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Indian's Space Organization Plans 10-12 Satellite Launches in Next Four Years

Posted on: Thursday, 1 December 2005, 09:00 CST

Text of report by Indian news agency PTI

New Delhi, 1 December: The Indian Space Research Organization is planning to launch 10-12 satellites in the coming four years, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan informed the Rajya Sabhya (Upper House of Parliament) on Thursday [1 December].

In a written reply, he said the satellites which have been approved by the Government and for which work is currently on are: Communication Satellies INSAT-4A, 4B and 4C, Communication satellites GSAT-4 and GSAT-5, Advanced satellite for cartographic mapping applications Cartosat-2, Microwaveremote sensing satellite with all weather capability radar imaging satellite, Satellite for oceanography studies and services Oceansat-2.

Remote sensing satellite for natural resources management applications (Resourcesat-2), development and qualification of re- entry and recovery technologies for future space transportation system and conduct of micro-gravity research (SRE-1and 2), advanced satellite for meteorological observations (INSAT-3D), Indo-French joint mission for tropical climatic research (Megha-Tropiques) are some of the others.

Chavan said that the transponder capacity is expected to increase by 60 transponders after the launch of INSAT-4A, 4B and 4C and GSAT- 5. To another question he said a framework agreement between India and European Union on participation in Galileo programme was initiated at New Delhi on 7 September, 2005 during the Indo-EU Summit.

Source: BBC Monitoring South Asia

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