Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan Saturday said India is eyeing 2027 for the launch of the G20 satellite.”Right now we are also working on a G20 satellite for G-20 countries. India is taking the lead role, and we are going to have the launch by the 2027 timeframe,” he said during his address at the Engineering Staff College of India in Hyderabad.He said the satellite was intended to provide critical data related to environmental changes, atmospheric pollution and weather forecasting, areas that are becoming increasingly important for countries across the world.The ISRO chief further said a lot of commercial missions were carried out, including 433 satellites of 34 countries, and the heaviest satellite lifted from India was again a commercial satellite.The space organisation is in the process of making a 2.2 m diameter with 100 mm thickness titanium vessel for Samudrayaan, a project for the Deep Ocean Mission. Narayanan said ISRO was working towards sending a human to the moon by 2040.“If we make it happen by 2040, we will be on par with any other space-faring nation in terms of launcher technology, satellite technology, application area, and human space flight program. And we are working towards the Viksit Bharat-2024,” he said.


