India's national space agency, which builds and launches satellites and space missions.

ISRO full form: Indian Space Research Organisation

Q: What is the full form of ISRO?

ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organisation.

How to say it: as a word, not letter by letter.

ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organisation. It is the national space agency of India. It designs and builds satellites and rockets, launches them, and runs India's missions to the Moon, to Mars and to study the Sun.

A short history

India's space programme began in the 1960s under the scientist Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of the Indian space programme. ISRO itself was formed on 15 August 1969. It works under the Department of Space of the Government of India, and its headquarters are in Bengaluru.

Milestones

1975: Aryabhata, India's first satellite, was launched by a Soviet rocket.
1980: Rohini became the first satellite put in orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle, SLV-3.
2008: Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon.
2013 to 2014: Mangalyaan, the Mars Orbiter Mission, reached Mars orbit at the first attempt.
2023: Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing near the south pole of the Moon on 23 August, and Aditya-L1 was launched to study the Sun.

Full forms from the world of ISRO

PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.
LVM3: Launch Vehicle Mark-3.
SLV: Satellite Launch Vehicle.
INSAT: Indian National Satellite System.
IRS: Indian Remote Sensing satellites.
NavIC: Navigation with Indian Constellation.
SDSC: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launch site at Sriharikota.
VSSC: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, at Thiruvananthapuram.

Saying it

ISRO is said as a word, "is-ro", not letter by letter.

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