Tell about ISRO ?

Apart from technological capability, ISRO has also contributed to science and science education in the country.

Various dedicated research centres and autonomous institutions for remote sensing, astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric sciences and space sciences in general function under the aegis of Department of Space.

SRO's own Lunar and interplanetary missions along with other scientific projects encourage and promote science education, apart from providing valuable data to the scientific community which in turn enriches science.

Future readiness is the key to maintaining an edge in technology and ISRO endeavours to optimise and enhance its technologies as the needs and ambitions of the country evolve.

Thus, ISRO is moving forward with the development of heavy lift launchers, human spaceflight projects, reusable launch vehicles, semi-cryogenic engines, single and two stage to orbit (SSTO and TSTO) vehicles, development and use of composite materials for space applications etc.

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

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

The vehicle was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 18, 1980. Former President A P J Abdul Kalam was the Project Director of SLV-3. The SLV-3 weighed 17 tonne and had a payload of 40 kg. The SLV-3 put 35 kg Rohini Satellite into the orbit.

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

ISRO was established in 1969, 8 years after Pakistan established Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) in 1961. ISRO has to this date launched 65 satellites, but SUPARCO has only been able to launch two satellites (both from foreign soil and with foreign assistance).

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

ISRO’s last 40 years expenditure is about half of NASA’s single year budget.

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).

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). There is so little to offer, but in turn ISRO has got more in return to offer back to the nation.

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

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). There is so little to offer, but in turn ISRO has got more in return to offer back to the nation.

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). There is so little to offer, but in turn ISRO has got more in return to offer back to the nation.

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

ISRO HAS 13 CENTERS SPREAD ALL ACROSS INDIA.

ISRO is also working on a Human Spaceflight Program to undertake a human spaceflight mission to carry a crew of two to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and return them safely to a predefined destination on earth.

To accomplish this feat, ISRO is developing ISRO Orbital Vehicle capable of carrying three astronauts for seven days in a near earth orbit

ISRO will set up an astronaut training centre in Bangalore to prepare personnel for flights on board the crewed vehicle. The center will use simulation facilities to train the selected astronauts in rescue and recovery operations and survival in zero gravity, and will undertake studies of the radiation environment of space.

They are developing an orbital vehicle as well as setting up a training center in Bangalore to train astronauts. Don’t hold your breath, though, this is likely to happen only post 2017.

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is considered the father of India’s Space Program.

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