Archive · 23 Aug 2026
India Targets Its Bharatiya Antariksha Station by 2035
India wants to build its own space station by 2035.
The station will be called the Bharatiya Antariksha Station.
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said the first module has already been approved.
India is also working on Gaganyaan, a programme to send people into space.
Space technology already helps people in more than 50 areas.
These include television, communications, navigation, education and disaster warnings.
The announcement was made during India’s third National Space Day celebration in Ahmedabad.
The event also remembered Chandrayaan-3’s landing near the Moon’s south pole in 2023.
Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said private companies are creating new opportunities in the space industry while helping expand ISRO’s work.
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said India aims to establish the Bharatiya Antariksha Station by 2035.
Narayanan said the station’s first module has already been approved.
India is developing the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission alongside the proposed station.
Narayanan said space-based applications now serve citizens in more than 50 areas, including navigation, communications and disaster management.
Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said private-sector participation has expanded opportunities and increased ISRO’s operational capacity.
- Who
- ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan announced the space-station target, while Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat addressed the same event.
- What
- India aims to establish the Bharatiya Antariksha Station by 2035, with its first module already approved, according to Narayanan.
- When
- The announcement was made on Sunday during India’s third National Space Day celebrations; Chandrayaan-3 landed on August 23, 2023.
- Where
- The celebrations were held in Ahmedabad under the aegis of the Space Applications Centre.
- Why
- India is expanding its space capabilities through Gaganyaan, a proposed space station and space-based applications serving citizens in more than 50 areas.
- Proposed station
- Bharatiya Antariksha Station
- Target year
- 2035
- First module
- Approved, according to ISRO Chairman V Narayanan
- Related programme
- Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission
- Space applications
- Used in more than 50 areas, including Earth observation, telecommunications, navigation and disaster management
- Event
- Third National Space Day celebration in Ahmedabad
- Chandrayaan-3 landing
- August 23, 2023, near the Moon’s south polar region at Shiv Shakti Point
