The Hindu reports that ISRO conceives two ‘space parks’ to engage domestic firms in launch vehicles.First, ISRO wants to groom and engage domestic industry in the launch vehicles area from integrating sub-systems up to assembling, and even launching the PSLV.This well-established rocket has put Indian and foreign satellites of up to 1,600 kg into space.
Eventually the future consortium will be fully responsible for building and launching the light-lift PSLV rocket.
Currently industries such as Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Godrej & Boyce, Larsen & Toubro, MTAR and Walchandnagar Industries produce 80 per cent of the launch vehicle parts and sub-units.
These production works are scattered across their respective locations. The launch industry initiative must be close to ISRO’s launch complex, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at the 145-sq km Sriharikota range, on the lines of the launch complex of Europe’s Arianespace in French Guiana.
