Launching Vehicles Programme Entry to Excellence

Dr. T. ASOKAN

Abstract


The Indian space programme was institutionalized in 1962 with the setting up of Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) and it began the work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), near Thiruvananthapuram.' Space research was initially allocated to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in August 1961. In the following year INCOSPAR was setup by DAE, and in 1969, INCOSPAR was reconstituted2 under the Indian National Science Academy and a new organization, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), was formed under the DAE. The national space programme was formally organized in June 1972 with the setting up of Space Commission and the Department of Space (DoS) the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to promote the development and application of space technology and space science for the socioeconomic benefit of the nation. Indian Space Programme begins with the launching of the first sounding rocket Nike-Apache in 1963.

Keywords: INCOSPAR, DoS, ISRO


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