- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched seven satellites of Singapore with PSLV-C56 (PSLV-C56) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
- ISRO said that the rocket was separated from the satellites 23 minutes after launch. ISRO said, this was the 58th launch of PSLV and 17th launch of PSLV in core alone configuration.
Indian Space Research Organization
- The Indian Space Research Organization is the national space institute of India with its headquarters in Bangalore. About seventeen thousand employees and scientists are working in this institute.
- The main task of the institute is to provide space related technology to India.
- The Indian Space Research Organization was established on 15 August 1969. Then it was named ‘Indian National Committee for Space Research’ (INCOSPAR).
- India’s first satellite, Aryabhata, was launched into space by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975. It was named after the great mathematician Aryabhata.
- It stopped working after 5 days. But this in itself was a great achievement for India.
- On 7 June 1979, India’s second satellite Bhaskar, which was 442 kg, was installed in the Earth’s orbit.
- In 1980 the Rohini satellite became the first Indian-made launch vehicle SLV-3 to be placed in orbit.