Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Innovation in Space Science
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, V. SATHYABAMA

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 49

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016

## INNOVATION IN SPACE SCIENCE

- SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  up  new  innovative projects  for  the  development  of  Space  Science,  Space Research and Satellite Technology in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the new space research projects under taken during the last three years,year-wise;
- (c) the  various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide adequate funds for the development of various autonomous institutions and labs of ISRO in the country; and
- (d) the total funds allocated and spent by the Union Government  for  the  said  purpose  during  the  last  three years?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG &

PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) to (d)   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 STARRED QUESTION NO. 49 REGARDING 'INNOVATION IN SPACE SCIENCE' ASKED BY SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN AND SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA FOR ANSWER ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016.

- (a) Yes Madam.
- (b) Innovation is an integral part of Research and Development activities carried out by Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO)  towards  the  development  of  Space Science,  Space  Research  and  Satellite  Technology.  The details  of  the  new  innovative  space  research  projects undertaken/ realised during the last three years, year-wise is given under:

|   Year | Project undertaken / realized                                                 | Innovation                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2013 | Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) ( rechristened as NavIC ) | Unique constellation design of Geostationary (GEO) and inclined Geo-synchronous (GSO) satellites to ensure 24 x 7 visibility of all the spacecrafts over Indian subcontinent to provide optimal position, navigation & timing services. |
|   2013 | Realisation of INSAT- 3D satellite                                            | First geostationary sounder system over Indian Ocean region for providing vertical profiles of temperature and humidity.                                                                                                                |

| 2014   | Insertion of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) into Martian orbit                | First Indian spacecraft to have on-board autonomy, to manage crucial operations like insertion into the Martian orbit, fault detection, isolation & reconfiguration of systems and operations during non-visibility to earth. Development of highly sensitive radio receivers, powerful transmitters and antenna system to manage deep space communication up to 400 million km. Development of Delta-DOR technique to enable accurate navigation modeling.   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        | Realisation of Crew module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) Mission | Innovative mission planning in a sub-orbital flight with respect to the launch, controlled re-entry into the atmosphere, splashdown and recovery. Development of critical technologies for Deceleration system with redundant parachutes in clustered configuration and Indigenous thermal protection system.                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2015   | Realisation of Astrosat                                                   | Involvement of academia and research institutions in the country for realisation of instruments. Simultaneous multi-wavelength (from Ultraviolet to X-Ray) observations of stars & galaxies from single platform. Indigenous realisation of high resolution ultraviolet mirrors, thin foil X-ray optics, high pressure gas filled detectors                                                                                                                   |

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| NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)       | Indigenous development of S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar for all weather and day/night imaging.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ADITYA-L1 - scientific mission for solar studies | Trajectory to Halo orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point 1 (L1), which is about 1.5 million kilometre from the Earth to enable continuous viewing of the Sun. Highly polished primary mirror and spectro-polarimetry using coronagraph payload. Thermal design and attitude for accurate Sun pointing. |

- (c) The autonomous institutions/ labs under the administrative control of Department of Space are - (i) Indian Institute of Space  Science  &  Technology,  Thiruvananthapuram,  (ii) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, (iii) NorthEastern - Space Applications Centre, Shillong, (iv) National Atmospheric  Research  Laboratory,  Gadanki  and    (v)  Semiconductor Laboratory, Chandigarh. Adequate  funds are made available by the Government to meet the programmatic requirements of these autonomous institutions/ labs.
- (d) The  total  funds  allocated  and  spent  by  these  autonomous institutions/ labs during the last three years are as under:

(

` in Crores)

|   S.N. | Financial Year   |   Funds Allocated |   Spent |
|--------|------------------|-------------------|---------|
|      1 | 2013-2014        |            263.23 |  263.23 |
|      2 | 2014-2015        |            336.23 |  332.7  |
|      3 | 2015-2016        |            451.98 |  451.68 |

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