(a) the broad achievements of the country under the Space Programme during the Tenth Five Year Plan period; and
(b) the specific details of India’s efforts so far to send a satellite to moon?
(a) the broad achievements of the country under the Space Programme during the Tenth Five Year Plan period; and
(b) the specific details of India’s efforts so far to send a satellite to moon?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN):
(a) & (b): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF
STARRED QUESTION NO. 342 REGARDING “INDIA’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPACE PROGRAMMESâ€
ASKED BY SHRI REWATI RAMAN SINGH FOR ANSWER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008.
(a) The broad achievements of the Space Programme during the Tenth Five Year Plan are :
- 20 major space missions were accomplished.
- Growth in communication Transponders capacity from 100 to 200 exceeding the 10th Plan target of 175,
- New vistas of applications based on space technology, benefiting common man, namely, Village Resource Centres, large scale expansion of Tele-education, Tele-medicine, establishment of Natural Resources Census and Disaster Management Support,
- Imaging capability enhanced from 5.8 metre resolution to better than 1 metre resolution,
- New technologies and facilities, such as, Indigenous cryo engine/ stage, Air-breathing propulsion, Electric propulsion, Ku band communications, microwave remote sensing, Second Launch Pad, have been developed and qualified,
- For the first time a spacecraft has been launched into orbit and successfully brought back and recovered through SRE mission.