Article Posted on : - Feb 10, 2009

File photo of ISRO chairman Dr G Madhavan Nair. PTI image

THIRUVANTHAPURAM (PTI): India's space programme is poised for major strides in the coming years with several missions already in the line-up, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said today.

The ISRO had launched 25 missions and the number would go up to 70 in the next five years, Nair said while speaking at the stone-laying function for the Missile Integration Complex of BrahMos Aerospace Ltd (BATL) here.

Development of aerospace industry in the country was important to support the space programme, he said, adding the local unit of BrahMos had already been supplying several highly complex components to ISRO.

While ISRO would be concentrating on Research and Development, facilities like BrahMos Aerospace should develop capability for supplying components for the space programme, he said.