ISRO

Last Updated on March 19, 2019

ISRO :

  • ISRO Stands for Indian Space Research Organization
  • ISRO is the Space Agency of Indian Government
  • ISRO’s headquart is in Bangalore, a city in South India
  • The Organization is managed by Department of Space
  • The main goal of ISRO is to develop Space Technology

ISRO : (Short Essay)

ISRO is the Space Agency of Indian Government. ISRO Stands for Indian Space Research Organization. ISRO has its headquarter in Bangalore and it is managed by the Department of Space. The department in turn reports to the Prime Minister of India. ISRO was established in the year 1962 by our Former Prime Minister Jawarhar Lal Nehru. The famous Scientist Vikram Sarabhai was his assistant and Scientist who assisted on the same. He was the first chairman of ISRO. The primary goal of ISRO is to develop Space Technology so as to benefit out of its applications for various national tasks.

ISRO : (Brief Essay)

ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organization. ISRO is the Space Agency of Indian Government formed in the year 1969 on August 15, our National Independence Day. The organization was originally established by our First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his scientist Vikram Sarabhai who was appointed as the first chairman of ISRO, in the year 1962. Vikram Sarabhai was called the father of Indian Space Programmed. ISRO was then called as INCOSPAR.

The headquarter for ISRO is located in Bangalore, South India. Indian Space Research Organization is managed by the Department of Space and it has to report to our Prime Minister.

Motto of ISRO: “Space Technology in the Service of Mankind”

The main objective of ISRO is develop Space Technology and make use of its various applications for our national tasks.

Projects Carried out by ISRO:

  • 75 spacecraft missions have been successfully completed by ISRO
  • 46 Launch Missions have been successfully completed by ISRO
  • ISRO’s launch vehicles have been used to launch 51 foreign satellites
  • 28 ISRO satellites have been similarly launched by foreign launch vehicles

ISRO has many various facilities namely:

  • Research Facilities
  • Test Facilities
  • Tracking and Control facilities
  • Construction and Launch facilities
    • 1975-India’s First Satellite – Aryabhatta was built in ISRO and launched by Soviet Union
    • SLV  which was Indian Made vehicle launched the satellu Rohini
    • ISRO developed two rockets:
      • GSLV – Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
      • PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
    • The future plans of ISRO include:
      • reusable launch vehicle
      • solar spacecraft mission
      • human space flight and so on
    • Future projects of ISRO focus on new generation Earth Observation Satellites
    • Future launch vehicles of ISRO include:
      • Unified Launch Vehicle
      • Reusable launch vehicle technology demonstrator
    • ISRO has also planned many extra terrestrial exploration namely Chandrayaan 2, Solar Exploration Programme and Venus ExplorationHuman Resources developmentISRO – Achievements and Future Projects:

    Applications of ISRO projects:

  • Telecommunication
  • Resource Management
  • Military
  • Academic
  • Telemedicine
  • Biodiversity Information System
  • Cartography