Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar has said that the ISRO would have to increase its bouquet of satellites from the present 34 to at least 70 to 75 to meet the increasing demand in the field of communication and navigation in the country.
Inaugurating the sixth biennial conference of the ISRO Pensioners’ Association here on Saturday, Mr. Kumar said the ISRO had become the cynosure of the whole world with its achievements over the past several decades. The motto of ISRO is ‘space technology in the service of the humankind’. The ISRO has been working towards this goal ensuring societal application of space technology. The ISRO helped to link 16 lakh post offices across India within a few months. Space technology is currently helping the development of islands in the country. VSSC director K. Sivan was present.
