India's space program began in 1962 with the establishment of INCOSPAR and has since grown significantly under leaders like Vikram Sarabhai and Satish Dhawan. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed India's first satellite, launched its first satellite using an Indian-made rocket, and has successfully launched satellites to orbit Mars and the Moon. ISRO continues to advance India's space capabilities through the development of launch vehicles like PSLV and GSLV and setting low-cost satellite launch records.

1. THE HISTORY OF INDIA IN
SPACE
•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).
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2.  Indian National Committee for Space Research
(INCOSPAR) established in 1962 by the efforts
of independent India's first Prime
Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and his close aide
and scientist Vikram Sarabhai.
 Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai founded India 's space
program after envisioning Indian satellites that
could provide communications, meteorology,
remote sensing, and direct-to-home television
broadcasting.
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3. VIKRAM AMBALAL SARABHAI
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Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an Indian scientist
and innovator widely regarded as the father of
India's space programme. He founded the
Physical Research Laboratory, the Space Science
Research Institute, the Department of Space, and
the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

4. SATISH DHAWAN
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Satish Dhawan was an Indian aerospace engineer,
widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid
dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar,
Dhawan was educated in India and further on in the
United States. Satish Dhawan was another early
developer of India 's space program. He was the
longest serving director of the Indian Institute of

5. ISRO
 The Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of
the Government of India headquartered in the
city of Bengaluru.
 Its vision is to "harness space technology for
national development", while pursuing space
science research and planetary exploration.
 ISRO built India's first satellite, Aryabhata, which
was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April
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6.  In 1980, Rohini was to become the first satellite
to be placed in orbit by an Indian-made launch
vehicle, SLV-3.
 ISRO subsequently developed two other
rockets: the Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV) for launching satellites into polar
orbits and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV) for placing satellites
into geostationary orbits.
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7.  ISRO successfully sent one lunar
orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, on 22 October 2008.
 ISRO uses Sriharikota range launch pad
which is the second-best located spaceport
in the world, next to the Kennedy space
centre in the U.S.
 And also one Mars orbiter, Mars Orbiter
Mission, which successfully
entered Mars orbit on 24 September 2014.
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8. SOME PICTURE FROM MARS ORBITER
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9. SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING OF MARS ORBITER
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http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25-mars-
orbiter-mission/mars-orbiter-mission-
launch-explained-video

10. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SATELLITE LAUNCH
VEHICLE
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NAME LAUNCHING
COST
PAY LOAD(KG0 STAGES
PSLV ₹90 CR 1280KG 4
GSLV ₹220CR 2500KG 3
GSLV-MK-3 ₹350CR 4000KG 3

11. YEAR
1963 The first sounding rocket was launched Nov. 21 from TERLS.
1965 Space Science & Technology Centre (SSTC) was established in
Thumba.
1967 Satellite Telecommunication Earth Station was erected at
Ahmadabad.
1969 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was created August
15 in the Department of Atomic Energy.
1972 ISRO placed under DOS (Department of Space) on June 1.
1975 ISRO made a Government Organisation on April 1.
1975 Aryabhata, the first Indian space satellite, was launched for India
on April 19.
1979 Bhaskara-I, an experimental satellite for earth observations,
launched on June 7.
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SOME GLIMPSE OF SPACE
TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA

12. 1980 India successfully launched its own Rohini-1 satellite on July 18 on a
Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) rocket from the Sriharikota Island launch
site.
1992 The Indian-built INSAT-2 geostationary communications and
meteorological satellite
1993 The even larger Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) debuted in
September, but failed to attain orbit. Its individual elements were
successful. PSLV can lift a one-ton satellite to a Sun-synchronous polar
orbit.
2001 The first launch of a still larger Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
(GSLV) rocket was successful on April 18. GSLV can boost a 2.5-ton
satellite. In addition to placing large communications and weather
satellites in high stationary orbits.
2011 Nano-satellite weighing 10.9 kg developed by SRM University.
Nano-satellite weighting 3 kg developed by IIT Kanpur.
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13. 2013
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called Mangalyaan is
India's first Mars orbiter.
28 September
2015
ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated multi wavelength space
Observatory.
8 September
2016
An advanced meteorological satellite of India configured with an
imaging System and an Atmospheric Sounder.
15 February
2017
Highest number of satellites launched by a single launch vehicle
(104 satellites).
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14. RECORD-BREAKING ACHIEVEMENT
 India’s space agency has successful launch the
record-breaking 104 nano satellites into orbit, all
onboard a single rocket.
 The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle spaceflights
by Isro are among the cheapest possible ways
of putting satellites into orbit. Antrix is the
commercial wing of Isro .
 In India all launches are subsidised therefore
Isro is now become a big market of launching
of satellite.
 http://www.isro.gov.in/node/7895
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GLIMPSE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN
INDIA
http://www.isro.gov.in/node/7895
http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c37-cartosat-2-series-
satellite/pslv-c37-cartosat-2-series-satellite-curtain-
raiser-video

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