SCIENTIFIC AND EXPLORATION SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED BY ISRO
Space Science and ExplorationIndian space programme encompasses research in areas like astronomy, astrophysics, planetary and earth sciences, atmospheric sciences and theoretical physics. Several scientific instruments have been flown on satellites especially to direct celestial X-ray and gamma-ray bursts.
AstroSatAstroSat is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously.
AstroSat with a lift-off mass of 1515 kg was launched on September 28, 2015 into a 650 km orbit inclined at an angle of 6 deg to the equator by PSLV-C30 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The minimum useful life of the AstroSat mission is expected to be 5 years.
Mars Orbiter MissionMars Orbiter Mission is ISRO’s first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit of 372 km by 80,000 km.
Chandrayaan-1Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The spacecraft carried 11 scientific instruments built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.
Chandrayaan-2Chandrayaan-2 will be an advanced version of the previous Chandrayaan-1 mission to Moon.Chandrayaan-2 is configured as a two module system comprising of an Orbiter Craft module (OC) and a Lander Craft module (LC) carrying the Rover developed by ISRO.
Various space exploration satellites launched by ISRO:
Space Science and ExplorationIndian space programme encompasses research in areas like astronomy, astrophysics, planetary and earth sciences, atmospheric sciences and theoretical physics. Several scientific instruments have been flown on satellites especially to direct celestial X-ray and gamma-ray bursts.AstroSatAstroSat is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously.
AstroSat with a lift-off mass of 1515 kg was launched on September 28, 2015 into a 650 km orbit inclined at an angle of 6 deg to the equator by PSLV-C30 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The minimum useful life of the AstroSat mission is expected to be 5 years.
Mars Orbiter MissionMars Orbiter Mission is ISRO’s first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit of 372 km by 80,000 km.
Chandrayaan-1Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The spacecraft carried 11 scientific instruments built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.
Chandrayaan-2Chandrayaan-2 will be an advanced version of the previous Chandrayaan-1 mission to Moon.Chandrayaan-2 is configured as a two module system comprising of an Orbiter Craft module (OC) and a Lander Craft module (LC) carrying the Rover developed by ISRO.
Various space exploration satellites launched by ISRO:
Name of the satellites
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Launch Date
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Launch Mass
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Power
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Launch Vehicle
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Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft
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Nov 05, 2013
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1337 kg
|
840 W
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PSLV-C25
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Chandrayaan-1
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Oct 22, 2008
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1380 kg
|
700 W
|
PSLV-C11
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SRE-1
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Jan 10, 2007
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550 kg
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PSLV-C7 / CARTOSAT-2 / SRE-1
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SROSS-C2
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May 04, 1994
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115 kg
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45 W
|
ASLV-D4
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SROSS-C
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May 20, 1992
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106.1 kg
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45 W
|
ASLV-D3
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SROSS-1
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Mar 24, 1987
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150 kg
|
90 W
|
ASLV-D1
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