ISRO Acquires Essential Parts From Aerospace Company in Mumbai for Chandrayaan-3 Mission
For its upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has received essential components from a private aerospace company based in Mumbai.
Godrej Aerospace has manufactured liquid propulsion engines such as Vikas, CE20 and satellite thrusters for the Moon mission at Vikhroli in suburban Mumbai, a senior company official said on Monday.
Maneck Behramkamdin, deputy director and chief business officer of Godrej Aerospace, said his company has been associated with ISRO, which is under the Ministry of Space, for more than three decades.
“The collaboration started with the production of critical components for ISRO’s needs and then expanded to liquid propulsion engines,” Behramkamdin said.
Godrej Aerospace also had a key contribution to the Chandrayaan-1 and 2 and Mangalyaan space missions, apart from contributing to ISRO’s other endeavours.
Chandrayaan-3, which is scheduled to lift off on Friday (July 14) at 2:35 PM, is a follow-up mission after the crash landing of Chandrayaan-2 in September 2019 due to a software glitch.
This is India’s third lunar mission and is among the few countries to undertake such an ambitious project.
Behramkamdin said the company is investing Rs 250 crore to build a new plant at Khalapur in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
He added that this greenfield facility will have advanced manufacturing and assembly capabilities that will enable the company to enhance its technological capability and meet the growing demands of the space industry. PTI PR RSY
