India plans 70 space missions
India plans to undertake 70 space missions in five years, a nearly three-fold jump from the previous half-decade, to address requirements and develop new technologies for future needs, according to the NDTV Friday.
"We have proposed something like 70 missions totally compared to about 26 missions in the tenth plan period," Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization G Madhavan Nair said.
Nair, also Secretary in the Department of Space, said that the aim is to address requirements of the area of communication transponders and work in the fields of microwave remote sensing, hyper spectral and other new technologies of the future.
"Future developments will be towards the manned space mission and reusable satellites and Ka-band satellites," he said.
Source: English People
The 2008-09 annual budget for the Space Department has gone up to 47 billion rupees (some 120 million U.S. dollars), a 25 percent increase over the previous financial year.
"We have proposed something like 70 missions totally compared to about 26 missions in the tenth plan period," Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization G Madhavan Nair said.
Nair, also Secretary in the Department of Space, said that the aim is to address requirements of the area of communication transponders and work in the fields of microwave remote sensing, hyper spectral and other new technologies of the future.
"Future developments will be towards the manned space mission and reusable satellites and Ka-band satellites," he said.
Source: English People
The 2008-09 annual budget for the Space Department has gone up to 47 billion rupees (some 120 million U.S. dollars), a 25 percent increase over the previous financial year.
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