Company:New Space India Limited

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New Space India Limited (NSIL)
TypePublic Sector Undertaking
Industry
Founded6 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-06)[1]
HeadquartersHFSC Building, ISRO HQ, New BEL Road,
Bangalore, Karnataka
,
India
Key people
Ms. Suma Devaki Ram (CMD)
Mr. Radhakrishnan Durairaj (ED) [2]
Services
OwnerDepartment of Space[3]
WebsiteOfficial Website

New Space India Limited (NSIL) is a Central Public Sector Enterprise of Government of India . It was established on 6 March 2019 under the administrative control of Department of Space (DOS), India. The main objective of NSIL is to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes.[4]

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech on 5 July 2019, mentioned the establishment of NSIL.[5]

Objectives

NSIL was setup with the following objectives.[6]

  • Transfer of Small Satellite technology to industry: NSIL will obtain license from DOS/ISRO and sub-license the same to Industry
  • Manufacture of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) in collaboration with Private Sector
  • Production of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) through Indian Industry
  • Production and marketing of Space based products and services, including launch and application
  • Transfer of technology developed by ISRO Centres and constituent units of DOS
  • Marketing of spin-off technologies and products/services, both in India and abroad

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