ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO is India's national space agency. It operates as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space , which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, with the Chairman of ISRO also serving as the chief executive of the DoS. ISRO has the world's largest constellation of remote-sensing satellites and operates the GAGAN and IRNSS (NavIC) satellite navigation systems. It has sent three missions to the Moon and one to Mars. ISRO is primarily responsible for space-based operations, space exploration, international space cooperation and the development of related technologies.ISRO is one of the six government space agencies in the world that possess full launch capabilities, the ability to deploy cryogenic engines, the ability to launch extraterrestrial missions and the ability to operate a large fleet of artificial satellites.ISRO is also one of only four governmental space agencies in the world to have soft landing (unmanned) capabilities.
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Future projects ISRO is developing and operationalising more powerful and less pollutive rocket engines so it can eventually develop much heavier rockets.It also plans km above earth where astronauts can stay for 15-20 days. The time frame is 5-7 years after Gaganyaan, he stated. to develop electric and nuclear propulsion for satellites and spacecraft to reduce their weight and extend their service lives. Long-term plans may include crewed landings on Moon and other planets as well.
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Vikram Sarabhai as INSCOPAR chair said in 1969
To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose. We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the Moon or the planets or manned space-flight. But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society, which we find in our country. And we should note that the application of sophisticated technologies and methods of analysis to our problems is not to be confused with embarking on grandiose schemes, whose primary impact is for show rather than for progress measured in hard economic and social terms.
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