Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): India's Pride

Indian space research organisation(ISRO) was established in 1962 by Jawaharlal Nehru(first prime minister of India) under the Department of Atomic Energy(DAE).

The scientist who intiated the space research program was Dr.Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai. 

Headquarter: Bengaluru, karnataka

First satellite: Aryabhatta in 1975 launched by Soviet Union

In 1980, ISRO launched Rohini which became the satellite to be placed in orbit by an Indian made launched vehicle,SLV-3.

Then ISRO subsequently developed two other launch vehicles:

• GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle)for placing satellites into geostationary orbits.
• PSLV(Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) for placing satellites into polar orbits.

     

Then ISRO deployed satellite navigation system like GAGAN and IRNSS.

In 2008, ISRO builts Chandrayan-1 to sent a lunar orbit,it launched on October 22 2008, which discovered lunar water in the form of ice.

Then ISRO launched Mangalyaan-1 in 2014,which entered mars orbit and makes India the first nation to succeed on its first attempt to mars as well as first space agency in Asia to reach Mars orbit.

 

ISRO launched twenty satellites in single vehicle on 18 June 2016, and launched  one hundred and four satellites in single vehicle on February 15 2017 which was a world record.

On 5 June 2017 ISRO launched its heaviest rocket, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark-III(GSLV-MK-III) to placed a communication satellite GSAT-19 in orbit.

With this launch ISRO became capable launching 4-ton heavy satellites in GTO(Geostationary transfer orbit).