Page 40 - NIS English 16-31 August 2025

NATION | National Space Day, August 23

A successful journey with the high speed of progress
The country is now moving towards achieving new achievements in space sector with the Space Vision 2047...

Achievements, which raised the nation’s stature

Mangalyaan
ISRO completed Mangalyaan was the world’s first

58 mission to reach Mars on the first
attempt. The Mangalyaan mission
launch vehicle missions was possibly the least expensive
between 2014 and 2025 interplanetary mission ever, with
which is an increase of 38% an estimated budget of about $74
compared to 42 missions million, a symbol of India’s
before 2014. expertise in resourcefulness and
innovation.

ISRO’s First-of-its-Kind 398 foreign
Satellite ‘NISAR’ Launched satellites launched
ISRO launched the NASA-ISRO Synthetic A total of 398 foreign
Aperture Radar (NISAR), jointly developed satellites have been
with NASA, on 30 July 2025 from Satish launched on a
Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. commercial basis on
Weighing 2392 kg, It is world’s first Earth ISRO’s PSLV, LVM3,
observation satellite to carry dual-frequency and SSLV launch vehicles
synthetic aperture radar (NASA’s L-band during the last ten years,
and ISRO’s S-band) on a single platform. It from January 2015 to
will provide high-resolution, all-weather December 2024. This is
images of the Earth’s land and ice surfaces. an increase of over
The mission has a life of 5 years and an 1000% compared to 35
estimated cost of over $1.5 billion. before 2014.

“Our will has strengthened… when it comes to 1. Freedom of innovation to the private sector
the space program, its best is yet to come…” En- 2. Role of the government as an enabler.
couraging the scientists, the Prime Minister had 3. Preparing the youth for the future.
said that they are not the ones who draw a line 4. Seeing the space sector as a resource for the
on butter, but the ones who draw a line on stone. progress of the common man.
Today, the result is before everyone. Shub- There was a time when the space sector was
hanshu Shukla going into space, conducting under the government’s hegemony. For decades,
experiments there, and then returning safely, the private industry related to the space sector in
shows that a few obstacles cannot deviate our as- India was seen only as a vendor. The government
pirations from the set path. Reforms in the space used to work on all space missions and projects.
sector and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision Those who were not in the government system,
are based on four pillars, which in themselves be it a scientist or a youth, were not able to
open the doors to extraordinary possibilities- work on their ideas related to the space sector.

38 NEW INDIA SAMACHAR || August 16-31, 2025