Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is the lead Centre for development of satellite launch vehicles and associated technologies. The Centre pursues active research and development in a host of distinct technology domains like aeronautics, avionics, composites, etc with a view to achieve self-reliance in the high tech realm of launch vehicle technology. [more details]
The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (Hindi: भारतीय अन्तरिक्ष विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, Malayalam: ഭാരതീയ ബഹിരാകാശ ശാസ്ത്ര സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യാപീഠം) or IIST is India’s national institute for the study and development of space science, located at Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The institute was started functioning at Antennae Training Facility (ATF) Campus, under Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. A state-of-the-art permanent campus is coming up near Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in Valiyamala, Thiruvananthapuram with an observatory in the picturesque Ponmudi Hills, Thiruvanathapuram. [more details]
