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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.
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 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.
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 ...
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 Government of India constituted the Space Commission and established the Department of Space (DoS) in 1972 and brought ISRO under DoS management on 1 June 1972. On 15 January 2022 S. Somanath succeeded Kailasavadivoo Sivan as the Secretary (Space) and ex-officio chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation and Space Commission. [ 2 ]
It was built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). [8] The launch came from an agreement between India and the Soviet Union directed by UR Rao and signed in 1972. It allowed the USSR to use Indian ports for tracking ships and launching vessels in return for launching various different Indian satellites.
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 ...