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The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. [2] It is located in Thiruvananthapuram , in the Indian state of Kerala .
Envisioned to fulfill the requirements of scientists and engineers in the Indian Space Program, by offering undergraduate and postgraduate education and research programmes in space science and technology, the institute started functioning from the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) campus, Thiruvananthapuram, on 14 September 2007 with an initial investment of ₹ 270 crore (equivalent to ...
A team of 750 engineers at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, National Aerospace Laboratories, and Indian Institute of Science worked on the design and development of RLV-TD and the associated rocket. RLV-TD underwent 120 hours of wind tunnel , 5,000 hours of computational fluid dynamics and 1,100 runs of flight simulation tests.
Enrolling at the same university for his doctoral studies, he did his research at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) to secure a PhD in 2005. Subsequently, he joined the Space Physics Laboratory of VSSC where he heads the Aerosols Trace gases and Radiative Forcing (ATRF) branch holding the position of a scientist grade SG. [4]
It has two units located at Valiamala, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Bengaluru, Karnataka. LPSC is augmented by ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri of Tamil Nadu. LPSC is engaged in development of liquid and cryogenic propulsion stages for launch vehicles and auxiliary propulsion systems for both launch vehicles and satellites.
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The lander on India's Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 which was to land near the South Pole of the Moon on Sep 20, 2019 was named Vikram in his honour. Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC) located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is named after him. Vikram Sarabhai established this institute around the 1960s.
[1] [2] [3] [9] In June 2014, he was made the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). [1] [2] [3] He was also the head of the launch authorisation board of Chandrayaan-1 project. [8] In May 2016, the Government of Kerala appointed MC Dathan as the scientific advisor to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. [6] [7]