{"id":18002,"date":"2020-05-08T08:03:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T08:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/?p=18002"},"modified":"2021-03-24T07:47:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T07:47:57","slug":"indias-space-mission-is-it-for-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/indias-space-mission-is-it-for-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Space Mission; is it for welfare?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18521\" src=\"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/India-space-program-TIDES-Academy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"India's Space mission\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/India-space-program-TIDES-Academy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/India-space-program-TIDES-Academy-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/India-space-program-TIDES-Academy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/India-space-program-TIDES-Academy.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>India\u2019s Space program has made giant strides on world stage since its inception in late 1960s. From launching small rockets of just 30-70 kg payloads to carrying 4,000 kg payloads to the outer space, <a title=\"ISRO: Creating a new bulwark for India in outer Space\" href=\"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/isro-creating-a-new-bulwark-for-india-in-outer-space\/\">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has come a long way<\/a> since its formation on August 15, 1969.<\/p>\n<p>The journey which started humble &amp; now after achievements like PSLV, GSLV, Cryo engines, MOM, Moon &amp; now a moon lander has put India in the league of handful of countries who can boast of possessing such technology.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s Space journey started when ISRO built India&#8217;s first satellite, Aryabhata, which was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1975. Five years later, Rohini became the first satellite to be placed into orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle, SLV-3. In 1992, ISRO launched Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) &amp; Insat &#8211; 2A.<\/p>\n<p>In the last decade the Indian space program leap frogged to break several world records and position India as a country with formidable space technology which is cutting edge as well as cheap. Some of these achievements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2008, ISRO sent an unmanned lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, into orbit. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon.<\/li>\n<li>India launched Mars Orbiter Mission on 5 November 2013 and entered Mars&#8217; orbit on 24 September, 2014, making India the first nation to succeed on its maiden attempt to Mars.<\/li>\n<li>On 15 February 2017, ISRO launched 104 satellites in a single rocket (PSLV-C37), a world record. ISRO launched its heaviest rocket, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III)<\/li>\n<li>On 5 June, 2017 and placed a communications satellite GSAT-19 into the orbit. ISRO successfully launched GSAT-29 satellite from Sriharikota, the heaviest satellite weighing at 3,423 kg aims at providing better communication for remote areas of country.<\/li>\n<li>On November 14, 2018 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched a communication satellite <a title=\"Here\u2019s everything you need to know about GSAT-29 and GSLV MK-III:\" href=\"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/isro-gslv-mk-iii-d2-rocket-puts-gsat-29-in-orbit\/\">GSAT-29 on its rocket GSLV-Mk-III D2<\/a> from Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For any developing country the space program is important for two reasons; first, tangible benefits to society and its people. Second, these space programs often are tied to the country\u2019s broader development objectives, including building a national science and technology base. India\u2019s space program has contributed to the country\u2019s economic growth, supported beneficial societal applications, and helped to build broader scientific and technical capacities\u00a0 and\u00a0 infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The programmes\/ missions drawn up and proposed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the socio-economic development of the country include<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Earth Observation programme for natural resources inventory and management (like agriculture, land and water resources, fisheries), near real time disaster management support, weather forecasting, smart governance;<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Communication programmes for telecommunication, television broadcasting, Direct-to-Home services, search and rescue, tele-education, telemedicine and<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Navigation programme for location based services.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>India has not only used its space program to develop the country but the region. India launched a communication satellite in 2017 known as SAARC satellite for use of all members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The South Asia Satellite provides crucial information on tele-medicine, tele-education, banking and television broadcasting opportunities. It is also equipped with remote sensing state of the art technology which enables collection of real-time weather data and helps in observations of the geology of the South Asian nations.<\/p>\n<p>Where the advancement in space and rocket technology has helped India strengthen its defence, India\u2019s space program has primarily been driven for the development of the country and region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Space program has made giant strides on world stage since its inception in late 1960s. From launching small rockets of just 30-70 kg payloads to carrying 4,000 kg payloads to the outer space, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has come a long way since its formation on August 15, 1969. The journey which started<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,12],"tags":[136,137,138,99,139,140],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18522,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18002\/revisions\/18522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesacademy.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}