Defence – based Space Research Agency – Objectives and Significance 29/06/2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags:

DEFENCE – BASED SPACE RESEARCH AGENCY – OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE

 

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Topics covered: Defence Space Research Agency, Defence Space Agency, Significance and Objectives

 

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In a move to bolster India’s space warfare capabilities, the government has approved the creation of the Defence Space Research Organisation.

 

Aim

The Ministry of Defence created two agencies (DSA, DSRO) aimed at developing a multidimensional approach to using outer space for strategic purposes.

The government has created agencies for tackling space and cyber warfare along with a Special Operations Division to tackle the need for special operations required to be carried out both inside and outside the country.

 

Defence Space Research Agency (DSRO)

  • DSRO will provide technical and research support to its parent organization, the Defence Space Agency.
  • The DSRO has been entrusted with the task of creating space warfare weapon systems and technologies.
  • The agency would be provided with a team of scientists which would be working in close coordination with the tri-services (Army, Navy and Air Force) integrated defence staff officers.
  • DSRO will be headed by a senior defence scientist who will lead a team of other scientists. The agency is expected to be operational by the end of this year.
  • The organization is also charged with finding and implementing defence applications for India’s entire spectrum of space technologies.

 

Background

In April, the government established the Defence Space Agency, or DSA, to command the space assets of the Army, Navy and Air Force, including the military’s anti-satellite capability.

The agency is also to formulate a strategy to protect India’s interests in space, including addressing space-based threats.

 

Defence Space Agency (DSA)

  • The DSA is being set up in Bengaluru and will be headed by an Air Force vice marshal and will have a staff of 200 personnel from three wings of the armed forces.
  • DSA will seek input on space as a domain of warfare from the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Defence Research and Development Organization.
  • India’s existing military space agencies — including the Defence Imagery Processing and Analysis Centre, located in New Delhi, and the Defence Satellite Control Centre, located in Bhopal — will be merged with DSA.

 

Source: Defence News

 

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