Nearly 95% of the components used in the rockets, including those used in Chandrayaan 3 mission, were made in India and were a result of several years of development involving the Indian Space Research Organisation and Indian industries, S Somanath, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation said at the Foundation Day celebrations of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in New Delhi.
“These have not come about just like that and have come over several years...and is a result of collaborations with various agencies, including Indian laboratories, national labs, defence labs, and CSIR labs, focusing on material indigenisation, technology capabilities, and research,” he said.
ISRO built its own lithium-ion batteries for space applications and was now in the process of transferring it to industry, he added. Such batteries are at the heart of several applications ranging from electric cars to powering small portable devices.
