New Delhi. Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has earned $ 439 million from the foreign satellite launch in the last 10 years. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Singh informed that from January 2015 to December 2024, foreign satellite and 3 Indian customers satellite have been launched on ISRO’s PSLV, LVM3 and SSLV launch vehicles on commercial basis. He said that the foreign exchange revenue generated by the government from the launch of foreign satellite during this period is around $ 143 million and 272 million euros.
According to current exchange rates, 272 million euros are equal to $ 296 million. The Union Minister said that since 2014, India has launched satellites of 34 countries. Among the total foreign satellites, America has 232 satellites, which is the highest. Other countries include 83 of the UK, 19 of Singapore, 8 in Canada, 5 in Korea, 4 of Luxembourg, 4 of Italy, 3 from Germany, 3 from Belgium, 3 of Belgium, 3 of France, 3 of France, 2 of Switzerland, 2 of Switzerland, 2 of Netherlands, 2 of Netherlands, 2 of Japan, 2 of Israel, 2 of Spain, 2, 1 of Australia, 1 of Austria and 1 of Austria 1. The Union Minister also informed Parliament about ISRO’s cooperation with foreign space agencies in 61 countries.
He said that at present, space cooperation documents have been signed with 61 countries and 5 multilateral bodies. The major areas of cooperation are satellite remote sensing, satellite navigation, satellite communication, space science and planetary exploration and capacity building. ISRO has tied up for a joint satellite mission with NASA, named Nisar (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is currently on its advance stage. With the French National Space Agency, ISRO has collaborated for a joint satellite mission called Trishna, which is in the initial stages.
ISRO has also done a practical study with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to realize a joint Lunar Polar Exploration Mission. Meanwhile, Central Singh said that the government has increased funding for India’s Human Spaceflight Mission, Gaganyaan program to Rs 20,193 crore. Gaganyaan Mission is now planning to operate two crew space flights by 2028. There will be a total of eight missions with two crew and six without crew.
