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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national space agency responsible for space operations, exploration, and technology development. Established in 1962 and renamed in 1969, ISRO has launched multiple satellites and missions, including three to the Moon and one to Mars. It operates satellite navigation systems and maintains a constellation of imaging and communication satellites.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national space agency responsible for space operations, exploration, and technology development. Established in 1962 and renamed in 1969, ISRO has launched multiple satellites and missions, including three to the Moon and one to Mars. It operates satellite navigation systems and maintains a constellation of imaging and communication satellites.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO /ˈɪsroʊ/)[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. It is primarily responsible for
space-based operations, space exploration, international space cooperation and the
development of related technologies.[3] The agency maintains a constellation of
imaging, communication and remote sensing satellites. It operates the GAGAN and
IRNSS satellite navigation systems. It has sent three missions to the Moon and one
mission to Mars.

Formerly known as the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), it
was set up in 1962 by then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the recommendation of
scientist Vikram Sarabhai. It was renamed as ISRO in 1969 and was subsumed into the
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).[4] The establishment of ISRO institutionalised
space research activities in India.[5][6] In 1972, the Government set up a Space
Commission and the DoS, bringing ISRO under its purview. It has since then been
managed by the DoS, which also governs various other institutions in the domain of
astronomy and space technology.[7]

ISRO built India's first satellite Aryabhata which was launched by the Soviet space
agency Interkosmos in 1975.[8] In 1980, it launched the satellite RS-1 onboard the
indigenously built launch vehicle SLV-3, making India the seventh country to
undertake orbital launches. It has subsequently developed various small-lift and
medium

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