The following table illustrates the major Indian space research organizations along with their location and salient features −
Organization | Location | Features |
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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre | Thiruvananthapuram | It is the largest ISRO base and the main technical center and the venue of development of the SLV-3, ASLV, and PSLV series. The base supports India's Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station and the Rohini Sounding Rocket programme. |
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) | Thiruvananthapuram & Bengaluru | The LPSC is responsible for design, development, testing, and implementation of liquid propulsion control packages, liquid stages and liquid engines for launch vehicles and satellites. |
Physical Research Laboratory | Ahmedabad | It is the study and research center of solar planetary physics, infrared astronomy, geo-cosmo physics, plasma physics, astrophysics, archaeology, and hydrology |
Semi-Conductor Laboratory | Chandigarh | Research & Development in the field of semiconductor technology, micro-electromechanical systems and process technologies relating to semiconductor processing. |
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory | Chittoor | It is the study and research center of fundamental and applied research in Atmospheric and Space Sciences. |
Space Applications Centre (SAC) | Ahmedabad | The SAC deals with the various aspects of practical use of space technology including geodesy, satellite based telecommunications, surveying, remote sensing, meteorology, environment monitoring, etc. |
North-Eastern Space Applications Centre | Shillong | It provides developmental support to North East by undertaking specific application projects using remote sensing, GIS, satellite communication and conducting space science research. |
ISRO Propulsion Complex | Mahendragiri | It handles testing and assembly of liquid propulsion control packages, liquid engines, and stages for launch vehicles and satellites. |
ISRO Satellite Centre | Bengaluru | The satellites Ayrabhata, Bhaskara, APPLE, and IRS-1A were constructed at this site, and the IRS and INSAT satellite series are presently under development here. |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre | Sriharikota | The Sriharikota (an island) acts as a launching site for India's satellites. |
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station | Thiruvananthapuram | It is used to launch sounding rockets. |
Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) | Bengaluru | It is responsible to receive, process, archive, and distribute the spacecraft health data and payload data in real time. |
National Remote Sensing Centre | Hyderabad | It applies remote sensing technology to manage natural resources and study aerial surveying. |
Master Control Facility | Bhopal and Hassan | It has earth stations and Satellite Control Centre (SCC) for controlling satellites |
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) | Dehradun | It is an independent unit of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space, Govt. of India that provides training and education to develop trained professionals. |
Balasore Rocket Launching Station (BRLS) | Balasore, Odisha | |
Antrix Corporation | Bengaluru | The marketing arm of ISRO. |