The space commission was set up in the year 1972.The executive wing of the commission is the department of space which operates through a major set up called ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).The Indian Space Research Organization was established in the year 1969 at Bangalore. Research and development activities under the space program are carried out under various centers/ units of ISRO.
The major centers are:
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
ISRO Satellite centre (ISAC)
SHAR Centre
Liquid Propulsion System Centre
Space Application Centre (SAC)
National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA)
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)
The National Mesosphere, Stratosphere, troposphere, Radar Facility (NMRF)
Development and Educational Communicational Unit (DECU)
ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTARC)
Master Control Facility
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (ILSU)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC):
It is located at Thumba in Trivandrum. VSSC is the largest ISRO centre. It provides technology base for the country's indigenous satellite launch vehicle development efforts. The space physical laboratory is also located in VSSC.
PSLV-C7:
In a successful multi-mission India's polar satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C7 takes off from its beachside launch pad at Sriharikota on march 10th 2007 and injects four satellites into precise orbit; two of which, namely Cartosat-2and SRE (Space capsule Recovery Experiment) are from India while LAPAN-TUBSAT is a joint venture of Indonesia and the Technical University of Berlin, and the PEHUENSAT-1 is of Argentina
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Britain to review manned space probe policy
LONDON:
Britain is to reconsider its long-standing policy of not taking part in manned space missions, a government minister said on Thursday.
Science and Innovation Minister Ian Pearson said the government would review the policy to make sure Britain is not left behind in a new wave of international space exploration.
"We will have a review that will look at all the options of human space flight," he told BBC radio. "Our traditional view has been that human space flight hasn't been a priority for the UK."
But he said Britain would concentrate on unmanned robot-led space exploration for the immediate future.
"We have some really world-leading expertise in robotics and that has got to be the short term priority for us in the UK." The rethink comes as a number of countries are lining up to join the space race, with China planning its third manned mission this year.
On Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a global programme to explore Mars, bringing together European states and more established space powers like the United States and Russia. British scientists have proposed sending an unmanned mission to the moon by 2011.
The MoonLITE project is expected to win initial support on Friday from America's NASA and the UK government's space authority, the British National Space Centre. The mission would fire four penetrating darts into the moon's surface from an orbiting satellite.
Scientific data from the darts would be sent back to Earth via the satellite. MoonLITE's proposed 100 million pound cost is far smaller than the billions of pounds required for a manned moon mission. U.S. President George W. Bush has urged NASA to focus on getting people to the moon and to Mars.
But NASA's Mars Exploration Program says a manned mission to the red planet is unlikely before the early 2030s.
Britain is to reconsider its long-standing policy of not taking part in manned space missions, a government minister said on Thursday.
Science and Innovation Minister Ian Pearson said the government would review the policy to make sure Britain is not left behind in a new wave of international space exploration.
"We will have a review that will look at all the options of human space flight," he told BBC radio. "Our traditional view has been that human space flight hasn't been a priority for the UK."
But he said Britain would concentrate on unmanned robot-led space exploration for the immediate future.
"We have some really world-leading expertise in robotics and that has got to be the short term priority for us in the UK." The rethink comes as a number of countries are lining up to join the space race, with China planning its third manned mission this year.
On Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a global programme to explore Mars, bringing together European states and more established space powers like the United States and Russia. British scientists have proposed sending an unmanned mission to the moon by 2011.
The MoonLITE project is expected to win initial support on Friday from America's NASA and the UK government's space authority, the British National Space Centre. The mission would fire four penetrating darts into the moon's surface from an orbiting satellite.
Scientific data from the darts would be sent back to Earth via the satellite. MoonLITE's proposed 100 million pound cost is far smaller than the billions of pounds required for a manned moon mission. U.S. President George W. Bush has urged NASA to focus on getting people to the moon and to Mars.
But NASA's Mars Exploration Program says a manned mission to the red planet is unlikely before the early 2030s.
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