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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 (Mars Lander Mission).
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 ...
Somanath completed his 3 year tenure as ISRO's Chairman on 14 January 2025 and this period is hailed as one of the best in the history of ISRO. Successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, Aditya-L1 launch and impact developments on the Gaganyaan front all put Somanath as a leader who delivered, inspiring his team and the nation.
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.
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 ...
ISRO's Vikas (rocket engine) is named after him. On his 100th birthday on 12 August 2019, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced an award in the name of Vikram Sarabhai. The Vikram Sarabhai Journalism award in Space Science Technology and Research will be given to those journalists who have contributed to the fields of space ...
The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was founded in 1962 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairperson which in 1969 became ISRO. [3] In 1972, government of India had set up a space commission and DOS and brought ISRO under DOS. [4]
The Mars Orbiter Mission, also called "Mangalyaan", [26] was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). [27] [28] [29] It is India's first interplanetary mission, [30] making ISRO the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency. [31]