Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Indian Space Programme – Recent Successful Missions

Indian Space Programme is an indigenous effort with a capability to meet various socio-economic developmental needs of the country. The major impetus has been to exploit and develop space-technology and applications that are relevant for India. INSAT system has been established for providing services in communication, broadcasting and meteorology. The Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite system has been established for the natural resource management. ISRO has built indigenous capability to launch satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Polar Sun- synchronous orbit as well as Geo-Synchronous satellite orbits through PSLV and GSLV launchers respectively. PSLV was also used to undertake an un-manned mission to the Moon. ISRO has carved a niche for itself among space faring nations through its successful application driven programmes which has benefited the country immensely.

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