India is going to test a reusable launch vehicle on July 2015. This technology  will bring down costs of launching satellites significantly. ISRO said that the reusable launch vehicle technology is in the initial stages. There are many experiments need to be completed. The first launch is scheduled in July and this will help improve cost effectiveness. It will reduce the cost by one-tenth.

ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar said “The launch vehicle will be landing first time in the ocean and the ultimate attempt is to make it land at an air-strip at Sriharikota“.

ISRO will also launch Astrosat, India’s first dedicated satellite for astronomy by September this year. Kiran Kumar also said that the country’s lunar mission will take three more years for the satellite to launch. He also added that the space agency will also launch UK’s Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellite next month.

Mobile App Sakaar

• The Minister for State, Department of Space, Jitendra Singh launched an Andriod based application called ‘Sakaar’, which can help get a better understanding of ISRO’s projects.
• The App consists of 3D models of MOM and its orbit insertion, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehcile (GLSV) Mark III, videos of INSAT 3D predicting cyclones.