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INDIAN SPACE SECTOR villages, municipalities and connected with it.
schools, including the hardest-to-
ISRO has over the years
reach areas across the country. been focusing on delivering
THE SKY IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT Illustrating the opportunities applications for the Government
for satellite connectivity in India and the citizens; having
following this successful launch, created systems, launching
Radhakrishnan D., Chairman- and operating satellites, and
cum-Managing Director, providing communication, earth
th
On 10 June 2022, Prime
Earlier in India, the space NewSpace India Limited shared, observation and navigation
sector was confined within Minister Narendra Modi, “We look forward to strengthening services. However, a giant leap
the purview of Government during the inauguration of the our partnership with OneWeb in opening the space sector to
systems. Since the space sector headquarters of IN-SPACe in and utilizing the potential that India’s young entrepreneurs
was opened for the youth of Ahmedabad, extended his vision LEO connectivity has to deliver and private sector has proven
India and for India's private of unlocking the space sector
broadband services across India.” to be a pioneering step towards
sector of India, revolutionary to Non-Governmental Private
With ushering in of one nation-building and national
changes have started coming Entities (NGPEs). This path-
of the biggest commercial development facilitating India’s
in it. Indian industries and breaking space reform, with the
orders by India's premier space growth as a space superpower.
start-ups are engaged in introduction of private players,
organization, the Government is Key reforms in the Indian
bringing new innovations and has heralded a revolution in the
demonstrating its commitment space sector such as increasing
new technologies in this field. Indian space sector and unveiled
and focus on providing a thrust to participation of private
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi the true potential of commercial innovative development of space enterprises, revising the Foreign
(in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address) space activities. An exemplar technologies in India and altering Direct Investment (FDI) policy to
of this reform is ISRO and NSIL’s
the lives of millions of people open investment opportunities for
most significant commercial
"While self-reliance in space mission for a foreign customer
had been a driving force since OneWeb, which also was the first
its inception, a renaissance commercial launch of India’s
for this eternally vital principle heaviest rocket LVM3.
is given by Modiji in the
With this successful launch,
present context of resurgent
the LVM3 has become a catalyst
India. India’s concept of
Atmanirbharta does not for the Indian Space Programme,
isolate it from the rest of the opening new vistas for heavy
world. On the other hand, it payloads. This public-private
paves the way for substantial
partnership is focused on
linkage with the global
delivering connectivity in India
community. Because of the
self-reliant strategy, ISRO is and South Asia, particularly to the
able to provide satellite and communities who need it most.
launch services today, both From Ladakh to Kanyakumari and
nationally and internationally." Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh,
-K. Kasturirangan this launch will strengthen digital
Former Chairman, ISRO connectivity across towns,
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