President Murmu lauds ISRO’s debris-free space mission goal by 2030

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President Murmu lauds ISRO’s debris-free space mission goal by 2030

Saturday, 24 August 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday voiced concern over increasing space debris as a result of numerous satellites being placed in orbit and lauded ISRO for setting itself a target to make future space missions debris free by 2030.

She was speaking at the celebration of the maiden National Space Day to mark the first anniversary of the landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3 project.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the first National Space Day, and said his Government has taken a series of futuristic decisions relating to this sector and will do even more in the times to come.

Modi had announced the celebration of the National Space Day last year following India’s success in landing its first spacecraft on the moon on this day with the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

He said in a social media post, “Greetings to everyone on the first National Space Day. We recall with great pride our nation’s achievements in the space sector. It is also a day to laud the contributions of our space scientists.”

President Murmu said “Space debris can cause problems for space missions,” she said during the event at Bharat Mandapam here that was attended by Union minister Jitendra Singh, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath, engineers, ISRO scientists and representatives of the country’s nascent space industry.

The President appreciated the ISRO System for Safe and Sustainable Operations Management facility, which ensures continuous progress of space research activities.

“I am also happy to note that India is moving forward to make all its space missions debris free by 2030,” Murmu said. 

The President said ISRO had made remarkable achievements in the space sector as well as invaluable contributions to the country’s social and economic development.

She appreciated the dedicated scientists who placed India’s space programme among the best in the world by using minimum resources.

The President said the progress of India’s space sector was extraordinary. “Be it a successfully completed Mars mission with limited resources or the successful launch of more than a hundred satellites at once, we have made many impressive achievements,” she said.

At the event, Dr Jitendra Singh announced that an Indian will land on the surface of Moon, fifteen years from now, in the year 2040 and highlighted the historic landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon’s South Pole, a feat that astonished the world and established India as a leader in space exploration. Later the President also presented awards to winners of the Robotics Challenge and the Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon on the occasion.

“In the last six decades, India has not only touched the lives of its citizens but also reached the Moon,” said Dr. Jitendra Singh.

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