Question

Write short note on Space research

Answer 1

1. In 1961, Indian National Committee for Space Research (NCSR) launched India’s first research rocket from Thumba Equatorial Launch Center in Thumba in the State of Kerala.
2. In 1967, our indigenously built rocket Rohini-75 was successfully launched.
3. The next stage was the successful launch of the first Indian satellite Aryabhatta in 1975 with help from the Soviet Russia.
4. This success proved that Indian scientists can indigenously build and launch a satellite.
5. Indian scientists were confident that they could acquire the technology for sending a message from the Earth Station and to assess the working of the satellite.