Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) Chairman Pawan Kumar Goenka with former ISRO chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar on the International Conference on Space 2023, in Bengaluru on September 14, 2023.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will facilitate transfer of expertise (ToT) for the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to at least one private firm.
In July, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), which is the single-window nodal company for boosting the area financial system of India by selling energetic participation of the private sector, had issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) for expertise transfer of SSLV to Indian industries.
On September 14, IN-SPACe Chairman Pawan Goenka knowledgeable that 23 companies had utilized for the ToT.
Speaking at International Conference on Space 2023 organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr. Goenka mentioned, “With regard to SSLV’s ToT, we are transferring the launch vehicle lock, stock and barrel, as they say, completely into the hands of the private sector. It is, perhaps, the first-ever example where a space agency anywhere in the world has transferred a full design of a launch vehicle to the private sector. We had 23 companies applying for the ToT, but we will be able to give it to only one company.”
The final date for submission of proposal in response to the EOI is September 25. Screening and figuring out the potential bidders will happen on October 30.
SSLV is a 3-stage launch car able to launching roughly 500kg satellite tv for pc in 500-km planar orbit. According to ISRO, the important thing options of SSLV are low value, with low turn-around time, flexibility in accommodating a number of satellites, launch-on-demand feasibility, and minimal launch infrastructure necessities.
Mr. Goenka mentioned that in the previous couple of weeks, the expectations from ISRO and the Indian area ecosystem on an entire have elevated following the soft-landing of the Chandrayaan-3’s lander on the Moon.
“The last few weeks have been amazing, starting with the Chandrayaan-3 soft landing on the Moon, and Aditya L-1 launch, and the G-20 summit. With Chandrayaan-3, what we have achieved is extraordinary, which we have not seen in a long time and, in a sense, it has put in a lot more responsibility in the space sector. Now, the expectations from the Indian space sector are a lot more, not just from ISRO but from everyone in the space ecosystem,” Mr. Goenka mentioned.
IN-SPACe is attempting to create all-inclusive infrastructure for industries to facilitate manufacturing.
“We are trying to create plug-and-play infrastructure for industries. We are close to entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with one State and working with another State,” Mr. Goenka mentioned.
