SPACE AT VARIOUS LEVELS BASIC CONCEPTS
OPEN THIS LINK MORE DETAILS The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO, /ˈɪsroʊ/) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bengaluru. ISRO successfully launched 104 satellites by a single rocket on 15 February 2017, of which 3 satellites are Indian satellites while the remaining are foreign commercial satellites. Who started ISRO? Vikram Sarabhai When was ISRO established? 15 August 1969 Where is the headquarter of ISRO? Bengaluru What is the old name of ISRO? India decided to go to space when Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was set up by the Government of India in 1962. With the visionary Dr Vikram Sarabhai at its helm, INCOSPAR set up the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Thiruvananthapuram for upper atmospheric research How many satellites are launched by NASA? On 4 October 1957 the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. Since then, about 8...
