Tell about ISRO ?

Behind US, Russia, France, Japan and China, India has become only the 6th member of an elite group with the capability of launching into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) with the successful launch of GSLV-D5

Coincidentally, in 2014 ISRO also used the largest parachute seen in action in the country amounting to 31 metres in diameter

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’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 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

YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY SATELLITE DATA
ISRO’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan I was approximately amounted to 390 crore rupees which is 8-9 times lesser than the expense of similar mission by NASA.

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.

Apart from bigwigs from ISRO and other related space bodies, two of India’s biggest industrialists – Ratan Tata and Jamshyd Godrej – are on the board.

ISRO’S MARS MISSION IS THE CHEAPEST SO FAR, JUST 450 CRORE I.E RS 12 PER KM, EQUIVALENT TO AUTO FARE.

In 2008-09, the Indian Space and Research Organisation successfully launched a lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, which discovered evidence of water on the moon. Mangalyaan was developed from technology tested during the Chandrayaan mission

INDIA (ISRO) IS THE ONLY ONE COUNTRY WHO HAS REACHED TO THE MARS IN HIS FIRST ATTEMPT!

And that also in just 400 crores. US failed in their first 5 attempts. Soviet Union failed in their first 8 attempts. China & Russia also failed in their first attempt.

ISRO IS CREDITED FOR HAVING THE MOST NUMBER OF BACHELORS IN ANY SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION.

THEY DON’T BUY STUFF. THEY BUILD IT
When Indian scientists asked for the methodologies and engineering assistance from US for our Mars mission long back, they refused.

We didn’t give up. They tried hard and developed new methodology and engineering indigenously and made this historical achievement with much cheaper cost.

ISRO IS ONE OF THE SIX SPACE AGENCIES IN THE WORLD WITH THE CAPABILITY TO BUILD AND LAUNCH SATELLITES FROM ITS OWN SOIL.

When most of the countries rely on US based GPS system for their navigational purpose, India has successfully launched its own navigational satellites, IRNSS.

ISRO HAS TILL DATE LAUNCHED 23 CONSECUTIVE SUCCESSFUL PSLV LAUNCHES.

APART FROM LAUNCHING INDIA’S 65 SATELLITES, ISRO HAS ALSO LAUNCHED 29 FOREIGN SATELLITES TILL DATE