Isro seeks to pare costs, eyes startups for building space technologies

Announces first space tech incubation centre in Agartala, 5 more on the anvil

Ahead of India’s ambitious first manned space flight by 2022, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has launched its first space technology incubation centre in Agartala with the objective of developing cutting edge technologies needed by the space sector and creating intellectual properties.

Through this programme, the space organisation is looking to develop innovative indigenous technologies that could be used in its future projects and cut down the cost.

“You never know, may be one of the innovations developed at the Agartala centre could be flying the Gaganyaan,” said Isro Chairman, K Sivan.

He explained, for example, Isro uses conventional material for thermal