Indian National committee for space research (INCOSPAR) was called by Department of Atomic Energy in 1962 led by famous scientist Homi Jahangir Bhabha. It was re-established in 1969 as ISRO (ISRO- Indian Space Research Organization). In India, manufacturing of satellites, development and launching are done by ISRO. Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai is credited to start Indian space programme. Space and planets related research and development works are being carried out with the help of space based experiments done by ISRO. Dr. A.P. J.Abdul Kalam played a vital role in manufacturing Indian satellite launching vehicle during working on many important projects of ISRO.

Nowadays, Indian become self-reliant in manufacturing of the high standard satellite launching vehicle. America and other countries also use Indian satellite launching vehicles to launch their artificial satellite. ISRO has launched more than 50 satellites of other countries. ISRO’s centres are all over India. Its main launching centre is at Shri Harikota (SHAR), near Chennai. National centre for space related research is Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad (PRL). Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located in Thiruvanthapuram. A remote sensing centre is also located at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, to study the obtained maps, information and other data, etc. from artificial satellites.