Evolution of Indian Space Programme

The Indian space programme had a humble beginning during the early 1960s when the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, set up the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), in 1962 under the leadership of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and K R Ramanathan.

• INCOSPAR set up the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Thiruvananthapuram for upper atmospheric research.
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), currently one of the six largest space agencies in the world, was formed in 1969 and it superseded INCOSPAR.
• Since then, ISRO has been working on its mission to provide space based services to the country and to ....