INDIA'S SATELLITE & IMPORTANT KEY FACTS Flashcards
⚫️ Chandrayaan1
🔸Launch date 22 October 2008
🔸Rocket PSLVXL C11
🔸Launch site Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
🔸Project Director Dr M Annadurai
🔸Chandrayaan1, India’s first moon mission
🔵 Chandrayaan2
🔸Launch date 22 July 2019
🔸Rocket GSLV Mark III M1
🔸Mission Director Ritu Karidhal
🔸Project Director Muthayya Vanitha
🔸Lander name Vikram
🔸Rover name Praygan
🔸Launch site Satish Dhawan Space Centre Andhra Pradesh
🔸Chandrayaan2, India’s second moon mission
🔸Total weight of the Chandrayaan2 is 3,850 kg
🔸Total cost of the mission US$141 million ( Rs 978 cr)
🔴 Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
Also called Mangalyaan
🔸Launch date 5 November 2013
🔸Rocket PSLVXL C25
🔸Launch site
Satish Dhawan space centre
Andhra Pradesh
🔷 Mangalyaan2
ISRO planned to launch this mission by 2025
🔷 Gaganyaan Mission
ISRO planned to be launched on GSLV Mk III in December 2021
💠 Aryabhata
India’s first satellites Launched on 19 April 1975
💠 GSAT1
India’s first commercial satellite
💠 SLV3
India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle,
💠 Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment, (APPLE)
first communication satellite in India Launched 19 June 1981
💠 Udupi Ramachandra Rao
satellite Man of India
💠 Rakesh Sharma
first Indian astronaut
💠 Kalpana Chawla
first woman astronaut of India
💠 Rohini
series of satellites launched by the ISRO on 1980