India’s achievements in the field of Space Science and Technology

India’s achievements in the field of Space: ·

• India’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft has successfully completed its mission objective as planned and has completed one year. 

• Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D6), equipped with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), successfully launched GSAT-6, the country’s advanced communication satellite, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). 

• The first experimental flight of heavy lift next generation launch vehicle, GSLV-Mk III, was successfully conducted on December from Sriharikota. This flight has validated the complex atmospheric regime of flight and demonstrated the Integrity of design of GSLV Mk III. 

• Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) is designed as a constellation of seven satellites to provide satellite based navigational services in the country. 

• GSAT-15, a 3 ton class communication satellite (carrying 24 Ku band transponders & GAGAN payload) has been successfully launched on November 11, 2015. 

The following applications helped India in its socio-economic development:

• ISRO has provided maps for small water bodies generated using satellite data. In order to use these satellite based maps, capacity building for the state level officials has been done in Odisha, West Bengal, North-East, Gujarat and Jharkhand. This enables identifying existing water bodies and identifying new sites, wherein Runoff can be harvested for fish cultivation along with conventional farming. 

• ISRO is providing online satellite data, tools and mobile app through Bhuvan geoportal for monitoring of watershed developmental activities. 

• Using high resolution satellite data, statewise natural resource database is being generated for the entire country at 1:10000 scale.