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SATELLITES |
SPACE MISSIONS |
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Indian space programme encompasses research in areas like astronomy, astrophysics, planetary and earth sciences, atmospheric sciences and theoretical physics. Balloons, sounding rockets, space platforms and ground-based facilities support these research efforts. A series of sounding rockets are available for atmospheric experiments. Several scientific instruments have been flown on satellites especially to direct celestial X-ray and gamma-ray bursts.
Major space missions are Chandrayaan-l and forthcoming Megha - Tropiques.
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Name of the Satellite |
Description |
Launch Date |
| Chandrayaan-1 |
Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. More.. |
22.10.2008 |
| SROSS-C2 |
Second satellite successfully orbited by ASLV. Working even four years after its launch. |
04.05.1994 |
| SROSS-C |
First Indian satellite, launched into a near earth orbit on April 19, 1975, by an Intercosmos rocket of erstwhile USSR. |
20.05.1992 |
| SROSS-1 |
The satellite was launched onboard the first development a flilght of ASLV. It did not reach the orbit. |
24.03.1987 |
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