Space Agency

India Space Research Organization

ISRO launched India's first satellite in 1975, and has worked dilligently since to create a sustainable Indian launch and space services capability since.

Space Agency Info

India Space Research Organization
 (
ISRO
)
India
Active
Civilian Agency
Capabilities
Launch Operator
Satellite Operator
Human Spaceflight

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Additional Background

Though founded in 1969, ISRO became much more notable internationally starting in the late 2010s, when the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle racked up 33 launches, including many for commercial customers - muscling its way into the launch services space otherwise held by Atlas V, Falcon 9, and Ariane 5. They have had a sustained launch and satellite program since the late 1970s.

Flagship missions include a Mars orbiter (successful), multiple lunar landers (one successful, one failed), a lunar orbiter (successful), and a solar observatory.

Though the agency has a human spaceflight program, and is actively working towards a human spaceflight capability - they have not yet launched crew in space.

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Spacecraft Operated

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Launchers Operated

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Facilities

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