ISRO scientist TGK Murthy says India will also launch a satellite to study the sun and global climate change named Aditya-L1 weighing 400 kg
Kolkata: India is going to launch GSLV Mark-III, the
country’s most powerful launch vehicle, in another two months, senior space
scientist and ex-programme director of ISRO professor T.G.K. Murthy said on
Friday.
“In another two months, we are going to launch
GSLV Mark-III. We are going to launch four satellites from the Indian soil in
the near future,” Murthy told PTI on the sidelines of a
three-day international conference on ‘Advances in Science and Technology’ in
Kolkata.
ISRO has been successful in testing the high-thrust
cryogenic technology for use in the launch vehicle, GSLV Mark-III, the space
scientist said. The ISRO will also launch the SAARC satellite this month, to
give member countries all the benefits as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, he said.
Besides, India will launch a satellite to study
the sun and global climate change, Murthy said, adding it will be named
Aditya-L1 and weigh 400 kg, carrying one payload.
Pointing out that the Indian space mission has
“wide-ranging applications and wide-ranging facilities”, he said, adding 90% of
the technology application materials being used by ISRO have been made
indigenously.
He said the space department in combination with
academics and industry start-ups was working to meet the growing demand in several
areas including weather. “India is going to take 10-15% share of the global
space market”, and ISRO is having global customers as our research occupy
pre-eminence in the world, he said.
Murthy also referred to India’s first private
mission to the moon. “We will have a private rocket for the first time in the
moon. Our scientists are working on challenges like capsule re-entry, safety
conditions and it promises to be one for the history books,” he said at the
conference that was hosted by a private engineering institute.
Addressing young scientists and researchers, Director General of
National Council of Science Museum (NCSM) A.S. Manekar said in his speech that
role of teachers was to impart knowledge to students, who must work for the
development of the society. He underscored the need for sustained research to
facilitate science and technology work for the betterment of future for
mankind.
