ISRO - General Discussions

[TopWatcher]

ISRO never had the market. It was abysmally low share already which SpaceX blown away.
We simply stand nowhere near US in aerospace.
No self cursing is useful since you cannot out-innovate anyone who can outspend you.

Does ISRO ever said or desire to market its launches like spacex.

Even initially ISRO refuses launches for OneWeb, its govt who put pressure on ISRO to launch OneWeb.

 

[GodEmperorDoom]

ISRO never had the market. It was abysmally low share already which SpaceX blown away.
We simply stand nowhere near US in aerospace.
No self cursing is useful since you cannot out-innovate anyone who can outspend you.

ISRO main goal is to maintain and continue Sovereign Space Capability. Nowhere did it or gormint say launching satellites for others is it's thing. It's not even remotely in the equation. It's just side quest like thing.

 

[Azaad]

ISRO main goal is to maintain and continue Sovereign Space Capability. Nowhere did it or gormint say launching satellites for others is it's thing. It's not even remotely in the equation. It's just side quest like thing.

That's coz like in all other fields we've chosen a faulty model to commercialize ISRO tech expertise. What ISRO & GoI should've done is establish a production agency which'd essentially specialise only in mfg LVs beginning with the PSLV / SSLV.

Ideally, this should've been within the Pvt Sector with ISRO focusing purely on Design & Research which was the original intention. Instead we've Pvt Corporations emerge in this sector who're essentially developing their own LVs.

It's not a bad development per se but far from an ideal scenario from the overall biz perspective of our aerospace ecosystem as far as commercial viability & larger aims go.

 

[GodEmperorDoom]

That's coz like in all other fields we've chosen a faulty model to commercialize ISRO tech expertise. What ISRO & GoI should've done is establish a production agency which'd essentially specialise only in mfg LVs beginning with the PSLV / SSLV.

Ideally, this should've been within the Pvt Sector with ISRO focusing purely on Design & Research which was the original intention. Instead we've Pvt Corporations emerge in this sector who're essentially developing their own LVs.

It's not a bad development per se but far from an ideal scenario from the overall biz perspective of our aerospace ecosystem as far as commercial viability & larger aims go.

Yep. It's the same model followed everywhere else from Roscosmos URSC Or China CASC-CALT, ESA-ArianeSpace, NASA- ULA, but somehow I don't understand babus mindset. Even the Russians and Chinese separated both of them but we are still doing the same.

But in some slides they showed for NGLV, there will be maximum industry participation. So that s good for starters. Maybe final assembly will take place at ISRO with all subcomponents coming from L&T, Godrej etc.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Does ISRO ever said or desire to market its launches like spacex.

Even initially ISRO refuses launches for OneWeb, its govt who put pressure on ISRO to launch OneWeb.

ISRO is not a commercial space agency, it's a research organisation.

So, it doesn't matter. ISRO always will and always should deny commercial launches if hurdling exploration missions.
Space industry is headache of DoS & PMO, not ISRO.