Facts related to Indian Space Agency ISRO
1. ISRO was founded by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai on the day of Independence in 1969. He is called the father of India's space program.
2. ISRO has its head quarters in Bengaluru and has a total of 13 centers across the country.
3. About 17 thousand scientists work in ISRO. You will be surprised to know that many scientists have dedicated their entire life to ISRO and did not get married for life.
4. Full form of ISRO is - Indian Space Research Organization. In Hindi it is called 'Indian Space Research Organization'.
5. You will be surprised to know that India's Department of Space used to be under the Department of Atomic Energy of India, but the work of the Department of Space was very much and hence in the year 1969 it was made a separate entity under the name of ISRO.
6. As of October 2016, ISRO has launched more than 100 domestic and foreign satellites. Foreign satellites also have many big countries like America and Russia. ISRO has earned more than Rs 700 crores by launching foreign satellites.
7. Under Chandrayaan-1 mission, ISRO sent an unmanned vehicle into the moon's orbit for research.
8. Chandrayaan was released from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on 22 October 2008 and it took about 5 days to reach the moon and 15 days to set up in the moon's orbit.
9. Scientists believed that Chandrayaan-1 would continue to work for 2 years, but unfortunately the mission came to an end only after 10 months of August 2009, after contact with Chandrayaan was lost. But the good thing is that in these ten months Chandrayaan had completed 95% of his work.
10. You will be happy to know that it is because of Chandrayaan-1 that India has become the first country to find water on the moon. Chandrayaan sent strong evidence that there was water on the rocks on the moon, which was also accepted by the rest of the space agencies of the world.
11. Under the Mangalyaan mission, ISRO sent another satellite to Mars on 5 November 2013, which successfully orbited Mars on 24 September 2014 after a 298-day journey.
12. With Mangalyaan reaching Mars, India became the first country to reach Mars in the first attempt. Prior to this, the first Mars expedition of any country was not successful.
13. India is also the first country in Asia to reach Mars because before this, China and Japan had failed in their Mars expedition.
14. A rocket is a vehicle from which satellites are released, ISRO has two major rockets - PSLV and GSLV.
15. PSLV is used to drop small sized light satellites. So far, more than 70 satellites have been dropped by PSLV.
16. 10 satellites were launched simultaneously on 28 April 2008 with the help of PSLV and on 22 June 2016, it simultaneously put 20 satellites into orbit the Earth.
17. GSLV is used to place heavy types of satellites at an altitude of 36 thousand kilometers above the earth.
Future campaigns
Chandrayaan-2 mission
Encouraged by the success of Chandrayaan-1, ISRO plans to send another mission to the moon in the year 2018. ISRO plans to land a vehicle on the moon land.
Aditya Mission
Aditya is a satellite, which will study the heaviest part of the sun as yet the heaviest part of the sun can only be studied at the time of solar eclipse. This mission is proposed in the year 2019-20.
Sending humans into space
Under this mission, ISRO will send two humans in a vehicle for seven days in the Earth's orbit. However, work on this mission will be started only after the year 2017 and it may take up to 2024 to complete it.
1. ISRO was founded by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai on the day of Independence in 1969. He is called the father of India's space program.
2. ISRO has its head quarters in Bengaluru and has a total of 13 centers across the country.
3. About 17 thousand scientists work in ISRO. You will be surprised to know that many scientists have dedicated their entire life to ISRO and did not get married for life.
4. Full form of ISRO is - Indian Space Research Organization. In Hindi it is called 'Indian Space Research Organization'.
5. You will be surprised to know that India's Department of Space used to be under the Department of Atomic Energy of India, but the work of the Department of Space was very much and hence in the year 1969 it was made a separate entity under the name of ISRO.
6. As of October 2016, ISRO has launched more than 100 domestic and foreign satellites. Foreign satellites also have many big countries like America and Russia. ISRO has earned more than Rs 700 crores by launching foreign satellites.
7. Under Chandrayaan-1 mission, ISRO sent an unmanned vehicle into the moon's orbit for research.
8. Chandrayaan was released from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on 22 October 2008 and it took about 5 days to reach the moon and 15 days to set up in the moon's orbit.
9. Scientists believed that Chandrayaan-1 would continue to work for 2 years, but unfortunately the mission came to an end only after 10 months of August 2009, after contact with Chandrayaan was lost. But the good thing is that in these ten months Chandrayaan had completed 95% of his work.
10. You will be happy to know that it is because of Chandrayaan-1 that India has become the first country to find water on the moon. Chandrayaan sent strong evidence that there was water on the rocks on the moon, which was also accepted by the rest of the space agencies of the world.
11. Under the Mangalyaan mission, ISRO sent another satellite to Mars on 5 November 2013, which successfully orbited Mars on 24 September 2014 after a 298-day journey.
12. With Mangalyaan reaching Mars, India became the first country to reach Mars in the first attempt. Prior to this, the first Mars expedition of any country was not successful.
13. India is also the first country in Asia to reach Mars because before this, China and Japan had failed in their Mars expedition.
14. A rocket is a vehicle from which satellites are released, ISRO has two major rockets - PSLV and GSLV.
15. PSLV is used to drop small sized light satellites. So far, more than 70 satellites have been dropped by PSLV.
16. 10 satellites were launched simultaneously on 28 April 2008 with the help of PSLV and on 22 June 2016, it simultaneously put 20 satellites into orbit the Earth.
17. GSLV is used to place heavy types of satellites at an altitude of 36 thousand kilometers above the earth.
Future campaigns
Chandrayaan-2 mission
Encouraged by the success of Chandrayaan-1, ISRO plans to send another mission to the moon in the year 2018. ISRO plans to land a vehicle on the moon land.
Aditya Mission
Aditya is a satellite, which will study the heaviest part of the sun as yet the heaviest part of the sun can only be studied at the time of solar eclipse. This mission is proposed in the year 2019-20.
Sending humans into space
Under this mission, ISRO will send two humans in a vehicle for seven days in the Earth's orbit. However, work on this mission will be started only after the year 2017 and it may take up to 2024 to complete it.
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