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ISRO and Indian Space Exploration

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Father of the Indian Space Program
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, who founded INCOSPAR in 1962, which became ISRO in August 1969.
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First Satellite of India
Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975 aboard a Soviet Kosmos-3M launch vehicle from Kapustin Yar.
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First Indian Satellite Launched by an Indian Rocket
Rohini (RS-1), launched on 18 July 1980 aboard SLV-3 under Project Director Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
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Workhorse Launch Vehicle of ISRO
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), featuring four alternating solid (HTPB) and liquid (Vikas) stages.
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Heaviest Operational Launch Vehicle of ISRO
LVM3 (formerly GSLV Mk III), capable of carrying 4,000 kg payloads to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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First Indian Mission to the Moon
Chandrayaan-1, launched on 22 October 2008 aboard PSLV-C11; Moon Impact Probe detected lunar water molecules.
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Historic Touchdown of Chandrayaan-3
23 August 2023 at 18:04 IST, when the Vikram lander touched down at Shiv Shakti Point near the Moon's south pole.
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National Space Day in India
23 August, declared annually to celebrate the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon.
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India's First Interplanetary Mission
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM / Mangalyaan), launched on 5 November 2013 and entered Martian orbit on 24 September 2014.
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India's First Dedicated Solar Observatory Mission
Aditya-L1, launched on 2 September 2023 to study the Sun from the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1.
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India's Indigenous Satellite Navigation System
NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), formerly IRNSS, using a 7-satellite regional constellation.
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Primary Spaceport / Rocket Launch Center of ISRO
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, located on Sriharikota Island in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.
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ISRO Center Responsible for Satellite Design and Integration
U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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ISRO Center Specializing in Solid and Liquid Rocket Motors
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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First Indian Citizen to Travel into Space
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 to the Salyut 7 space station on 3 April 1984.
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India's Planned Human Spaceflight Mission
Gaganyaan, designed to demonstrate human spaceflight capability to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with a 3-member crew.
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Cryogenic Upper Stage Engine Developed by ISRO for LVM3
The CE-20 cryogenic engine, fueled by liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid hydrogen (LH2).
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Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) Location
Bylalu near Bengaluru, hosting the 32-meter Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennas.
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First Multi-Wavelength Space Observatory of India
AstroSat, launched on 28 September 2015 aboard PSLV-C30 into an equatorial Low Earth Orbit.
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Joint NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission
NISAR, a dual-frequency (L-band and S-band) radar satellite for global earth surface and ecosystem observation.

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