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*GSLV Mark III can put into orbit' communication satellite weighing - 4000 kg.
*The first Indian satellite built for educational purposes
Ans : Edusat
*A joint Indo - French Satellite mission for oceanographic studies.
*SARAL (25th February 2013). It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre inPSLVC-20
*World’s first smart phone controlled nano satellite launched from India, in PSLVC20 along with SARAL
Ans : STRaND -1 (UK)
*India’s first nano - satellite - Jugnu (12th October 2011)
*Jugnu was developed by Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur.
*India’s first exclusive defence satellite is GSAT - 7 (30th August 2013)'
INDIA’S SPACE ORGANIZATIONS
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
*One of the leading centre of ISRO under the Department of Space in India.
Ans : VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre)
*Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) was established atThumba in 1965.
*Smt Indira Gandhi the then Prime Minister of India dedicated TERLS to the United Nations on 2nd February 1968.
*The Present Director of VSSC
Ans : K. Shivan
Headquarters
*ISRO’s Antariksh Bhavan
Ans : Bengaluru
*Physical Research Laboratory
Ans : Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
*Space Application Centre
Ans : Ahmedabad
*Liquid Propulsion Systems Centres (LPSC)
Ans : Bengaluru, Mahendragiri and Thiruvananthapuram
*ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)
Ans : Bengaluru
*Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
Ans : Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
*Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) Bengaluru Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS)
Ans : Dehradun
*Indian Institute of Astro Physics (IIA)
Ans : Bengaluru
*ISRO propulsion complex (IPRC)
Ans : Mahendragiri
*ISRO Telemetry, Tracking & Command Network (ISTRAC)
Ans : Bangalore
*Master Control Facility (MCF),
Ans : Hassan - Karnataka and Bhopal - Madhyapradesh
*ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU)
Ans : Vattiyoorkavu, Tvpm
*North Eastern-Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC)
Ans : Meghalaya
*National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL)
Ans : Tirupathi, Andhrapradesh
*Laboratory for 'Electro-optics systems’ (LEOS)
Ans : Bangalore
