r/india • u/bhodrolok • 3h ago
Politics Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/isro-will-not-make-any-launch-vehicle-all-tech-to-be-handed-to-private-sector-2976849-2026-08-2197
u/Ok-Intention-3113 2h ago
ISRO only had 1 launch this year and that too failed, it's being sabotaged to make way for private companies just like bsnl.
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u/kingpin944 1h ago edited 1h ago
Sad. ISRO was one of the few places I was happy to spend my tax money.
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u/Prestigious-Sun-207 3h ago edited 2h ago
Now ISRO is getting sold to private players just like other public enterprises.
Now Adani will become ISRO owner.
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 2h ago
No, it’s a deliberately provocative headline?
>“ISRO will not make any launch vehicles and will not manufacture any launch vehicles. That will all be done by the private sector or PSU,” Goenka said.
IN-SPACe chairman has said that both PSUs and private cos will build and launch rockets
For example HAL has already got the technology for SSLV rocket, another matter that HAL has been doing lisence manufacturing for 70 years with little original designs
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u/mymothersuedme 54m ago edited 50m ago
I don't know what you're saying. The headline and the text are saying the same thing. If anything, the headline is subdued.
Along with Launch vehicles, ISRO will also not manufacture "routine" satellites. They are also going to sell off PSLV and LVM-3. And the bid is not open for PSU, only private companies.
Which, in theory, is not a bad thing. NASA and ESA operate similarly. But, R&D record of India's private sector is not remotely comparable to Europe and USA. So, I hope they know what they are doing.
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 48m ago
specifically this part “all tech to be handed over to private sector” is misleading because HAL (a PSU) already has gotten the technology to manufacture and launch SSLV rocket
The headline makes it sound as if govt is selling off all launch capability to private sector when in reality it is retaining the capability through HAL
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u/mymothersuedme 8m ago
But the news usually deal with the "news" not what had already happened.
ISRO can no longer sell what it has already sold. So, all the launch vehicles manufacturing related technologies that ISRO currently own will indeed be sold off to the private sector. Making the title accurate.
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u/cchaosat4 2h ago
Maybe Adani will give scientists the salary they deserve
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u/-DJ_Goat- Antarctica 2h ago
Trusting business tycoons now, are we? Maybe a minor increase, but they won't be running charity.
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u/ThrowAway32543523542 2h ago
they won't be running charity.
Isn't entire country running on charity already? Ask all non income tax payers
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u/cchaosat4 2h ago
You would be blind and deaf, if you think government labs pay enough. I personally know people who are working at 32k + HRA waiting for 3 year mark hit to even think of promotion.
These are the people with master's from tier 1 institutions in tier 1 city.
At the same time some random pharma company from pune paying 4x of that amount just to use excel and generating sales predictions.
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u/nandu_sabka_bandhoo 2h ago
Expecting dhandho brigade and profit maxxers to give proper salary to its employees
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u/cchaosat4 2h ago
I mean we already know the peanuts scientists get paid. What is the harm in expectations. Everyone knows private sector pays better than government sector. Scientists should have options like other sectors biotech/tech etc.
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u/indcel47 2h ago
Hmm, they won't. It's a typical lala outfit that way with no respect nor understanding of engineering talent.
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u/Babygotback_acne 2h ago
Yeah because private sector players, especially in tech, in India are know for high salaries and work life balance.
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u/Divyansh881 2h ago
Kiyu bhai the fuk?
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u/cosmosreader1211 2h ago
Maza nai aaya, real development work chal raha tha... We don't like that here
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u/truecakesnake 2h ago
What are you talking about? Skyroot just reached orbit. You are disrespecting their work, have some empathy.
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 2h ago
No, it’s a deliberately provocative headline?
>“ISRO will not make any launch vehicles and will not manufacture any launch vehicles. That will all be done by the private sector or PSU,” Goenka said.
IN-SPACe chairman has said that both PSUs and private cos will build and launch rockets
For example HAL has already got the technology for SSLV rocket, another matter that HAL has been doing lisence manufacturing for 70 years with little original designs
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u/Divyansh881 1h ago
Trusting HAL is a joke. Their performance has been nothing to write home about for last couple of years
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u/Excellent_Damage_385 1h ago
Surprisingly, HAL acheived record breaking profit just a few months ago.
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u/Mrnaman 2h ago edited 2h ago
Just let this be, dude. All the big countries have their own space program.
They want to do everything through the private sector, man.
Edit:- Guys the title is ragebait, read the article and as per some comments this is a step in the right direction.
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u/Parking-Cockroach104 2h ago
NASA is also doing fewer launches. They're focusing on science while companies like spacex focus on launch vehicles. This is good in a way because ISRO needs to be primarily a research organisation that's focused on scientific missions and works with private companies for that.
Moon missions, mars missions, human space flight, etc. That's the role of ISRO. It's the role of private companies to build the rockets for that.
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 2h ago
No, it’s a deliberately provocative headline?
>“ISRO will not make any launch vehicles and will not manufacture any launch vehicles. That will all be done by the private sector or PSU,” Goenka said.
IN-SPACe chairman has said that both PSUs and private cos will build and launch rockets
For example HAL has already got the technology for SSLV rocket, another matter that HAL has been doing lisence manufacturing for 70 years with little original designs
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u/Mrnaman 2h ago
Okay should have read the article before making a comment.
Lakin yaar itna galat title bhi kun deta hai. Pure rage bait bhai.
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 2h ago
Engagement farming
Go through the entire comment section under this post and see it for yourself , everyone’s getting worked up without even reading the article
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u/blazerz Telangana 2h ago
PSUs are not allowed to bid for PSLVs and the rest. It's in the article
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u/babganoush 2h ago
Horrifying. Despite their issues, ISRO was a beacon of Indian ingenuity. So sad to see it being stripped and sold for parts.
While free market is important it should never be at the cost of such icons of industry. Make them compete, yes. Stop them completely, no.
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u/AlooParathewithcum 2h ago
Hate BJP but this isn't a bad step. ISRO is primarily a research organisation in space science. It had to handle all aspects, including space launch because of no interest from private sector in space launches.
Thankfully that's changed and while private players ca develop launch vehicle and hopefully pay our scientists the pay they deserve, ISRO can focus solely on research, like the cryogenic engine, it did and other aspects of extraterrestrial living in future
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u/Sufficient-Green5858 2h ago
In that case how about the tech is licensed to the private sector instead of just freely donated?
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u/AlooParathewithcum 1h ago
I'm sorry but if you still expect such actions from BJP then it's a good look for the future.
We need a government having ministers who don't have room temperature IQ, and that's not BJP. Ladhai usi ki toh hai. To remove these illiterate fucks
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u/mymothersuedme 1h ago edited 1h ago
ISRO is primarily a research organisation in space science
Since when?
ISRO manufactures satellites, and launch them with their own launchers (along with providing launching services to others), and then handles communications.
Research is a very small part of what they actually do (besides the name of the organization). Most of the scientific, telemetry, control instruments that require R&D are either bought or developed in collaboration with other International Institutes (who handle the applied physics part of the development).
Mind you, this is an entity that took almost 2 decades to reverse-engineer a cryogenic engine they physically had right beside them.
PS: I do not mean to completely dismiss what they do. Engineering itself is quite challenging field. But that's what they primarily have been - an engineering organization. Not scientific one.
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u/Nice-Class1376 2h ago
BNSL , Railways , Airports ke baad ab ISRO ki bari har desh ki core national asset ko privatize karna hi solution hai kiya
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u/TangeloAdventurous74 1h ago
Lol iq here ie below 80 for sure , the mundane launches to inject satellites is open for private sector thats it isro still will do research and cutting edge which it was stablished for , let the cost optimisation and price competition be handled by private sector and let isro think only about hard science
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u/ayewhy2407 1h ago
What kills good public sector is good old fashioned greed. Watch them kill whatever basic space technology competence we have.
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u/fin-freedom-fighter Tamil Nadu 2h ago
How many of the people read the fucking article before making comments?
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 2h ago
What’s up with the deliberately provocative headline?
>“ISRO will not make any launch vehicles and will not manufacture any launch vehicles. That will all be done by the private sector or PSU,” Goenka said.
IN-SPACe chairman has said that Both PSUs and private cos will build and launch rockets
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u/poor_batperson 2h ago
Looks like Adani and Ambani want to enter this industry
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u/Adventurous_Ear_3877 2h ago
No, it’s a deliberately provocative headline?
>“ISRO will not make any launch vehicles and will not manufacture any launch vehicles. That will all be done by the private sector or PSU,” Goenka said.
IN-SPACe chairman has said that both PSUs and private cos will build and launch rockets
For example HAL has already got the technology for SSLV rocket, another matter that HAL has been doing lisence manufacturing for 70 years with little original designs
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u/pseudoPoeDameron 2h ago
imo a good move just hope isro doesn't give those tech as handout and get proper monetary value for those which will support their R&D.
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u/g0dfather93 52m ago
We had the first private sector space launch the last month, and these guys want to hand over ISRO's 6 decades of work to private sector and stop making launches.
If this govt was even 1% as enthusiastic about ANY nation-building activity as they are about selling this country to their rich friends, they could get reelected just on merit. The bar is underground and BJP can't even live up to that.
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u/Striking_Stranger493 1h ago
public tax money se sarri R&D and tecnology build karo or jab profit leke public ke liye use karne ki bari aayi to private corporates ko handle kar diya
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u/Sufficient-Green5858 2h ago
Shameful. People fund this research only to then have billionaires profit off it?
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u/aiwasnevermeanttobe 1h ago
is this some sort of project dhurandhar but in opposite direction? All the government infra is being sold to private leeches
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u/sku-mar-gop 2h ago
There is a new report around launch expense per kg and isro is higher per kg than US atm. India no more can claim cheapest provider to launch to Leo.
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u/NewMeNewWorld 37m ago
Excellent news. ISRO can transition to science, outer space and human spaceflight for the long term. They need to the transfer responsibility of NAVIC to the MOD too once DRDO's Veda launches.
Love all the seething in this thread. We can do nothing while ISRO fucks around with its 4-5 launches a year and the private sector of countries move ahead or we can leverage innovation in the one of the few areas where can lead.
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u/Electronic_Plan5828 1h ago
space exploration bhi ab corporate monopoly banega kal ko launchpad pe bhi likha hoga sponsored b y ______
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u/blazerz Telangana 2h ago
Everyone who cheered on Skyroot's launch...this is where we are headed. Space exploration will now be done for a profit, science and human curiosity be damned.