ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said the space agency is entering one of its busiest phases, with seven more launches planned this financial year, major lunar missions underway, and India’s first human spaceflight still set for 2027. India is also preparing its first space station module for launch in 2028.

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* ISRO is planning seven more launches this financial year

* Includes PSLV, GSLV, commercial comsat; first industry-made PSLV milestone

* Chandrayaan-4 approved; lunar sample-return mission; target 2028

* LUPEX with JAXA to study the lunar south pole ice

* ISRO to triple annual spacecraft production in the next three years

* India aims to join the US/Russia/China in sample-return capability

* Work started on the Indian Space Station; first module to orbit in 2028

* Full station targeted by 2035; India to become the third major nation with a station

* Gaganyaan crewed mission unchanged: still set for 2027

* Three uncrewed tests before astronauts fly

* PM Modi directs ISRO: send Indians to the lunar surface by 2040

* India’s space economy: $8.2B now → projected $44B by 2033

* Global space economy: $630B → projected $1.8T by 2035

* Private sector booming: 450 industries + 330 startups active

* Reforms since 2020 enabled private rockets, satellites, and commercial launches