List of Space Centres and Units in India

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Why Indian Space Research centres:

• For design and development of launch vehicles and related technologies for providing access to space.
• Design and development of satellites and related technologies for earth observation, communication, navigation, meteorology and space science.
• Space based Applications for Societal development.
• Research and Development in space science and planetary exploration.

Indian Space Research Centers & Units
Location	Space Centres
New Delhi	DOS branch secretariat
ISRO branch office
Delhi earth station
Dehradun	Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia-Pacific (CSSTEAP)
Byalalu	Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN)
Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC)
Lucknow	ISTRAC Ground Station
Kolkata	Eastern RRCC
Aluva	Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental Plant
Bhopal	Master Control Facility-B (MCF)
Chandigarh	Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL)
Shillong	North Eastern Space Application Centre
Hyderabad	NRSA or NRSC – National Remote Sensing Agency /Centre
Tirupati	NMRF-National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
Sriharikota	Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR
Port Blair	Down Range Station
Mahendra Giri	ISRO Propulsion Complex
Thiruvananthapuram	Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)
Hassan	Master Control Facility
Banglore	Space Commission
Department of Space and ISRO Headquarters
Civil Engineering Programme Office
U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
Laboratory for Electro-Optical Systems (LEOS)
Southern RRSC
Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)
INSAT Program Office
NNRMS Secretariat- National Natural Resources Management System
Antrix Corporation
ISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network
New Space India Limited (NSIL)
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
Mumbai	ISRO Liaison office
Nagpur	Central RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Mount Abu	Infrared Observatory
Ahmedabad	Space Application Centre (SAC)
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)
Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU)
Jodhpur	Western RRSC – Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Udaipur	Solar Observatory

Indian Space Research centres – Salient Points

1. The first Indian to travel in space was Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma (Soyuz T-11 Vehicle).
2. The first Indian Origin (American) woman in Space was Kalpana Chawla.
3. World’s first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 was launched by the USSR October 4, 1957.
4. ISRO made Aryabhatta – the Indian satellite was launched on April 19th, 1975, by the USSR.
5. The first person to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
6. Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the Moon.
7. The first animal sent to space was Laika, the Soviet space dog. It was sent through Sputnik-2 vehicle by the USSR.
8. Yuri A. Gagarin was the first person to go to space through Vostok 1 vehicle.
9. The first woman to reach Space through Vostok-6 vehicle was Valentina Tereshkova. She went on June 16, 1963.