Nisar Space Plan with American examples of India’s cost-efficiency: X-Esro chief Somnath

Ahmedabad, 20 February (PTI) Former President of ISRO S Somnath has highlighted the cost-effectiveness of India’s space programs and said that for the same satellite and part of the work, the country has five compared to the US The bar will cost less. Objective.

He was referring to the NASA-Eyssro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) Mission.

The Joint National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) project will map the entire globe and map the entire globe and understand the Earth’s ecosystems, snow mass, vegetation biomass, increase in sea levels, understanding of groundwater and natural threats Will provide data for.

Somnath on Wednesday emphasized the role of private sector to increase India’s contribution to the global space economy from 2 percent to 10 percent.

Regarding Nisar, one joint Earth-Earlier Radar Mission, he said that one part of the payload is being developed by the US, and the other by India.

Former ISRO chief Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) was speaking in an interactive session on “India Tumoro: Unlocking Industry, Innovation, Talent”.

“The main bus of the satellite is being done by India, and we are going to launch. But if India has spent X amount for this satellite mission, the money spent by the US is five times x. The same satellite For, for the same part of the work, their cost is five times.

Sharing various aspects of the cost -effective space missions made by ISRO, Somnath reported that in India, the approach is to reduce development costs.

More emphasis on simulation and low on real hardware tests, reuse of everything to recover cost and support from India’s manufacturing sector, which facilitates high-end jobs at a significantly low cost, some reasons Those who make Indian space missions cheaper than this, the counterparts in the US and Europe, said.

The cost cannot be reduced significantly because the materials included in the building are all the same. He said that aluminum, steel and electronic parts are actually expensive in India than in America, as aluminum is coming from Europe to make rockets, electronic chips are imported, and steel, of course, is made in India. , He said.

Somnath said, “But many items are coming from outside and there is no way that can make them cheaper.”

Somnath said, “Then what magic is, you can ask. The whole magic is in the context of different components that are actually peripherally available for the construction of the system.” ,

Sharing his experience of working on costs for various projects, Somnath stated that he was trained internally in ISRO to “see the frugal way of doing it”.

“First you should make your mind what you are going to do at the lowest cost. If you know how to raise the cost, you can do it. You can also do it in another way – how to cost the cost Being brought to be brought, by proper managerial intervention, “Aerospace Engineer said that ISRO launched India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan -3 in 2023.

“Our approach is always to reduce the cost of growth. The unit cost of the rocket cannot be brought down very low, but you can always reduce the cost of development. You can give more confidence in simulation and analysis. And can recycle hardware on real hardware testing.

Somnath praised the manufacturing sector for his contribution to space missions.

“Another secret is our industries. Finally, India is the best place to manufacture high end manufacturing at a very low cost,” he said.

Somnath emphasized that although India is a major space power, the overall investment by the country in the region is very small, and has been pushed for the participation of private entrepreneurs.

He said that India should make a commercial case for the space sector.

“This is an important issue that we have discussed in recent times. We found that it is not possible for the government to make additional investment in the space sector. One of the important elements of vision is the participation of private entrepreneurs in the space field. The way we have not done, “said the chairman of the former ISRO.

“We have not done this in the past because we thought that space to be such a special club, with secret work, which you should keep with the government. The idea has to be removed, and we have to remove this idea, and we have such that in the last two years Done. We have a very open and public message that it is for private industries to find a business case, “he said.

Somnath noticed that the government should increase investment in areas where the private sector finds it difficult to put money like space exploration and construction of space stations.

“Gradually, the strength of this technology made out of public funding will move to private hands at later point if a profitability and business is available. This infection will have to be in five years. Then our contribution to the space economy barely from 2 to 2 to 2 It will increase from 2 to 2. In the global economy, the global economy is 10 percent per percentage, “he said.