ISRO

ISRO has, since 1975, launched a total of 129 satellites of Indian origin and 342 foreign satellites of 36 countries,   India has a total of 53 operational satellites in space providing various identified services to the nation. Total 21 of these are communication satellites, eight are navigation satellites, 21 are Earth observation satellites and three are science satellites," Union Minister of State for Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha in written replies to two different questions. From 2016-2017 to 2021-2022, a total of 285 customer satellites from 29 foreign countries were successfully launched onboard PSLV on a commercial basis. The number of foreign satellites launched year-wise are 122 in 2016-2017, 57 in 2017-2018, 32 in 2018 -2019, 50 in 2019-2020, and 23 in 2020-2021, he said. The satellite-enabled data and services are being used for the benefit of various sectors of the country. These include television broadcasting, Direct-to-Home, ATM, mobile communication, tele-education, telemedicine, and advisories on weather, pest infestation, agro-meteorology, and potential fishing zones. Satellite data is also used for crop production estimation, crop intensification, agricultural drought assessment, wasteland inventory, identifying groundwater prospect zones, inland aquaculture suitability, disaster risk reduction, The ISRO has plans to launch more satellites to further enhance operational applications and cater to the needs of emerging applications and user requirements in the country, the Minister added. Many of the applications have been effectively adopted by stakeholder departments for operational use. Read More   Unsubscribe