3. C ONTENTS
1. THE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
2. HISTORY OF ISRO
3. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF ISRO
4. LATEST MISSIONS & UPCOMING PROJECTS
5.A TIMELINE ON ISRO
6. TYPES OF SATELITES
7.MARS ORBITER MISSION & RLV – TD .
8. CONCLUSION.
6. THE INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME
SPACE TECHNOLOGY HAS
ALLOWED THE NATION OF INDIA
TO MOVE INTO THE WORLD OF
HIGH TECHNOLOGY, A PLACE
PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED ONLY BY
MORE-DEVELOPED NATIONS.
INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME
BEGAN IN 1962 BY THE SETTING
UP OF INDIAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE FOR SPACE
RESEARCH (INCOSPAR).
7. ISRO- SPACETECH. IN SERVICEOFMANKIND.
ISRO- Stands for the INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION.
FORMED IN AUG-15, 1969, HEAD QUARTERED IN
BLR
ESTABLISHE BY INDIA’S FIRST PRIME MINISTER P.T
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
ISRO BUILT INDIA’S FIRST SATELITE CALLED
ARYABHATA
THE ORGANISATION IS UNDER THE DIRECT
SURVEILLANCE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
8. India decided to go to space when Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was set up
by the Government of India in 1962. With the visionary Dr Vikram Sarabhai at its helm, INCOSPAR set up
the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Thiruvananthapuram for upper atmospheric
research. Indian Space Research Organisation, formed in 1969, superseded the INCOSPAR.
Sarabhai, having identified the role and importance of space technology in a Nation's development,
provided ISRO the necessary direction to function as an agent of development
Throughout the years, ISRO has upheld its mission of bringing space to the service of the common man,
to the service of the Nation.
It has become one of the six largest space agencies in the world.
ISRO maintains one of the largest fleet of communication satellites (INSAT) and remote sensing (IRS)
satellites, that cater to the ever growing demand for fast and reliable communication and earth
observation
9. ARYABHATTA
MARS ORBITER MISSION
PSLV- C21 ROCKET
GSLV MK3
BACTERIA SPECIES : 3 BACTERIA SPECIES THAT HAVE A
HIGH RESISTANCE TO THE UV-RAYS WERE FOUND IN THE
EARTHS UPPER STRATOSPHERE , IN 2009 BY ISRO.
11. SHUKRAYAAN – 1
MANGALYAAN - 2
GAGANYAAN - 3
LUNAR POLAR EXPLORATION
MISSION
(expected by December 2024)
(expected by 2024)
(expected by 2025)
(expected by 2025-2028).
12. A QUICK LOOK ONTO ISRO
ISRO- Stands for the INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
FORMED IN 1969
ESTABLISHE BY INDIA’S FIRST PRIME MINISTER MR.JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
ISRO BUILT INDIA’S FIRST SATELITE CALLED ARYABHATA
THE ORGANISATION IS UNDER THE DIRECT SURVEILLANCE OF THE PRIME
MINISTER OF INDIA.
13. 1969` : FORMATION OF ISRO.
NOV 21, 1963 : FIRST SOUNDING ROCKET
JAN 1, 1965 : SSTC ESTABLISHED
JAN 1, 1967 : SATELITETELECOMMUNICATION EARTH
STATION
JAN 2, 1968 : TERLS DEDICATED TO UN
14. JAN 1, 1972 : AIR BORN REMOTE SENSING EXPERIMENTS STARTED
APRIL 11, 1975: BECOMES GOVT. ORGANIZATION
APRIL 19, 1975: ARYABHATTA LAUNCH( FIRST SATELITE)
JUN 7, 1979: BHASKARA –I LAUNCH (EARTH’S OBSERVATION)
AUG 10,1979: SLV – 3 LAUNCH
JULY 8, 1980: ROHINI SATELITES COMPLETES MISSION LAUNCH
JUN 19, 1981: APPLE LAUNCH
15. NOV 20,1981: BHASKARA II LAUNCH
APRIL10,1982: INSAT –1A LAUNCH
APRIL 2, 1984: INDO-SOVIET MANNED SPACE MISSION
MAY 26, 1999: PSLV – C2/ IRS-P4 LAUNCH
OCT 22, 2001: PSLV – C3/ TES LAUNCH
OCT 22, 2008: PSLV – C11/CHANDRAYAN-1 LAUNCH
16. NOV 27,2010 : HYLAS LAUNCH
NOV 5 ,2013 : PSLV – C25 / MARS ORBITER MISSION
MAY 23,2016 : RLV – TD LAUNCH (RE USABLE LAUNCH VE HICLE TE CHNOLOG Y DE M ONSTRATOR)
AUG 28,2016 : ISRO’s SCRAMJET ENGINE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR
OCT 26,2016 : INDIAS LATEST COMMUNICATION
SATELITE GSAT – 18 WAS INDUCTED INTO INSAT/GSAT
SYSTEM
J U L 22,2019 : GSLV MK -11–M1/CHANDRAYAAN-2
MISSION.
17. TYPES OF SATELITES
A. COMMUNICATION SATELITES
INSAT, GSAT SERIES
LARGEST DOMESTIC COMMUNICATION
18. B. EARTH OBSERVATION SATELITES
REMOTE SENSING SATELITES
Eg: OCEANSAT & BHASKARA
C. EXPERIMENTAL SATELITES
FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSE
Eg: ARYABHATTA, RTP , APPLE.
D.SCIENTIFIC & EXPLORATION SATELITES
FOR RESEARCH PURPOSE IN AREAS LIKE
ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, PLANETARY& EARTH
SCIENCE .
19. E. NAVIGATION SATELITES
A SATELLITE NAVIGATION OR SATNAV SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM THAT
U SES SATELITES TO PROVIDE AUTONOMOUS GEO-SPATIAL
POSITIONING.
GPS AIDED G E O AUGMENTED
NAVIGATION SYSYTEM (GAGAN)
JOINT VENTURE WITH AAI TO MEET CIVIL
AVIATION REQUIREMENTS.
INDIAN REGIONAL NAVIGATION
SYSTEM SATELITE(IRNSS)
FOR POSITIONING& NAVIGATION
PROVIDES :
SPS(STANDARD POSITIONING SERVICE)
RS (RESTRICTED SERVICE).
20.
21. MARS ORBITER MISSION
(MANGALYAAN)
INDIA’S FIRST VENTURE INTO THE INTERPLANETARY
SPACE
MOM WILL EXPLORE AND OBSERVE MARS SURFACE
FEATURES, MORPHOLOGY, MINEROLOGY & MARTIAN
ATMOSPHERE.
SEARCH FOR METHANE IN THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE
WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OR
THE PAST EXISTENCE OF LIFE ON THE PLANET.
22. THE STORY
ONCE INDIA DECIDED TO G O TO MARS, ISRO HAD NO TIME
TO LOSE AS THE NEAREST LAUNCH WINDOW WAS ONLY A
FEW MONTHS AWAY AND IT COULD NOT AFFORD TO LOSE
THE CHANCE, GIVEN THE NEXT LAUNCH WOULD PRESENT
ITSELF AFTER OVER 780 DAYS, IN 2016. THUS, MISSION
PLANNING, MANUFACTURING THE SPACECRAFT AND THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE AND READYING THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
TOOK PLACE SWIFTLY.
MOM WAS LAUNCHED ABOARD PSLV C- 25(AN XL VARIANT OF PSLV
)
23. RLV -TD
ONE OF THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY
CHALLENGING ENDEAVORS OF ISRO TOWARDS
DEVELOPING ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR A
FULLY REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE TO
ENABLE LOW COST ACCESS TO SPACE.
OBJECTIVE:
INTEGRATED FLIGHT MANAGEMENT
THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM EVALUATION.
24. CONCLUSION
THE INDIAN SPACE RESAERCH ORGANISATION IS THE KEY ORGANISATION OF SPACE RESEARCH IN
INDIA. THE SPACE RESEARCH IS THE MAIN FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUNTRY.
THE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION MADE THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENTAL
PROJECTS MORE VISIBLE TO THE MANKIND AND THEREBY SPREADING KNOWLEDGE OF SPACE TO
EVERY SINGLE MANKIND .