India’s Achievements In Space Technology

Indian Regional Navigational satellite system has been launched successfully in July 2013.The years ahead will witness the completion of the IRNSS constellation with seven satellites leading to the introduction of satellite- based positing and timing services in the country.

Several exciting mission in space science and planetary have been planned in near future like Chandrayaan 2, with a lander or rover intended for in - suit investigation of the lunar surface; multi wave length. Astronomy observatory satellite ASTROSAT-1 for observation of celestial object covering optical, UV and X - Ray bands and India’s first space-borne solar coronagraph mission ADITYA 1 for studies on coronal mass ejections.

1. Space Capsule Recovery:

India launched Vehicle Technology was achievement in 2007 through the space capsule Recovery Experiment Mission SRE -1 which established India’s technology capability to recover an orbiting satellite with precise re-entry trajectories

      2.   Mars Orbiter Mission:

The First inter planetary mission, the Mars orbiter Spacecraft was successfully launched on November 5, 2013 on board, PSLV-C25. The voyages of the spacecraft were towards the Mars. Mars Orbiter Mission was mainly establishing the Indian technological capability to reach the Martian orbit and explore and to explore Mars Surface features.

     3.  PSLV – A Workhorse Launch Vehicle:

India’s Polar Satellite Launch vehicle [ PSLV] with a proven track record of 24 successful flights has provided country first “Access to Mars”. According to the survey, PSLV had 15 successively flights and has placed 23 Indian satellites and 31 foreign satellites into orbit. The versatile vehicle PSLV has been successfully used for launching lighter communication and navigation satellite into GTO, apart from launching remote sensing satellite to low Earth orbit and Interplanetary mission .

 

     4.  India’s Mission To Moon:

India’s first moon exploration mission ‘Chandrayaan – 1’ was launched in October 2008 for mapping the lunar surface with high resolution remote sensing and study the chemical and mineralogical composition. This mission has enabled to detect the presence of Hydoxy [OH], a molecule consisting of oxygen and hydrogen atoms and water molecules on the lunar surface, which has set new direction of lunar exploration in the global community.

    5.  Indian Cryogenic Engine & Stage and GSLV - D5:

The successful flight testing of Indigenous cryogenic stage onboard GSLV-D5 Flight on January 5, 2014. 

 

By: Lakshender S Angras

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