Will the Minister of SPACE be pleased to state:-

(a) the expenditure incurred and the income earned from each of the rockets and satellites launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) during the last three years;

(b) whether ISRO proposes to launch more satellites in near future;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether there is any proposal to invite foreign organizations to launch their satellites through Indian rockets so as to generate income for the country; and

(e) if so, the details thereof including the targets fixed therefor?

ANSWER: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a) During the last three years i.e. 2009, 2010 and 2011 a total of 14 national satellites and 11 satellites for foreign customers have been launched. The details are as follows is given annexure.

LOK SABHA ANNEXURE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2371 DATED 28-03-2012

National Satellites – 14

These national satellites are primarily meant for meeting the national developmental needs of the country in the areas of Natural resources management, infrastructure planning, communication, societal applications including education, health and rural development, weather forecasting, climate & environment monitoring and scientific research. These satellites are not primarily for generating the revenue.

However, a part of the transponder capacity of GSAT-8 and GSAT-12 communication satellite and the data products of RESOURCESAT-2 are being offered to the user as per the prevailing pricing policy. The transponder capacities on GSAT-8 and GSAT-12 satellites are offered at `5 Cr per transponder per annum and `3.6 Cr per transponder per annum respectively. The data from RESOURCESAT-2 is offered in the range of ` 6000 – ` 8000 per imagery.

Foreign Satellites – 11

The income earned through launching of these foreign satellites
amount to 30 crore.
(b)&(c) ISRO is planning to launch following national satellites in the next one year:
GSAT-10, GSAT-14 in communications area; Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) for all weather imaging, Satellite for ARGOS and ALTIKA (SARAL) for marine meteorology & sea state forecasting in Remote Sensing Area, INSAT-3D in meteorological area and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1) in Navigation area.
(d)&(e) There are proposals for launching 13 foreign satellites belonging to viz. Austria (2 Nos.), Canada (4 Nos.), Denmark (1 No.), France (1 No.), Germany (2 Nos.), Indonesia (2 Nos.) and Japan (1 No.).
The target is to launch these satellites using Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) during the 2012- 2015 time period.

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