PARLIAMENT QUESTION: THE ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS OF BHARATIYA ANTRIKSH STATION

• Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) is India's planned indigenous space station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), comprising five modules, to be fully operational by 2035, with the first module (BAS-01) targeted by 2028.
• Approved by Union Cabinet in September 2024 as part of a revision in scope of the Gaganyaan Programme.
• Implementing body: ISRO under the Department of Space; lead centre for module structure realisation: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (Sci-tech, indigenisation, space) — flagship of India's human-spaceflight roadmap alongside Gaganyaan and the 2040 crewed lunar mission vision.