ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan has said that the G20 satellite, designed to study climate and air pollution and monitor weather, is expected to be launched in 2027. He said India is the first country to succeed in placing more than 100 satellites using a single rocket without any collision. Dr Narayanan was addressing scientists from DRDO, ISRO, and the Aeronautical Society of India at the Engineering Staff College of India in Hyderabad yesterday.

He said India is taking the lead role in the launch of the G20 satellite for the G-20 countries. Dr Narayanan said ISRO is working towards sending a human to the moon by 2040. He said if ISRO makes it happen by 2040, India will be on par with any other space-faring nation in terms of launcher technology, satellite technology, application area, and human space flight program. According to Dr Narayanan, ISRO is in the process of making a 2.2 metre diameter, 100 mm thick titanium vessel for Samudrayaan, a project for the Deep Ocean Mission.