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Why Indian Space Research centres:
- For design and development of launch vehicles and related technologies for providing access to space.
- Design and development of satellites and related technologies for earth observation, communication, navigation, meteorology and space science.
- Space based Applications for Societal development.
- Research and Development in space science and planetary exploration.
Indian Space Research Centers & Units | |
Location | Space Centres |
New Delhi | DOS branch secretariat |
ISRO branch office | |
Delhi earth station | |
Dehradun | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia-Pacific (CSSTEAP) | |
Byalalu | Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) |
Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) | |
Lucknow | ISTRAC Ground Station |
Kolkata | Eastern RRCC |
Aluva | Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental Plant |
Bhopal | Master Control Facility-B (MCF) |
Chandigarh | Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) |
Shillong | North Eastern Space Application Centre |
Hyderabad | NRSA or NRSC – National Remote Sensing Agency /Centre |
Tirupati | NMRF-National Atmospheric Research Laboratory |
Sriharikota | Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR |
Port Blair | Down Range Station |
Mahendra Giri | ISRO Propulsion Complex |
Thiruvananthapuram | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre | |
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit | |
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) | |
Hassan | Master Control Facility |
Banglore | Space Commission |
Department of Space and ISRO Headquarters | |
Civil Engineering Programme Office | |
U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) | |
Laboratory for Electro-Optical Systems (LEOS) | |
Southern RRSC | |
Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) | |
INSAT Program Office | |
NNRMS Secretariat- National Natural Resources Management System | |
Antrix Corporation | |
ISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network | |
New Space India Limited (NSIL) | |
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre | |
Mumbai | ISRO Liaison office |
Nagpur | Central RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre |
Mount Abu | Infrared Observatory |
Ahmedabad | Space Application Centre (SAC) |
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) | |
Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU) | |
Jodhpur | Western RRSC – Regional Remote Sensing Centre |
Udaipur | Solar Observatory |
Indian Space Research centres – Salient Points
- The first Indian to travel in space was Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma (Soyuz T-11 Vehicle).
- The first Indian Origin (American) woman in Space was Kalpana Chawla.
- World’s first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 was launched by the USSR October 4, 1957.
- ISRO made Aryabhatta – the Indian satellite was launched on April 19th, 1975, by the USSR.
- The first person to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
- Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the Moon.
- The first animal sent to space was Laika, the Soviet space dog. It was sent through Sputnik-2 vehicle by the USSR.
- Yuri A. Gagarin was the first person to go to space through Vostok 1 vehicle.
- The first woman to reach Space through Vostok-6 vehicle was Valentina Tereshkova. She went on June 16, 1963.