What is ISRO ?
It is a space agency of India under the Department of Space of Government of India .
- It’s headquarter is located in the city of Bengaluru , Karnataka .
- The main vision of ISRO is to harness and augment the space technology for the development of nation , while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration.
- At present Shri. S Somanath is the obligatory chairman of Isro.
ISRO coming into being
- In India space research activities were firstly initiated under Dr. Vikram Sarabhai who is known as the founding father of the Indian Space Programs , during the 1960s .
- The Indian National Committee for Space Research ( INCOSPAR ) was being initiated bybDr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Ramanatahan .
- Satellite Instructional Television Experiment ( SITE ) during the 1975 – 76 was recognized as the world’s largest sociological experiment .
- On 19th April 1975 India’s first spacecraft was launched ” ARYABHATA ” using soviet launcher .
Achievements of ISRO
Communication Satellites
It was established in the year 1983 with the commissioning of INSAT-1B . INSAT is one of the largest domestic satellite system in Asia-Pacific region .
Given below is the list of some important communication satellites :
| SATELLITE | LAUNCH DATE | LAUNCH VEHICLE | APPLICATION |
| GSAT-31 | 06 Feb 2019 | Ariane-5 VA-247 | Communication |
| GSAT-7A | 19 Dec 2018 | GSLV-F11 / GSAT-7A Mission | Communication |
| GSAT-11 Mission | 05 Dec 2018 | Ariane-5 VA-246 | Communication |
| GSAT-29 | 14 Nov 2018 | GSLV Mk III-D2 / GSAT-29 Mission | Communication |
| GSAT-6A | 29 Mar 2018 | GSLV-F08/GSAT-6A Mission | Communication |
| GSAT-17 | 29 Jun 2017 | Ariane-5 VA-238 | Communication |
| GSAT-19 | 05 Jun 2017 | GSLV Mk III-D1/GSAT-19 Mission | Communication |
| GSAT-9 | 05 May 2017 | GSLV-F09 / GSAT-9 | Communication |
| GSAT-12 | 15 July 2011 | PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 | Communication |
| GSAT-8 | 21 May 2011 | Ariane-5 VA-202 | Communication / Navigation |
| EDUSAT | 20 Sep 2004 | GSLV-F01 / EDUSAT(GSAT-3) | Communication |
Earth Observation Satellites
At very first India started with IRS-1A in 1988 , then with times ISRO launched many operational remote sensing satellites . Today India is having one of the largest constellations of the remote sensing satellites in operation .
Given below is the list of some important earth observation satellites :
| Satellite | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Application |
| HysIS | Nov 29, 2018 | PSLV-C43 / HysIS Mission | Earth Observation |
| Cartosat-2 Series Satellite | Jan 12, 2018 | PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission | Earth Observation |
| Cartosat-2 Series Satellite | Jun 23, 2017 | PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Series Satellite | Earth Observation |
| Cartosat-2 Series Satellite | Feb 15, 2017 | PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Series Satellite | Earth Observation |
| RESOURCESAT-2A | Dec 07, 2016 | PSLV-C36 / RESOURCESAT-2A | Earth Observation |
| SCATSAT-1 | Sep 26, 2016 | PSLV-C35 / SCATSAT-1 | Climate & Environment |
| INSAT-3DR | Sep 08, 2016 | GSLV-F05 / INSAT-3DR | Climate & Environment, Disaster Management System |
| CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite | Jun 22, 2016 | PSLV-C34 / CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite | Earth Observation |
| SARAL | PSLV-C20/SARAL | PSLV-C20/SARAL | Climate & Environment, Earth Observation |
| RISAT-1 | Apr 26, 2012 | PSLV-C19/RISAT-1 | Earth Observation |
| Megha-Tropiques | Oct 12, 2011 | PSLV-C18/Megha-Tropiques | Climate & Environment, Earth Observation |
| RESOURCESAT-2 | Apr 20, 2011 | PSLV-C16/RESOURCESAT-2 | Earth Observation |
| CARTOSAT-2B | Jul 12, 2010 | PSLV-C15/CARTOSAT-2B | Earth Observation |
| Oceansat-2 | Sep 23, 2009 | PSLV-C14 / OCEANSAT-2 | Climate & Environment, Earth Observation |
| RISAT-2 | Apr 20, 2009 | PSLV-C12 / RISAT-2 | Earth Observation |
| CARTOSAT-1 | May 05, 2005 | PSLV-C6/CARTOSAT-1/HAMSAT | Earth Observation |
| The Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) | Oct 22, 2001 | PSLV-C3 / TES | Earth Observation |
| Oceansat (IRS-P4) | May 26, 1999 | PSLV-C2/IRS-P4 | Earth Observation |
| Rohini Satellite RS-D1 | May 31, 1981 | SLV-3D1 | Earth Observation |
| Bhaskara-I | Jun 07, 1979 | C-1 Intercosmos | Earth Observation, Experiment |
