Comparison between ISRO and NASA

ISRO (Indian Space Research and Organisation)

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Introduction:
The Indian Space Research and Organisation(ISRO) in hindi Bharatiya Anusandhan Sangathan is the national space agency of India,headquartered in Bengaluru it operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the prime minister of India.
 
History:
The Committee for Space Research name INCOSPAR(Indian National Committee for space Research) was established in 15 August 1962 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) by jawaharlal nehru,but on the urging of scientist vikram sarabhai recognising the need in space research INCOSPAR grew and became ISRO in 1969,within DAE.
 
Successful Missions:
• ISRO built India's first satellite,Aryabhata,which was launched by the soviet union on 19 April 1975.
• In 1980,ISRO launched satellite RS-1 onboard with its own SLV-3 making India the sixth country to be capable of undertaking orbital launches.
• ISRO subsequently succeeded by development of many medium-lift launch vehicles,rocket engines,satellite systems and networks enabling agency to launch hundreds of domestic and foreign satellite and various deep space mission for space exploration.
• ISRO was the world's first space agency to confirm the existence of water molecules on the surface of the moon.
• It has the world's largest constellation of remote-sensing satellites and operations two satellites navigation systems namely GAGAN,NAVIC.
• It has sent two missions to moon and one on mars in its first attempt.
(This list contains only some mission name)
Budget:
•The annual Budget of ISRO was 13,949 crore(US $1.9 billion (2021-2022)).

Revenue generated by ISRO:
• The revenue earned by ISRO through commercial arm within last five years was RS 1,245.17 crore by launching satellites of other countries.

Total Mission:
• The total mission that ISRO has carried out was 111 spacecraft missions.
• The total 342 satellites are launched by ISRO including the foreign satellites of 36 different countries from which 120 are Indian satellites in space.

Upcoming Mission of ISRO

  Mission

Launching  date

            Spacecraft

RISAT-1A

        2021

Radar imaging satellite

Gaganyaan-1

June 2022

Uncrewed spacecraft flight test

Aditya-L-1

Mid 2022

Solar observation

Chandrayaan-3

2022

Lunar lander

Gaganyaan-2

2022-2023

Uncrewed spacecraft light test

NISAR

January 2023

SAR Satellite

Gaganyaan-3

2023

Crewed spacecraft

Shukrayaan-1

December 2024

Venus orbiter

Lunar Polar Exploration Mission

2024

Lunar lander rover

Mangalyaan-2

2024

Mars orbiter

 


NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)



Introduction:
The NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) is a independent agency of the US federal government  responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and space research.NASA has sponsored space expenditure,both human and mechanical,that have yielded vital information about the solar system and universe.The most successful mission by NASA was apollo mission.
   
History:
NASA has established in 1958 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.It is created in response of soviet union's first satellite launch Sputnik-1.The agency was to have a distinctly civilian orientation encouraging peaceful application in space science its establishment most US space exploration efforts have been led by NASA.

Successful Mission:
• The Apollo moon landing mission.
• The skylab space station.
• The space shuttle.
• NASA also supports the International space station,launch system,commercial crew vehicles and the planned lunar gateway space station. 
(This list contains only some of the mission name)

Budget:
The annual budget of NASA is around $ 23.3 billion (176 crore).

Revenue Generated by NASA:
According to the economic impact report.The NASA generate more than $ 64.3 billion in total economics output.

Total mission:
NASA carries total 10 program with 245 crewed mission launched and there are currently 80 active missions. 

Upcoming Mission of NASA

Mission

Launching date

Spacecraft

spaceX  crew-3

October 2021

Dragon spacecraft

Artemis I

November 2021

Orion spacecraft

spaceX crew-2

November 2021

Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket

Axiom-1

Feb 2022

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Capstone- Cubesat pathfinder

March 2022

Electron rocket

spaceX crew-4

April 2022

SpaceX rocket





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