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Space Development in India since independence
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Space Development in
Independent India
Bygone times….
• India's experience in rocketry began in ancient times when fireworks were first used in the country.
• Military use of rockets by Tipu Sultan during the Mysore War inspired William Congreve to invent the Congreve rocket.
After Independence
• Indian scientists and politicians recognized the potential of rocket technology in both defence applications and for research and development.
• A country as demographically large as India would require its own independent space capabilities in various fields.
Dr Vikram Sarabhai• Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is the father of the Indian space program.
• Established the Indian National Committee for Sapce Research (INCOSPAR) with Homi Bhabha in 1962.
• On August 15th 1969 ISRO was created from the INCOSPAR programme.
1970-1980:1970-1980:
1970-1980:
• In the 1960s Sarabhai had taken part in an early study with NASA.
• India began developing satellite technology anticipating the remote sensing and communication needs of the future.
• India’s first satellite was launched in 1975
1990-2000:• In 1993 the time had come for the maiden flight of the PSLV.
• PSLV became the workhorse launch vehicle.
• It placed both remote sensing and communications satellites into orbit.
• Many INSAT satellites were launched during this period.
• Created the largest cluster in the world and provided unique data to Indian industry and agriculture..
21st CENTURY• Currently the most powerful Indian launch vehicle in operation; the first flight of the GSLV took place in 2001.
• ISRO entered the lucrative market of launching payloads of other nations.
• On April 28, 2008 ISRO successfully launched 10 satellites in a single mission further boosting it's capabilities in space.
G. Madhavan Nair, former chairman of ISRO.
The moon vehicle…The Moon vehicle…...
CHANDRAYAAN
• India’s first unmanned mission to moon developed by ISRO
• Launched on 22nd October 2008 from Satish Dhawan space centre Sriharikota.
• Estimated cost – Rs 386 crore.
OBJECTIVES:• Simaltanous mineralogical, chemical and photo geological mapping.
• High resolution mapping of the lunar surface to identify minerals.
• 3D mapping of lunar surface at very high resolution to attract young minds in space and planetary science.
Future space missions..• ISRO plans to launch a number of new-generation Earth
Observation Satellites in the near future.
• The ISRO is preparing for Mangalyam, an orbiter mission to Mars to be launched in November 2013
• Developing Reusable launch vehicles (RLV).
• ISRO is planning a mission to Venus by May 2015 to study its atmosphere.
•ISRO plans to carry out an unmanned mission to the Sun by the year 2014.
Manned moon mission by 2020.
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