Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) involved in India's space activities, 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.

The objective of ISRO is to develop space technology and its application to various national tasks. ISRO has established two major space systems, INSAT for communication, television broadcasting and meteorological services, and Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) system for resources monitoring and management. ISRO has developed two satellite launch vehicles, PSLV and GSLV, to place INSAT and IRS satellites in the required orbits.

Contact Information

Website: http://www.isro.org
Email Address: satish@isro.gov.in
Phone: +91 080 23415275 or +91 080 22172296
Fax: Fax No.23511984

Press Releases

November 27th, 2010 - Antrix/ISRO and EADS Astrium built commercial communication satellite launched successfully

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