Rao, Mukund and Murthi, KR Sridhara and Raj, Baldev
(2015)
Indian Space – Towards A “National Eco-System” For Future Space Activities.
In: 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, October 12-16, 2015, International Astronautical Federation.
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| Abstract: |
The vision of Indian Space was enunciated (in early
1970) by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - who envisioned the
development
of Indian space capability for benefit to society a
nd meeting national development goals. The programm
e is founded
on self-reliance and indigenous capability developm
ent. Indian space activities have made tremendous p
rogress in the
past 50 years with successful satellites that have
contributed to national development, science endeav
or and
technological capability. Indian communication sate
llites in INSAT; Indian EO satellites in IRS; India
n positioning
satellites in IRNSS; various science missions; Indi
an launch vehicles in the PSLV and GSLV; mission to
Moon -
Chandrayaan-1; a mission to Mars have paved the way
for advanced successful development of space capab
ility in
India. Successful foray into global markets have al
so been achieved. All this has enabled a high-class
end-to-end
systemic capability of design, development and oper
ations of Indian space assets and applications.
Space based services have created a huge and growin
g user base - which is a unique opportunity for dev
eloping space
industry and creating high technology jobs. Changin
g policy environment in India - favoring deregulati
on; investments
and thrusted privatization; impetus to manufacturin
g; intensive co-operation etc are generating a stro
ng market drive
for space activities in India. Indian space needs t
o orient for a quantum jump in technological growth
, adopt
organisational models that will ensure economic eff
iciency and position a vibrant private sector. Nati
onal
consequences for Indian human space-flight and plan
etary exploration programme; quest for a larger sha
re and role in
global space market; strategies to deal with changi
ng political and economic environments and focused
imperatives of
international cooperation need strategic focus.
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) has t
aken up a policy-research study to determine a fut
uristic Indian
Space Policy - a comprehensive “Indian Space Policy
" which addresses the long-term strategy of Indian
space and
promotes a holistic Indian Space enterprise - align
ment to national goals of industrialization and dev
elopment; evolving
a vibrant eco-system of government-private sector p
artnership that assures operational space services
(communications,
EO and navigation etc) and advanced technology deve
lopment; national commitment for \long-term' human
space-
flight and planetary exploration mission investment
s and a strategic international cooperation regime.
NIAS has
undertaken wide consultation with Indian space prof
essionals and is organising a National Space Policy
Workshop -
all of which will be assimilated into the Policy do
cument. The paper presents the outcome of this stud
y and the future
Indian Space Policy. |
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