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This is a list of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) missions. ISRO has carried out 125 spacecraft missions, 92 launch missions [1] and planned several missions including [2] the Gaganyaan (crewed/robotic) and Interplanetary mission such as Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Chandrayaan-4, Shukrayaan and Mangalyaan-2 (MOM 2).
1.4 ISRO astronaut candidates for Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. 1.4.1 2019 Batch. ... Mission(s) (dates) Notes 1 Rakesh Sharma: Squadron Leader 13 January 1949
To date, ISRO has developed most of the technologies needed, such as the crew module and crew escape system, space food, and life support systems. The project would cost less than ₹ 100 billion (US$1.3 billion) and would include sending two or three Indians to space, at an altitude of 300–400 km (190–250 mi), for at least seven days ...
Date / time Rocket, Configuration Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit User Launch Outcome C10 21 January 2008 03:45 PSLV-CA First: TecSAR: 295 kg Success ISRO's second commercial launch (foreign satellite as the main payload). [61] [62] C9 28 April 2008 03:53 PSLV-CA Second: Cartosat-2A IMS-1/TWSAT RUBIN-8 CanX-6/NTS CanX-2 CUTE-1.7 + APD II ...
It is the main satellite launch centre for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, 80 km (50 mi) north of Chennai. Originally called Sriharikota Range [1] (SHAR), an acronym that ISRO has retained to the present day.
India's interest in space travel began in the early 1960s, when scientists launched a Nike-Apache rocket from TERLS, Kerala. [6] [7] The Indian National Committee for Space Research was subsequently set up, which later became the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) [11] functioning under a new independent Department of Space (DoS) in the 1970s under the Prime Minister of India.
Ritu Karidhal has worked for ISRO since 1997. [4] She played a key role in the development of India's Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, dealing with the detailing and the execution of the craft's onward autonomy system. [8] She was also the Deputy Operations Director of this mission. [5] Mangalyan was one of the greatest achievements of ISRO. [4]
Reusable Launch Vehicle–Technology Demonstration Programme is a series of technology demonstration missions that has been conceived by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) reusable launch vehicle, in which the second stage is a spaceplane.