Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was established in 1969 to develop space technology and its applications. ISRO has successfully launched communication and remote sensing satellites to benefit India. The organization was started on the basis of early space research conducted at the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in the 1960s, making India a leader in space developments. ISRO aims to provide socio-economic benefits to India through space programs and collaborations.
2. What’s ISRO all about ?
In 1960’s , a common man like us thought of something brilliant
across the wavelets of that time that involved the culture of
space in it.
In the midst of the initial take off into the WORLD OF SPACE, it
was DR. VIKRAM SARABHAI, who encouraged the masses to
think of a visionary future for themselves, and for INDIA’s
FUTURE GENERATION.
3. The space activities in INDIA started in the 1960’s when the first
advancements took place at THUMBA.
Now Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) was
the first space station at Trivandrum which gave a true and energetic
insight into INDIA’s capability of a stronghold nation in Space
development.
Thumba was primarily chosen because of the geographical
conditions that favoured that area. It has the magnetic equator
overhead which completely necessitated the visionaries to implant
their ideas and dreams in this region.
4. Thus, Indian Space programme born in the church beginning, space
activities in the country, concentrated on achieving self reliance and
developing capability to build and launch communication satellites for
television broadcast, telecommunications and meteorological
applications; remote sensing satellites for management of natural
resources.
5. THUMBA Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, first started at
the premises of St Mary Magdalene church, near Trivandrum
6. OBJECTIVE OF ISRO
The objective of ISRO is to develop space technology and its application to
various national tasks. Accordingly, Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) has successfully operationalised two major satellite systems namely
Indian National Satellites (INSAT) for communication services and Indian
Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites for management of natural resources. Also,
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for launching IRS type of satellites
and Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for launching INSAT
type of satellites.
9. India’s first unmanned mission to moon : CHANDRAYAAN -1 was a big
success for the ISRO and at the same time it opened doors for several
budding engineers, scientists to go beyond their thinking and achieve great
heights for the country. Many countries have thus followed suite and
INDIA’s doing quite well on the space front now.
10. The Cutting EDGE that ISRO offers
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was established in August
1969. The Government of India constituted the Space Commission and
established the Department of Space (DOS) in June 1972 and brought
ISRO under DOS in September 1972.
The Space Commission formulates the policies and oversees the
implementation of the Indian space programme to promote the
development and application of space science and technology for the
socio-economic benefit of the country. DOS implements these
programmes through, mainly, Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), National Atmospheric
Research Laboratory (NARL), North Eastern-Space Applications Centre
(NE-SAC) and Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL). The Antrix
Corporation, established in 1992 as a government owned company,
markets the space products and services.
11. The inspiration and the working environment itself offers the expertise in
this career. There’s more to just a job as a scientist or an engineer at ISRO.
ISRO selects motivated and enthusiastic engineers and other research
scholars every year into its esteemed organisation to bring together a force
which is interested in working with a mutual mindset and producing many
achievements in the space arena.
12. The present chairman of ISRO, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan is brilliantly
leading the organisation and hopes to see a more enthusiastic younger
generation to come up and work with this esteemed organisation, of
which he is very proud of.
Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
13. The journey has been amazing so far. Its very clear and hopeful of the
candidates that if they wish to explore such oppurtunities, they got to
head to ISRO straight forward, so that, without any sort of reluctance
they can follow their dreams, in which ISRO is bounded with them at
every juncture.
As an engineer and specifically being from a background that has
specialized you in electronics and communication, there’s a lot that we
all can do for ourselves and ISRO of course.
The Journey
14. The options are never ending. There’s RADAR imaging,
telecommunication related activities and other hitherto of this revolutionary
field that ISRO is looking forward to. This is not just a job, its your career
that leads you to a revolutionary era of having found yourself on the
correct path and it leads you to work on major space projects and that too
with organisations like NASA and other countries space organisations. The
experience can surely tell it all. So its more about a passionate career, on the
wheel of which ISRO has already had a great ride so far.
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