INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME
*Father of indian space programme 
Ans : Vikram Sarabhai
*First rocket launching station in india 
Ans : Thumba(1962)
*First rocket launched from Thumba
Ans : Nike Appache(1963)
*First chairman of ISRO
Ans : Vikram Sarabhai
*The rocket launching station which lies near to the equator
Ans : Thumba
*TERLS was formally dedicated to the United Nations on
Ans : February 2,1968
*The Rocket launched from Thumba on the 50th anniversary of first rocket launch
Ans : RH 200
*Rocket RH 200 was launched on
Ans : November 21,2013
*Indian Space department, and Space commission came into existence in
Ans : 1972
*First satellite of India
Ans : Aryabhatta
*Aryabhatta was launched on
Ans : Apirl 19,1975
*Aryabhatta was launched from
Ans : Volgo Grad (Russia)
*Second satellite from India
Ans : Bhaskara(1979)
*First Indian communication Satellite
Ans : APPLE
*India's first education Satellite
Ans : Edusat
*India's indigenous radar imaging satellite
Ans : RISAT-1
*First space capsule recovery experiment of India
Ans : S.R.E 1
*First satellite to study about Ocean
Ans : Oceansat
*First University in india launched a satellite
Ans : Anna University
*Father of Space Science
Ans : Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 
*Father of Modern Space Science 
Ans : Galileo Galilei 
*Father of Indian Space Science 
Ans : Vikram Sarabhai
*The 100th space mission of ISRO 
Ans : PSLV C- 21 
*PSLV C -21 launched on
Ans : September 9, 2012 
*PSLV C -21 launched from 
Ans : Sriharikota
*Sateliites in PSLV C- 21 
Ans : SPOT 6 (France), PROITERES (Japan)
*The 101th space mission of ISRO 
Ans : PSLV C- 20 
*PSLV C -20 launched on
Ans : February 25, 2013 
*PSLV C-20 launched from 
Ans : Sriharikotta

INDIAN NAVIGATION SATELLITE

*Indian navigation Satellites are known as 
Ans : IRNSS
*IRNSS
Ans : Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System 
*Project director of IRNSS 
Ans : M.Nageshwara Rao 
*Project Name of IRNSS
Ans : NAVIC(Navigation with Indian Constellation)
*First Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1A
*IRNSS 1A was launched on 
Ans : July 1,2013
*The launching of IRNSS 1A 
Ans : PSLV C 22
*Second Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1B
*IRNSS 1B was launched on 
Ans : April 4,2014 
*The launching of IRNSS 1A 
Ans : PSLV C 24
*Third Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1C
*IRNSS 1C was launched on 
Ans : October 16,2014 
*The launching of IRNSS 1A 
Ans : PSLV C 26
*Fourth Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1D
*IRNSS 1D was launched on 
Ans : March 28,2015 
*The launching of IRNSS 1D 
Ans : PSLV C 27
*Fifth Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1E
*IRNSS 1E was launched on 
Ans : January 20,2016 
*The launching of IRNSS 1E 
Ans : PSLV C 31
*Sixth Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1F
*IRNSS 1F was launched on 
Ans : March 10,2016 
*The launching of IRNSS 1F 
Ans : PSLV C 32
*Seventh Navigation Satellite of India 
Ans : IRNSS 1G
*IRNSS 1G was launched on 
Ans : April 28, 2016 
*The launching of IRNSS 1F 
Ans : PSLV C 33

INDIAN SPACE AGENCY

*ISRO Satellite Centre 
Ans : Bengaluru
*Sathish Dawan Space Centre 
Ans : Sriharikota
*Space Application Centre
Ans : Ahmedabad
*National Remote Sensing Centre
Ans : Hyderabad
*Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Ans : Thiruvanathapuram
*Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Ans : Dehradun
*Physical Research Laboratory
Ans : Ahmedabad
*National Atomic Research Laboratory
Ans : Tirupati
*North- Eastern Space Application Centre
Ans : Shillong
*Antrix Corporation Limited
Ans : Bengaluru

CHANDRAYAAN-1

*India's First Lunar Probe 
Ans : Chandrayaan-1
*Chandrayaan-1 was launched on 
Ans : October 22, 2008 
*Chandrayaan-1 was launched from
Ans : Sathish Dawan Space Centre 
*The name Chandrayaan-1 was coined by 
Ans : A. B. Vajpayee
*The Vehicle used for launching Chandrayaan-1 
Ans : PSLV C XI
*The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on
Ans : November 8,2008
*The number of Payloads in Chandrayaan 1 
Ans : 11(ISRO 5,other countries-6) 
*Moon Impact Probe hit in the moon in 
Ans : Shackleton

ASTROSAT

*India's first Space Telescope 
Ans : Astrosat
*The vehicle that carried Astrosat 
Ans : PSLV C 30 
*Astrosat launched on
Ans : September 28,2015 
*Astrosat was launched from
Ans : Sathish Dawan Space Centre 
*Number of other satellites launched along with Astrosat 
Ans : 6
*Weight of Astrosat 
Ans : 1513 kg
*The countries which launched space Telescope
Ans : USA, Japan, European union,Russia