Indian Space Research Organisation

Indian(Bharat) Space Research Organisation

ISRO (इसरो) logo (adopted in 2002)[1][2]
Agency overview
Formed	15 August 1969; 54 years ago (1969-08-15)
Preceding agency	INCOSPAR(1962–1969)[3]
Jurisdiction	Department of Space, Government of India
Headquarters	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 12°57′56″N 77°41′53″E / 12.96556°N 77.69806°E / 12.96556; 77.69806
Employees	16,072 as of 2018[4]
Annual budget	₹11,538.26 crore (US$1.5 billion)(2019–20 est.)[5]
Agency executive	K. Sivan, Secretary (Space) and chairperson, ISRO[6], Administrator
Website	www.isro.gov.in

The Indian Space Research Organisation is the agency of India that deals with space exploration and astronomy. Also known as ISRO, the organisation has made many successes since its creation in 1969. It built and launched the Mars Orbiter Mission which made India the first country to get to Mars on its first try.

1. ↑ "ISRO gets new identity". Indian Space Research Organisation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
2. ↑ "A 'vibrant' new logo for ISRO". Times of India. 19 August 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. ↑ Spaceflight, Adam Mann 2019-03-01T22:51:45Z (March 2019). "ISRO: The Indian Space Research Organization". Space.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. ↑ "Annual Report 2017-18". ISRO.gov.in. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. ↑ "Chairman ISRO, Secretary DOS". Department of Space, Government of India. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.