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Start date End date Details Chandrayaan programme: Chandrayaan-1: 22 October 2008 28 August 2009 Chandrayaan 1 as India's first lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on 22 October 2008, and was operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor.
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 ...
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.
The 18 m (59 ft) dish antenna was used for communication with the craft until April 2014, after which the larger 32 m (105 ft) antenna was used. [67] NASA's Deep Space Network is providing position data through its three stations located in Canberra , Madrid and Goldstone on the US West Coast during the non-visible period of ISRO's network. [ 68 ]
Satish Dhawan is known for his work on fluid dynamics and his tenure as longest serving chief of ISRO. His era marked with India attaining orbital launch capability in 1980 for the first time and start of INSAT program which became base for further development of spacecraft technologies. 4 U. R. Rao (1932–2017) 1984: 1994: 10 years [9] [10]
The Chandrayaan programme (/ ˌ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ j ɑː n / CHUN-drə-YAHN) (Sanskrit: Candra 'Moon', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle', pronunciation ⓘ) [4] [5] also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon.
Chandrayaan-1 (pronunciation ⓘ; from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") [6] was the first Indian lunar probe under the Chandrayaan programme.It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in October 2008, and operated until August 2009.
Earlier launch date for PSLV C22 was fixed as 12 June 2013 but the launch had been postponed because of a technical snag in the 2nd stage. [16] ISRO then replaced a faulty component in the PSLV C22 rocket and rescheduled the flight of the IRNSS-1A satellite on 1 July 2013. [17]