By Sachin Jose
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Indian Space Research Organisation has 15 missions on its list this
year including Reusable Launch Vehicle, GSLV Mk III and Astrosat.
The allocation for
India's space mission has been hiked from Rs 5172 crores to Rs 7238
crores during last week's Union interim budget, which shall boost
ISRO's proposed projects.
Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre scientist Dr K Sasikumar said, "First among these
would be the test flight of Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) to be
launched within the next two months." According to ISRO, the
reusable launch vehicle is the unanimous solution to achieve low
cost, reliable and on-demand space access.
Also, the
country's first astronomy satellite, Astrosat, is scheduled to be
launched on board the PSLV later this year.
Mr Sasikumar said,
"This will be followed by the experimental mission of GSLV Mk
III missile, which can carry a payload of 4 tons within May this
year. An additional Rs 170 crore has been sanctioned to the Rs 10
crore allocated earlier."
Subsequently, India
will become self reliant in launching heavier communication
satellites of INSAT-4 class and a competitive player in the
multimillion dollar commercial launch market.
Another official
said that these projects are not extravagant, but has rather
unleashed vast potential for applications in telecommunications,
television broadcasting including education and meteorology.
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