ISRO has launched a total of 129 satellites of Indian Origin since 1975: Dr Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, February 10

Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has launched a total of 129 satellites of Indian Origin and 342 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries since 1975. Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said this in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. He said, today India has a total of 53 operational satellites in space providing various identified services to the nation.

Twenty one of these are communication satellites, eight are Navigation satellites, 21 are Earth Observation Satellites and three are Science Satellites.

The satellite enabled data and services are being used for the benefit of various sectors of the country. These include Television broadcasting, Direct-to-Home, ATM, Mobile communication, tele-education, tele-medicine and advisories on weather. Dr Singh said, Satellite data is also used for crop production estimation, crop intensification, and agricultural drought assessment, identifying ground water prospect zones and disaster risk reduction.

He said, ISRO has planned to launch more number of satellites to further enhance operational applications and cater the needs of emerging applications and user ministerial requirements in the country.