GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2371

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 28, 2012

LAUNCH OF SATELLITES

2371. SHRI FRANCISCO SARDINHA: SHRI JAI PRAKASH AGARWAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER 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: National Satellites – 14

S.N Satellite Year Launch Vehicle Expenditure incurred o including launch 1. RISAT-2 RISAT-2 mission is

funded by the users and

the expenditure incurred

is approx. `588 Crore

Apr ANUSAT is a small 2. ANUSAT PSLV-C12 2009 satellite built by Anna

University and was flown in a piggy back mode in this mission. Towards ANUSAT, ISRO has provided a grant of `3 Cr

3. OCEANSAT -2 Sep PSLV -C14 `220 Cr 2009 4. GSAT-4 Apr GSLV-D3 `320 Cr 2010 (Mission Unsuccessful) 5. CARTOSAT -2B CARTOSAT -2B mission is funded by the users. The total expenditure incurred by user for two satellites (CARTOSAT-2A and CARTOSAT-2B) along with the launch cost and the ground systems is approx. ` `958 Crore Jul PSLV-C15 2010 6. STUDSAT STUDSAT is a nano satellite built by consortium of seven engineering colleges was flown in a piggy back mode in this mission. Towards STUDSAT, ISRO hasn’t incurred any expenditure. 7. GSAT -5P Dec GSLV -F06 `300 Cr 2010 (Mission Unsuccessful) 8. RESOURCESAT-2 Apr PSLV-C16 `253 Cr 9. YOUTHSAT 2011 10. GSAT -8 May Procured 2011 Launcher ` 605 Cr (ARIANE-V) S.N Satellite Year Launch Vehicle Expenditure incurred o including launch 11. GSAT -12 Jul PSLV -C17 `170 Cr 2011 12. MEGHA- MEGHA-TROPIQUES is a TROPIQUES joint Indo- French mission. The expenditure incurred by ISRO towards this is `172 Cr.

13. SRMSAT SRMSAT is a nano satellite built by SRM University was flown in a piggy back mode in this Oct mission. Towards PSLV-C18 2011 SRMSAT, ISRO hasn’t incurred any expenditure.

14. JUGNU JUGNU is a nano satellite built by IIT Kanpur was flown in a piggy back mode in this mission. Towards JUGNU, ISRO hasn’t incurred any expenditure.

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

S.No. Satellites launched Year Launch Vehicle

1. CUBESAT -1 Sep 2009 PSLV -C14

2. CUBESAT-2

3. CUBESAT-3

4. CUBESAT -4

5. RUBIN-9.1

6. RUBIN -9.2

7. ALSAT-2A July 2010 PSLV-C15

8. NLS 6.1

(AISSAT-1)

9. NLS 6.2

(TISAT-1)

10. X-SAT Apr 2011 PSLV -C16

11. VESSELSAT-1 Oct 2011 PSLV-C18

The income earned through launching of these foreign

satellites amount to `30 Cr.

(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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