List of Space Centers in India
India’s experience in rocketry began in ancient times when fireworks were first used in the country, a technology invented in neighboring China, and which had an extensive two-way exchange of ideas and goods with India, connected by the Silk Road. Military use of rockets by Tipu Sultan during the Mysore War against the British inspired William Congreve to invent the Congreve rocket, predecessor of modern artillery rockets, in 1804. After India gained independence from British occupation in 1947, Indian scientists and politicians recognized the potential technology in both defense applications, and for research and development. Recognizing that a country as demographically large as India would require its own independent space capabilities, and recognizing the early potential of satellites in the fields of remote sensing and communication, these visionaries set about establishing a space research organization. And if look today there are many space research centers in India which are working on paramount projects, so let’s look at them:
Following is the List of space centers in India:
Location | Space Centre |
New Delhi | DOS branch secretariat |
ISRO branch office | |
Delhi earth station | |
Dehradun | Indian Institute of remote sensing |
Northern RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre | |
Lucknow | ISTRAC ground station |
Shillong | North eastern space application centre |
Kharagpur | Eastern RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre |
Hyderabad | NRSA or NRSC – national remote sensing agency /centre |
Tirupati | NMRF-National Atmospheric Research Laboratory |
Sriharikota | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
Port Blair | Down range station |
Kerala | ALUVA – Ammonium perchlorate experiment plant |
Mahendra Giri | Liquid Propulsion Test Facilities |
Thiruvananthapuram | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre | |
ISRO Interial Systems Unit | |
Hassan | INSAT master control facility |
Bangalore | Space commission |
HQ –ISRO | |
INSAT programme office | |
NNRMS secretariat- National Natural Resources Management System | |
ANTRIX corporation | |
ISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network | |
ISRO satellite centre | |
Liquid propulsion systems centre | |
Mumbai | ISRO Liaison office |
Nagpur | Central RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre |
Mount Abu | Infrared Observatory |
Ahmedabad | Space Application Centre |
Physical Research Laboratory | |
Development & educational communication unit | |
Jodhpur | Western RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre |
Udaipur | Solar Observatory |
Balasore | Remote Sensing Centre |