India has to triple its satellites in orbit in next three years: ISRO chief

Hyderabad, July 25: ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on Friday said that India has to nearly triple its number of satellites in space, from the current 55, within the next three years.
Delivering ‘The GP Birla Memorial Lecture on Indian Space Programme – Accomplishments, Challenges and Future Perspectives’, Narayanan said by 2040 India would be on par with any other nation in terms of space technology, application area, and infrastructure.
Later, talking to reporters, he said that in 2035 India will build a full space station, and the first module will be placed in orbit in 2028.
Narayanan said, as far as space sector reforms are concerned, a lot of work is going on, and earlier, ISRO’s model of work used to be service-oriented, but now it wants to grab business opportunities. (PTI)