Coronavirus grounded Indian space sector in first half of 2021
Sun, Jul 4 2021 10:12 IST |
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India s second spaceport for launching small satellites would be located in Tamil Nadu s Thoothukudi district, ISRO chief K. Sivan said. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, July 4 : A successful commercial launch, charting the decadal plan, coming out with a draft policy to allow private players, transferring medical equipment technologies was how the government owned space sector closed the Covid-19 affected first half of 2021.
On their part, the private sector players raised funds, got components manufactured overseas, designed rockets and satellites from home. We began the year with the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that placed into orbit 19 satellites including Brazil s earth observation satellite Amazonia-1, K. Sivan, Secretary, Department of Space (DOS) told IANS.