The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has several current and planned space missions, including Chandrayaan-2 to send an orbiter and lander-rover to the Moon in 2016-2017, Aditya-1 to study the Sun's corona from 2015-2016, and AVATAR, a proposed reusable spaceplane for satellite launches and space tourism beginning tests in 2016. ISRO also operates communication satellites like GSAT and INSAT that provide services domestically and in the Asia-Pacific region, and plans future collaborative missions such as the SAARC Satellite and NISAR radar imaging satellite with NASA.

2. The Indian Space Research
Organization has made the
practical uses of space
science, rather than prestige,
a priority
Uses satellites to search for
water and minerals, to map
resources, and to monitor the
health of its forests

3. • The largest domestic
communication system in the
Asia-Pacific region
• Its satellites are
geostationary - orbiting at a
speed and altitude that keeps
satellites in the same place
above the Earth at all times
• INSAT meets India’s
telecommunications,
broadcasting, meteorology,
and emergency rescue needs

4. Chandrayaan-2 will be India's second
mission to the Moon which will include
an orbiter and lander-rover module.
Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV-MkII) around 2016 -
2017 timeframe. The science goals of
the mission are to further improve the
understanding of the origin and
evolution of the Moon

5. ISRO plans to carry out a mission to the Sun by the year 2015-
16. The probe is named as Aditya-1 and will weigh about 400 kg.
It is the First Indian based Solar Coronagraph to study solar
Corona in visible and near IR bands. Launch of the Aditya
mission was planned during the high solar activity period in 2012
but was postponed to 2015–2016 due to the extensive work
involved in the fabrication and other technical aspects . The
main objectives is to study the Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and
consequently the crucial physical parameters for space weather
such as the coronal magnetic field structures, evolution of the
coronal magnetic field etc. This will provide completely new
information on the velocity fields and their variability in the
inner corona having an important bearing on the unsolved
problem of heating of the corona would be obtained

6. AVATAR from "Aerobic Vehicle for Transatmospheric
Hypersonic Aerospace TrAnspoRtation" is a concept
for a manned single-stage reusable spaceplane
capable of horizontal takeoff and landing, by India's
Defence Research and Development Organization
along with Indian Space Research Organization and
other research institutions. The mission concept is
for low cost military and commercial satellite space
launches, as well as for space tourism. The first
scaled-down tests are planned for 2016, and the first
manned AVATAR flight is proposed for 2025.

7. SAARC Satellite is a proposed
communication-cum-meteorology
satellite for the SAARC region. It
was announced by the prime
minister of India, Narendra Modi in
August 2014. It is proposed for a
launch in December 2016.

8. The primary goal of GSAT-6/INSAT-4E, which
is a Multimedia broadcast satellite, is to cater
to the consumer requirements of providing
entertainment and information services to
vehicles through Digital Multimedia consoles
and to the Multimedia mobile Phones. The
satellite carries a 5 spot beam BSS and 5
spot beam MSS. It will be positioned at 83°
East longitude with a mission life of 12 years.

9. It is a multi-band satellite
carrying payloads in UHF, S-
band, C-band and Ku band. The
satellite weighs 2330 kg with a
payload power of 2000W and
mission life of 9 years.

10. GSAT-9 will carry 6 C band and 24 Ku
band transponders with India
coverage beam. The satellite is
planned to be launched during 2011–
12 with a mission life of 12 years
and positioned at 48° East
longitude. This I-2K satellite has a
liftoff mass of 2330 kg and payload
power of 2300 W.

11. GSAT-11 is based on I-4K bus which is under advanced
stage of development. The spacecraft can generate
10–12 KW of power and can support payload power of
8KW. The payload configuration is on-going. It
consists of 16 spot beams covering entire country
including Andaman & Nicobar islands. The
communication link to the user-end terminals operate
in Ku-band while the communication link to the hubs
operate in Ka-band. The payload is configured to be
operated as a high data throughput satellite, to be
realised in orbit in 2013 time frame.

12. Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar
(Nisar) is a joint project between
NASA and ISRO to co-develop and
launch a dual frequency synthetic
aperture radar satellite to be used
for remote sensing. It is notable
for being the first dual band radar
imaging satellite.