In-Space will have members academia, government as well as industry representatives on its board and will be under the Space Commission.
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will focus more on building new technologies, human spaceflight programmes and deep space missions and would transfer the operational satellites, rockets, and applications to New Space India Ltd (NSIL), the commercial arm of Isro, which will be the interface to engage with startups and private companies for new applications and use the space infrastructure to build them, he said..
The private industry will also be offered opportunities to undertake R&D activities and be co-traveller in advanced inter-planetary missions. This is planned through a series of Announcement of Opportunities. Opportunities in Human Space Flight Programme is already announced, said Sivan
A new Navigation Policy is also being proposed. Suitable changes in Remote Sensing Data Policy as well as SATCOM policy are also on the anvil. These changes are aimed at aligning these policies to an open and inclusive space sector, Sivan said.
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