Access: 1-10-2016
- http://www.isro.org/
- http://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/PSLV-C30Brochure.compressed.pdf
- http://www.kreisblatt.de/nachrichten/wissenschaft/Indien-schiesst-erstes-Weltraum-Observatorium-ins-All;art153,1615326
- http://www.space.com/23203-india-mars-orbiter-mission-photos.html
- leo.org
Sources
- first idigenously built Indian satellite
- called Aryabhata
- launched in 1975 to gain experience
- lifetime almost 17 years
First Indian satellite
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
India's first space mission
- 21 Nov. 1963
- India's first sounding rocket
- used for meteorologian purposes
- rocket imported from Russia
- spacecraft Mangalyaan
- started in November 2013
- arrived in September 2014
- India's first interplanetary mission
- ISRO is fourth space agency to reach Mars
ASTROSAT
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Chandrayaan-1
INCOSPAR
- formed out of INCOSPAR in 1969
- governmental organization, controlled by the Department of Space
- headquarter Bangalore
- under the motto: "Space technology in the Service of humankind."
- 75 completed spacecraft missions
- brought 51 ISRO satellites to orbit
- will launch 23 foreign satellites, e.g. from Germany and the U.S.
- Indian National Committee for Space Research
- precursor of ISRO
- initiated in 1962 by the Department of Atomic Energy
- saw the relevance of modern satellite technology for India
- grew together with ISRO in 1969
Lunar mission
- India's first lunar probe
- October 2008
- developed with India's own technology in order to explore the moon
- reached lunar orbit a month later
- latest mission
- satellite launched in September 2015
- enables multi-wavelength observations of any celestial body (e.g. stars, black holes) with the help of X-ray and UV
- used for astronomy
Indian Space Research Organization
Future plans
Indian space missions
- India still has ambitious plans
- e.g. missions to the sun (until 2016)
- manned spaceflights until 2025
- space tourism