orbiter Mission has achieved its stipulated technological,  as  well  as  scientific  objectives.  The  first  interplanetary mission to Mars, was successful in furthering understanding of Martian atmospheric composition and in providing clues for estimating the loss rate of atmosphere.
- (c)
- The major breakthrough made by the AstroSat mission include:
- (i)
- Witnessing the 'live' formation of dwarf galaxies.
- (ii) Detection of UV light emission from a galaxy at 9.3 billion light years away from Earth.
- (iii) Solving a decade-old puzzle of a source displaying both hot
- and cold emission characteristics.
- Discovery of X-Ray polarisation in the crab nebula.
- (v) Identification of quasi-periodic oscillations of a black hole system as dynamical frequency.
- (vi) Witnessing of the 'birth of the black holes'.
- (d) ISRO has signed more than 120 documents for space cooperation  with  more  than  40  countries/  their  entities  and  4 multilateral  organisations  in  last  decade.  These  cooperative documents enable the cooperation in the fields of peaceful uses of  outer  space  including:  satellite  data  sharing,  joint  satellite missions, joint experiments, frequency coordination, technology protection,  payload  accommodation,  calibration  &  validation, ground station support, and professional exchange. Broad areas of cooperation include: earth observation, satellite communication, satellite navigation, human space flight, space exploration and space situational awareness.
- (e) ISRO  has  built  satellites  with  international  partners,  flown payloads  from  international  partners  in  ISRO's  satellite  and conducted joint experiments. Specific examples include: building  of  two  joint  satellites  with  France;  accommodating payloads from Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, UK and USA in Indian satellite missions; and conducting of joint experiments with France, Japan, and USA.
- (f) As  announced  by  the  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister,  establishing Bhartiya  Antariksh  Station  (BAS)  by  2035  and  Indian  Moon landing  by  2040  are  identified  as  part  of  future  roadmap  for space exploration programme. Missions towards global characterization of thermospheric-ionospheric response to space  weather,  study  of  Venus  systems,  landing  on  Martian surface,  atmospheric  characterization  of  exoplanets  etc.  are also under studies in this regard.

-  Spacecraft Missions

- : 54 Nos.

- 

- Launch Vehicle Missions          : 53 Nos.

-  Technology Demonstrators

- : 8 Nos.

Subsequent  to  the  opening  of  space  sector  i.e.  Space  Sector Reforms 2020, participation of Non-Governmental Entities (NGEs)  is  enhanced  significantly  and  some  of  the  start-up companies are actively ventured into key space activities viz., launch  vehicle  building,  satellite  making,  space  applications and space situational awareness. Thus the capability of Indian space eco-system is progressively enhancing towards positioning the country in a global scale. ***