Tell about ISRO ?

GAGAN is a system designed by ISRO to receive signal from GPS (USA’s GNSS service) and refine it in a number of way to provide more accurate data for Indian subcontinent mostly for civil usage.

Bhuvan is a web-based 3D satellite imagery tool developed by ISRO. It is the desi form of Google Earth.

The INSAT series of satellites were launched by the ISRO to reduce dependence on foreign satellites and to increase local telecommunication, broadcasting and search and rescue needs.

The IRS series of satellites launched by ISRO were ideal for remote sensing and was expressly created for dealing with civilian use of remote sensing.

In September of 2012, ISRO completed its 100th space mission with the launch of two foreign satellites

SAGA-220 supercomputer created by ISRO in May 2011 was the fastest supercomputer in India at the time of its launch. It is capable of performing 220 teraflops. Prithivi is currently the fastest Indian supercomputer capable of reaching a theoretical peak of 790.7 terraflops. Prithivi was designed for Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.

ISRO’s Launch facility is located at Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota High Altitude Range.

ISRO is all set to launch India’s Mars mission in November 2013. The project named Mangalyaan has a total budget of just $22 million to $78 million. This is an orbiter mission.

India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people.

ISRO is planning a mission to Venus by May 2015 to study its atmosphere. The probe will reach Venus by September 2015 and would carry at least five instruments.

The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.

ISRO plans to carry out an unmanned mission to the sun by the year 2014. The probe is named as Aditya-1 and will weigh about 400 kg.

The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.

Chandrayaan-2 has been rescheduled to 2016 due to some technical difficulties. This is orbiter, lander and rover mission with a payload of about 2.6 tons. The rover will weigh 30–100 kg and will operate on solar power.

Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world.

The Russian Space Agency is cooperating with India in developing the rover for Chandrayaan-2.

Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya, holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.

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.

It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.

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

At an altitude of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world.

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.

It was built in 1893 and is a part of the Chail Military School.

ISRO is working on Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-II) with the main objective of realizing a fully recoverable capsule and to provide a platform to conduct microgravity experiments.

Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of herbs.