Space dept lists responsibilities and roles of IN-SPACE

NEW DELHI: A month after announcing the formation of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACE) for commercialisation of space activities in the country, the department of space has detailed its structure, roles and responsibilities.

The single-window agency will permit and oversee activities by private sector right from building launch vehicles and satellites to launching it.

The agency will also monitor the usage of the data generated by the private spacecrafts and rolling out of any space-based services, according to the document. So far, the industry participation in space activities was limited mainly to building parts for the ISRO missions. However, these included 500 medium and smallscale enterprises, public sector undertaking and private industries.

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), this has created jobs for around 45,000 people and has matured the Indian industry in manufacturing motor cases, engines, satellite production and rocket motor building.

THE AGENCY WILL ALSO MONITOR THE USAGE OF THE DATA GENERATED BY THE PRIVATE SPACECRAFTS AND ROLLING OUT OF ANY SPACE-BASED SERVICES