New Delhi:
The government has given the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) the go-ahead to start a search for a new rocket launch pad.
The current launch pad at Sriharikota faces problems in launching remote sensing satellites, as a lot of rocket fuel is wasted in avoiding a flight that passes over Sri Lanka.
This is being done to try and capture the lucrative launch market. India hopes to launch astronauts in the next decade.
During a recent debate in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanasamy, said that ISRO has so far launched 64 satellites and of these seven failed.
Using Indian launch vehicles, ISRO has so far launched 64 satellites - 38 national satellites and 26 international, the minister said.
"There have been a total of seven failed launches, of which five have been during experimental or developmental phase whereas two were operational missions," he said.
(With IANS inputs)
The current launch pad at Sriharikota faces problems in launching remote sensing satellites, as a lot of rocket fuel is wasted in avoiding a flight that passes over Sri Lanka.
This is being done to try and capture the lucrative launch market. India hopes to launch astronauts in the next decade.
During a recent debate in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanasamy, said that ISRO has so far launched 64 satellites and of these seven failed.
Using Indian launch vehicles, ISRO has so far launched 64 satellites - 38 national satellites and 26 international, the minister said.
"There have been a total of seven failed launches, of which five have been during experimental or developmental phase whereas two were operational missions," he said.
(With IANS inputs)
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