Tell about ISRO ?

HI

NASA is doing great work but it’s still an amazing fact!

ISRO’s Mars Mission was successful in the maiden attempt

The Mars Mission was cheaper than films set in Space

And the Cost of the Mangalyaan (Mars Mission) was way less than that of other space agencies

Mangalyaan is just proof-of-concept. The next goal is to study the surface of Mars. Kudos to ISRO!

Dr Vikram Sarabhai is the founding father of ISRO and the first chairman of ISRO

Dr Vikram became the first chairman, after ISRO was officially established in 1969, having grown out of INCOSPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research, established in 1962).

. The two great Indians who decided on the location for first rocket launch were Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Homi J Bhabha

One, the father of India’s atomic energy program, and other, the space program! The team couldn’t be better than this.

The launch site had to be on or near the magnetic equator. It had to be near the sea but away from densely populated area. Rockets would come back, eventually, they knew.

St. Mary Magdalene Church in Thiruvananthapuram was the ideal location; church officials and villagers dedicated the church for national cause

Church officials and villagers dedicated St. Mary Magdalene Church to the nation for furthering the space program. It was an perfect location for rocket launches.

1. ISRO WAS FORMED ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1969 BY DR.VIKRAM SARABHAI.

That church is now a space museum. Some of the most famous Indian scientists including former president Abdul Kalam worked here.

2. SLV-3 WAS INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE AND A.P.J. ABDUM KALAM JI WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROJECT.

3. ISRO’S EXPENDITURE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS = HALF OF NASA’S SINGLE YEAR BUDGET.

4. ISRO’S BUDGET IS ONLY 0.34 PER CENT OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AT PRESENT AND 0.08 PER CENT OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP).

5.ISRO ALSO DEVELOPED BHUVAN, A WEB-BASED 3D SATELLITE IMAGERY TOOL WHICH IS THE INDIAN INCARNATION OF GOOGLE EARTH.

Scientists travelled daily from Thiruvananthapuram in buses, carrying lunch bought at the railway station

6. ISRO HAS 13 CENTERS SPREAD ALL ACROSS INDIA.

Many rocket parts were carried by the scientists on bicycles from one place to another within the sprawling range of Thumba.

7. SO, YOU THINK IT’S JUST A SMALL ORGANIZATION?

8. YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY SATELLITE DATA.

Things hadn’t change much until 1981; satellite was transported in bullock cart