Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU)
DECU at Ahmedabad is involved in the conceptualisation, definition, planning, implementation and socio-economic evaluation of space applications. The major activities of DECU at present include: EDUSAT projects, their implementation and utilisation; Training and Development Communication Channel (TDCC), Village Resource Centres (VRC), tele-medicine, science channel and new satellite communication development and applications.

ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
ISTRAC provides mission support to low-earth orbit satellites as well as launch vehicle missions. ISTRAC has its headquarters and a multi-mission Spacecraft Control Centre at Bangalore. It has a network of ground stations at Bangalore, Lucknow, Sriharikota, Port Blair and Thiruvananthapuram in India besides stations at Mauritius, Bearslake (Russia), Brunei and Biak (Indonesia). ISTRAC activities are organised into network operations, network augmentation, mission operation and spacecraft health monitoring, communications and computers and control centre facilities and development projects. Programme planning and reliability groups support ISTRAC activities. ISTRAC also operates the Local User Terminal/Mission Control Centre (LUT/MCC) under the international programme for satellite-aided search and rescue. An Indian Deep Space Tracking Network station at Bangalore for India’s mission to moon, Chandrayaan-1, is being established by ISTRAC.

 

SRO Radar Development Unit (ISRAD) at Bangalore, working under the overall umbrella of ISAC has been integrated with ISTRAC. Research and development in the area of radar systems needed for space programme like tracking radars, wind profile radar and weather radars needed for meteorological applications are being undertaken.

Master Control Facility (MCF)
MCF at Hassan in Karnataka and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh monitors and controls all the geo-stationary satellites of ISRO. MCF carries out operations related to initial orbit raising of satellites, in-orbit payload testing, and on-orbit operations throughout the life of these satellites. The operations involve continuous tracking, telemetry and commanding, special operations like eclipse management, station-keeping manoeuvres and recovery in case of contingencies. MCF interacts with the user agencies for effective utilisation of the satellite payloads and to minimise the service disturbances during special operations.

Master Control Facility, Bhopal

ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU)
IISU at Thiruvananthapuram carries out research and development in inertial sensors and systems and allied satellite elements. IISU is organised into research and development groups in the areas of launch vehicle inertial systems, spacecraft inertial systems, inertial system production and reliability and quality assurance. It has facilities for precision fabrication, assembly, clean room and integration and testing.

Laboratory for Electro-Optic Systems (LEOS)
LEOS at Bangalore carries out research and development in the field of electro-optic sensors and cameras required for satellites and launch vehicles.

National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA)
NRSA at Hyderabad is an autonomous institution under DOS. The agency is responsible for remote sensing satellite data acquisition and processing, data dissemination, aerial remote sensing and decision support for disaster management. NRSA has set up data reception station at Shadnagar near Hyderabad for acquiring data from Indian remote sensing satellites as well as others. The agency is also engaged in executing remote sensing application projects in collaboration with the users. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing at Dehra Dun, which conducts training courses in remote sensing for user agency personnel at different levels, functions under NRSA.

Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)
PRL at Ahmedabad, is an autonomous institution supported mainly by DOS. It is a premier institute engaged in basic research in experimental and theoretical physics, astronomy and astrophysics, earth, planetary and atmospheric sciences. The activities cover a wide spectrum of competitive research in all these areas. PRL is also involved in conducting extensive academic programmes for Doctoral and Post Doctoral research and also has an Associateship programme for university teachers. It is also entrusted with the management of the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO).

National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL)
NARL at Gadanki near Tirupati is an autonomous society supported by DOS. It is a centre for atmospheric research with facilities like mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere radar, LIDAR, lower atmospheric wind profiler, disdrometer, optical rain gauge and automatic weather station along with associated facilities. NARL is available for national and international scientists to conduct atmospheric research.

Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres (RRSSC)
Five RRSSCs have been established by DOS at Bangalore, Jodhpur, Kharagpur, Dehradun and Nagpur. RRSSCs support various remote sensing tasks specific to their regions as well as at the national level. RRSSCs participate actively in areas like disaster management, software development, agro-climatic planning, national drinking water mission, national resources census, large scale mapping, etc, besides taking up projects for various ministries and departments.

North Eastern-Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC)
NE-SAC, located at Shillong, is a joint initiative of DOS and North Eastern Council to provide support to the North Eastern region in using space science and technology for development. The centre has the mandate to develop high technology infrastructure support to enable NE states to adopt space technology inputs for their development. At present, NE-SAC is providing developmental support by undertaking specific projects, utilising space technology inputs – remote sensing, satellite communication and space science.

Antrix Corporation Limited
The Antrix Corporation Limited, Bangalore is the marketing agency under DOS with access to resources of DOS as well as Indian space industries. Antrix markets subsystems and components for satellites, undertakes contracts for building satellites to user specifications, provides launch services and tracking facilities and organises training of manpower and software development.

Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL)
The administrative control of Semi-Conductor Complex Limited, Chandigarh, a public sector undertaking under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) was transferred to Department of Space during March 2005. DOS has re-structured SCL company and has registered SCL as a research and development society in November 2005. SCL is entrusted with design and development of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) devices and development of systems for telecommunication and space sectors. SCL has facilities for fabrication of micro-electronic devices in 0.8 micron range and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Actions to upgrade the facilities to fabricate advanced devices in 0.25 micron range have been initiated.

 

Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL)

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)
IIST, an institute of excellence has been established with the objective of offering high quality education in space science and technology to meet the demands of Indian Space Programme. IIST was inaugurated on September 14, 2007 at Thiruvananthapuram.

The institute offers Bachelors Degree in Space Technology with specialisation in Avionics and Aerospace Engineering and Integrated Masters Programme in Applied Sciences with special emphasis on space related subjects. IIST will be a residential institute and is being developed on a picturesque site near Thiruvananthapuram.
140 students from various parts of the country have enrolled for under graduate and masters courses. Presently, the courses are being conducted at the alternative campus developed at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)