The Eleventh Plan which began on 1 April 2007 over the next five years up to 31 March 2012 will undertake 70 space missions. These space missions would address requirements in the areas of communication transponders, in the field of microwave remote sensing, hyper spectral and other new technologies of the future. The future developments also include manned space mission, reusable satellites and Ka-band satellites.

But the overall proposed mission would be a combination of satellite launches with transponders for enhancing communications, education, health, remote sensing, observatory and exploratory. In addition to lunar and manned missions, it will also undertake projects for re­entry vehicles and recovery capsules. The space budget for the 11th Plan is more than 4000 crore, which is an increase of 25% over the previous plan allocation.