ISRO Helps Indian Military Establish Space Cell

摘要

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)- billed by the government as a 100 percent civilian agency - has joined with the nation's armed forces to establish a space cell in the Defence Ministry to deal with potential threats to the satellites India relies on for communications, remote sensing and, in the near future, navigation.rnDefence Ministry spokesman Sitan-shu Kar, told Space News June 18 that the space cell announced by Defence Minister A.K. Antony June 10 "has already been set up and is operational" at the Integrated Defence Services headquarters in New Delhi.