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Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN–SPACe) is a single-window autonomous agency under the Department of Space of the Government of India. The establishment of IN–SPACe was announced in June 2020 by the Minister of State for Space Jitendra Singh, [1] with the Union Cabinet approving its creation. [1] [2] [3]
India's interest in space travel began in the early 1960s, when scientists launched a Nike-Apache rocket from TERLS, Kerala. [6] [7] The Indian National Committee for Space Research was subsequently set up, which later became the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) [11] functioning under a new independent Department of Space (DoS) in the 1970s under the Prime Minister of India.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO / ˈ ɪ s r oʊ /) [a] is India's national space agency.It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), overseen by the Prime Minister of India, with the Chairman of ISRO also serving as the chief executive of the DoS.
India has become only the fourth nation in the world to successfully conduct space “docking ... India’s national space agency Isro carried out the highly anticipated docking test at around 9am ...
Government space agencies, established by governments of countries and regional agencies (groupings of countries) are established as a means for advocating for engaging in activities related to outer space, exploitation of space systems, and/or space exploration. The listings summarize all countries' and regional authorities' space agencies ...
It is India's first interplanetary spaceflight mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency. India is the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. [10] [11]
The Defence Space Agency (DSA) is an integrated tri-services agency of the Indian Armed Forces headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The agency is tasked with operating the space-warfare and Satellite Intelligence [6] assets of India. The DSA draws personnel from all three branches of the Armed Forces. The agency is expected to be ...
The Department of Space manages the following agencies and institutes: [11] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – The primary research and development arm of the DoS. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram. Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota.