Sunday, February 18, 2018

Today, In Numbers - February 18, 2018 [Sunday]

Some numbers, that stood out, while I went through the News today.

  • $2 Billion USD - Govt.-allocated budget to India's Space Programme for 2018-2019 [source]
  • $380 Billion USD - World Commercial Space Programme [source]
  • $2.7 Trillion USD - value of Global Commercial Space Programme in 30 years [source]
  • 7 - Military Bases the People's Republic of China [PRC] established in the Spratly Islands, that it shares with Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan & Philippines [source]
  • $0.25 Billion USD - Annual revenue generated by the Antrix Corporation from India's Space Programme services & products [source]
  • $400 Billion USD - Annual Global Space business [source]
  • $123 Million USD - Amount Govt. of India sanctioned ISRO for the Chandrayaan 2 Moon mission - Rs. 800 Crores [source]
  • 14 days - number of days of a month Sunlight visible at any single point on the Lunar surface [source]
  • 4780 MWe - Electricity generated annually through Nuclear power plants in India prior to 2016 [source]
  • 6780 MWe - Electricity generated annually through Nuclear power plants in India after Commissioning of the Kudankulam Power Plant 1&2 in 2016 [source]


  • 9 - Nuclear Power Plants, currently, under construction in India [source]
  • 6700 MWe - Additional electricity generated in India though Nuclear Power Plants, after completion of the 9 Nuclear Plants under construction [source]
  • 22480 MWe - Targeted generation of electricity, by 2031, through Nuclear Power Plants in India [source]
  • 12 - Nuclear Power Plants sanctioned for construction in India [source]
  • 10 - Nuclear Plants using the indigenously developed Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor [PHWR] to be constructed in India: Rajasthan (4), Madhya Pradesh (2), Haryana (2), Karnataka (2). Part of the 12 new Nuclear Plants sanctioned for construction [source]
  • 2 - Light Water Reactors, of Russian design, to be constructed in India, as part of the 12 new plants sanctioned for construction [source]

Godspeed

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