Bengaluru: India’s Space Promoter cum Regulatory, Indian National Sparing Publicity and Authority Center (In space), Is ready to announce the winner Small satellite launch vehicle (SSLV) Technology transfer In the next six weeks, Chairman Pavan Goenka told TOI. The last three bidders have presented the details, now running with the evaluation.
“We are just about starting the process of evaluating those dialects. All the bids have come, all the details have come and now it is probably six weeks or earlier, before we can declare who will be the bidder and who will get the technique for SSLV,” Goenka said.
This development comes as part of the widespread push of the in-space. private sector In all sections of the space industry, from launch vehicles and satellites to ground stations and applications.
Goenka estimated that many private launch options will soon be available in India: “Hopefully by the end of this year or perhaps in the middle of next year, we will have three operating rockets for small launch in India and this will give us the ability to try and capture a large portion of small vehicle launch.”
The launch capacity will be supported by the new spaceport in Kulashekharpatnam, under the development by ISRO and is expected to be ready in less than two years.
On the proposed Earth Overview (EO) Nakshatra, he said that the final request for the proposal for public-private partnership (RFP) would be issued to six shortlisters this month. He said, “Draft RFP has already gone out for shortlisted parties … We have had an internal review of those questions and now we are in the process of finalizing RFP that should go out by the end of next week,” he explained.
In five years, a recently declared Rs 1,000 crore funds for the space sector will be allocated based on the proposals of companies rather than predetermined areas. Goenka said, “We have not done anything for any specific field. We are going to see how the demand comes,” saying that he expects more demand than upstream than the downstream areas.
TOI reported last week that SIDBI Venture Capital Limited has been selected to manage funds worth Rs 1,000 crore dedicated to support private companies in India’s space technology sector.
In-space is also working to create construction clusters with states, already signing agreements with Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, which has a discussion with Karnataka and other states.
“On grassroots services, authorities have been provided to four private sector institutions to install ground stations as commercial services, with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended recommendations on licensing structures,” Goenka said.
The organization is taking a branded initiative as a workshop (SAAW) to adopt space applications to connect potential users with service providers and encourage applications.
Goenka said that all these efforts align with India’s ambitious target of receiving $ 44 billion. Space economy By 2033. He emphasized that the current activities of in-space in all sub-sector, including communication satellites, are oriented to meet this long-term target.
