Mount Litera Zee School Grade-VI G.K in Space Read and write in notebook:  ISRO or Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency founded in 1969 to help develop an indigenous Indian space program. It is one of the 6 largest space agencies in the world today.  The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was established by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).  Eminent scientist Dr. had a big role in this development.  INCOSPAR set up the Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) at Thumba, near Thiruvananthapuram at India’s southern tip. TERLS is a spaceport used to launch rockets.  The INCOSPAR became ISRO in 1969. The was created in 1972.  The first Indian-made sounding rocket was the RH-75 (-75). It was launched from TERLS in 1967.  ISRO built its first satellite in 1975 and named it . This was launched by the Soviet Union.

 The first Indian-built launch vehicle was SLV-3 and it was used to launch the Rohini satellite in 1980.

 ISRO launched its first The Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) satellite in 1982. It was a communication satellite. It was named as INSAT-1A, which failed in orbit. The next communication satellite INSAT-1B was launched in 1983.

 ISRO also launched the first IRS (remote-sensing satellite) in 1988.

 ISRO has developed three types of launch vehicles (or rockets) namely, the PSLV (Polar ), the GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mark III or LVM).

 ISRO launched its first lunar mission Chandrayaan I in 2008.  It also launched the Orbiter Mission (MOM) or the Mangalyaan in 2014. With this, India became the first country to achieve success in putting a satellite in the Mars orbit in its maiden attempt.  In 2017, ISRO created another world record by launching 104 satellites in a single rocket. It launched its heaviest rocket yet, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III and placed the GSAT 19 in orbit.

Q. Answer the following questions: 1. In which year ISRO was established? Ans. 15 August 1969 2. Where is the headquarters of ISRO? Ans. Bangalore 3. How many satellites are launched by ISRO? Ans. 104 4. Which was the first satellite launched by ISRO? Ans. Aryabhata 5. What is full form of GSLV? Ans. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 6. India’s first satellite was launched from ______. Ans. Soviet Union. 7. Who is known as ‘Father of Indian Space Program’? Ans. Vikram Sarabhai 8. Who is the current chairman of ISRO? Ans. K. Sivan 9. What was the name of used in Chandraayan 2 missions? Ans. Vikram 10. Chandrayaan 2 is the first space mission to conduct a soft landing on the Moon’s ______polar region. Ans. South 11. On 27 March, 2019 the successfully done the ‘Mission Shakti’. The mission is combined program of which two organizations? Ans. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and ISRO. 12. Vikram Sarabhai Space Center was formed in which year? Ans. 21 November 1963. 13.ISRO’s most ambitious plan ‘ 2’ which is also called as ‘Mangalyaan 2’ is scheduled to launch in which year? Ans: 2024. 14. ‘Shukrayaan-1’ the mission for Venus by Indian ISRO will launch by which year? Ans. 2023 15. What is the name of rover that is carried by Lander Vikram? Ans.