Introduction

• Government of India established the Department of Space in 1972 to promote

development and application of space science and technology for socio-economic

benefits.

• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the primary agency under the Department

of Space for executing space programmes.

• During the seventies, India undertook demonstration of space applications for

communication, broadcasting and remote sensing; designed and built experimental

satellites – Aryabhata, Bhaskara, APPLE and Rohini – and experimental Satellite Launch

Vehicles – SLV-3 and ASLV.

Recent success

• Today, India has established space

systems that form an important element

of the national infrastructure.

• India successfully sent its Chandrayaan-1

spacecraft to moon in November 2008

and became the fourth individual country

to send a probe to the lunar surface

Type of satellites

• INSAT/GSAT

• For telecommunication, Broadcasting (TV, Radio), Business Communication, Mobile Communication, Tele-education, Telemedicine, Search & Rescue, Satellite Navigation.

• INSAT 3A

• Disaster Management Support, Village Resource Centres.

Types of satellite(contd..)

• IRS

• Natural Resources Management

• Natural Resources Information System.

• RESOURCESAT-2

• To find the resources such as Water, Forest, Crop, Land, Minerals Environment.

Types of launch vehicles

• The types of launch vehicles are • SLV• ASLV• PSLV• GSLV

• Of all of these launch vehicles PSLV and GSLV are the successful ones.

PSLV

• PSLV stands for Polar Satellite launch vehicle.• PSLV is the most successful

launch vehicle of ISRO.• Nearly all of the satellites are

launched with the PSLV.• On april 2008, it launched 10

rockets at once and created record.

GSLV

• GSLV Stands for Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.• It places the satellite in the geo-

stationary orbit.• India is currently working in this

type of launch vehicles.• It has the capacity to launch

satellites weighing 5 tones.

Other Space Projects

• Chandrayaan I & II which is our own mission to moon exploration.• Mangalyaan a spacecraft mission

to explore the mars.• ISRO is also working to create a

new GSLV rocket with its indigenous technology.• Working in the area of reusable

space crafts