Miles to go: India's share is 2-3%, but ISRO is now an end-to-end player nagalandpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nagalandpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ISRO: Last year, the Indian government said the country has about 53 operational satellites that includes communication/navigation/earth observation and science satellites.
India may be sending spacecraft to orbit the Moon and Mars, and plans to send one to study the Sun and Venus, and finally, humans to space in the last four decades of this century, but its presence in the global space sector market is a mere .
In terms of rocket s carrying capacity, India s heavy lift rocket LVM3 can carry a maximum of four tonne whereas the rockets of the US, China and Europe can carry several times higher. As a matter of fact, India uses the services of Arianespace s Ariane rockets to orbit heavier communication satellites.
India may be sending spacecraft to orbit the Moon and Mars, and plans to send one to study the Sun and Venus, and finally, humans to space in the last four decades of this century, but its presence in the global space sector market is a mere two-three per cent.