"Right now, our hands are full", Sivan, also Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of the Space Commission , told PTI. Right now, we have the capability to launch satellites of up to 4 tonne," he pointed out. We are trying to manage (work relating to small rocket) with existing money itself. "On the benefits of such a small rocket, ISRO officials said it cuts cost and waiting period of small satellites for launch would shrink significantly. The ISRO does not have to use bigger, dedicated launch vehicles to orbit small satellites", one of them noted.

Source: Economic Times February 05, 2018 11:26 UTC