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.