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ISRO

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Indian Space Research Association; Indian Space Research Organization

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India began space activities in the early 1960s as a nonaligned country. Various committees were created to support the national effort in developing launchers and satellites. In 1969, ISRO was created as part of the Nuclear Energy Department and became an independent organization in 1972. In 1975, the program launched Aryabhata, the first Indian satellite, and since then, it has produced the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PLSV) to launch satellites for remote sensing. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is able to send up to 2 t in geosynchronous transfer orbit. In 1984, an Indian astronaut flew on board the Russian Salyut 7 space station. India is now turning to space sciences and exploration, and current ISRO activities are spread among more than 20 laboratories or centers across India. In 2008, India sent the Chandrayaan-1 to orbit the Moon, and in 2014, India’s Mars Orbiter...

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  1. CNES/DSP/SME, Vétérinaire/DVM, Astro/Exobiology, 2 place Maurice-Quentin, Cedex 1, 75039, Paris, France

    Michel Viso

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Viso, M. (2014). ISRO. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1784-2

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