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India's Space Programme

Space activities in the country started during early 1960s with the scientific investigation of upper atmosphere and ionosphere over the magnetic equator that passes over Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram using small sounding rockets .Realising the immense potential of space technology for national development, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the visionary leader envisioned that this powerful technology could play a meaningful role in national development and solving the problems of common man.

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    - Space activities in the country started during early 1960s with the scientific investigation of upper atmosphere and ionosphere over the magnetic equator that passes over Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram using small sounding rockets .Realising the immense potential of space technology for national development, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the visionary leader envisioned that this powerful technology could play a meaningful role in national development and solving the problems of common man.
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    - Beginning with few resources and infrastructural bottlenecks the Indian Space Programme has grown tremendously due to the commitment and hard work of the scientists and researchers of India and support of the Indian Government.
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    - The chart above shows the organisational structure of India’s Space Programme. The Indian space programme was institutionalised in November 1969 with the formation of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Government of India constituted the Space Commission and established the Department of Space (DOS) in June 1972 and brought ISRO under DOS in September 1972.
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    - The map features the centres of Indian Space Programme spread all over the country.
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    - India has established a strong infrastructure for executing its space programme. They include facilities for: 1. Development and Launch of Satellites 2. Tracking Facility 3. Data Reception and Dissemination 4. Data Analysis 5. Academic and Research Institutions
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    - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully operationalised two major satellite systems namely Indian National Satellites (INSAT) for communication services and Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites for management of natural resources; also, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for launching IRS type of satellites and Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for launching INSAT type of satellites. In the picture is seen the majestic pre dawn lift-off of PSLV-C19 carrying RISAT-1.
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    - Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite system was commissioned with the launch of IRS-1A, in 1988.Saral, Megha Tropiques, Resourcesat-2, Cartosat-2B, Bhaskar I and Bhaskar II are few examples of IRS satellites.
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    - The map above shows that the Polar Satellite launch vehicle has so far orbited 40 satellites from 19 foreign countries.
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    - Fully integrated Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft (left) and loading it to Thermovac Chamber (right) Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The spacecraft carries 11 scientific instruments built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.
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    - The picture shows how the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System provides assured navigation services to every individual on the street.
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    - Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D5 The most crucial and important achievement in the history of India’s Space programme was the first successful flight of the Indigenous cryogenic engine. This was a major step towards achieving self reliance in space technology by India.
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    - ISRO has build India’s fastest Super computer."SAGA-220". Supercomputer is fully designed and built by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre using commercially available hardware, open source software components and in-house developments.
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    - Dr Y S Rajan, honorary distinguished professor of ISRO and Dr V Adimurthy, Dean, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, received prestigious Padma Shri Awards 2012 for their contribution to the field of Science & Technology.
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    - The road map to the ISRO’s Mars Orbiter is seen in the picture. It is a very economical project at total cost being only Rs. 4.5 bn.
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    - The Mars Orbiter Mission, informally called Mangalyaan, is a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation .It created history when it successfully entered the Mar’s orbit on 24th September by making India the first nation to succeed at the Mars Mission at its maiden attempt and at cheapest cost.
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    - FUTURE PROGRAMMES OF INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION 1.FORTHCOMING SATELLITES GSAT-6&6A, GSAT-9, GSAT-11 , GSAT-15, GSAT-16, Resourcesa2A: Cartosat-2C/2D/2E, GISAT,INSAT-3DR/3DS 2. FORTHCOMING LAUNCHES GSLV-Mk III-X Mission 3.FUTURE LAUNCH VEHICLE GSLV-Mk III, Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) 4.HUMAN SPACE FLIGHTS Pre Project activities of Human Space Flight Mission Programme, Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-II) 5.SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS Chandrayaan-2, ASTROSAT, Aditya-1
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    - This photo feature highlights the effort and hard work of the Indian scientists and researchers who have not only made the country self sufficient, advance and powerful but also made each Indian proud.