Contribution of India in satellite launching
After the launching of world's first satellite into orbit in 1957, the space technology has evolved rapidly. As a result, today satellites are making various earth observation, communications and navigations etc. possible. In the whole world, there are only 12 countries and one regional organisation which have independently launched their own satellites including India. India is emerging as a big name in this field. The beautiful journey started with the satellite Aryabhatta. The day of launch of Aryabhatta that is April 19, 1975 was written with golden letters in the history of space technology. But it was just the beginning of the revolution. India has been successfully launching satellites of different types with various vehicles including American, Russian, Europian as well as Indian after its independence. The organization responsible for these space programmes is Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO . Its shoulders have the bul...