The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will receive 57.78 billion rupees ($1.25 billion) for 2010 - a 38 percent increase over last year - under the budget approved Feb. 26 by India's Parliament.rnThe bulk of the funding, some 21 billion rupees, will go to launch vehicle technology development, while satellite technology development will receive 10 billion rupees, a 45 percent increase over the 2009 level.rnISRO's manned space program will receive 1.4 billion rupees for the new budget year, which begins April 1, to continue development of a space vehicle designed to carry two astronauts to a 400-kilometer orbit and return them safely to Earth, according to ISRO documents.
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