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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum :

• Responsible for development of rocket launch vehicles.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota :

• A launch complex and production centre of propellants.

ISRO Satellite Centre (SAC), Bangalore :

• Responsible for space craft mainframe development.

Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad :

• Main centre for space application and development of spacecraft’s payloads.

Auxiliary Propulsion System Unit (APSU), Bangalore and Trivandrum :

• Develops propulsion control packages for launch vehicles and spacecrafts.

Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU), Ahmedabad :

• Produces development and educational television programs.
• ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC).
• Consists of five ground stations located at Sriharikota, Kovalpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Car Nicobar and Ahmedabad with headquarters at Bangalore.

National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad :

• For utilizing the potential of remote sensing, mainly in the context of natural resources survey.
• Indian National Satellite Space Segment Project Office (INSAT – INSSPO).
• Responsible for implementation and operation of the space segment for INSAT.
• The Master Control Facility for INSAT spacecrafts is located at Hassan in Karnataka. The second centre is at Bhopal.

Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad :

• To carry out research in outer space.

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) :

• A US – sponsored mission near Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) is a rocket launching facility which became operational in 1963.

Rocket Propellent Plant (RPP), Thumba :

Commissioned in 1969, it is engaged in production of solid propellant blocks to support rocket launching programs.

Experimental Satellite Communication Earth Station (ESCES), Ahmedabad :

• Set – up in 1967, to impart instruction in satellite communication technology.

Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), Ahmedabad :

• Set up in 1970, to conduct joint TV experiments.

Experimental Satellite Communication Earth Station, Arvi, Pune :

• India’s first satellite communication earth station. It operates through the INTERSAT – III satellite positioned over the Indian Ocean. Second station has been opened at Dehradun.

National Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere Reader Facility (NMRF) – Gadanki (near Tirupati) :

• To carry out atmospheric research.

Milestones of Indian Space Program :

Secreted by	Enzymes	Acts on	Products
Salivary Glands	Ptyalin (Salivary Amylase)	Starch, Glycogen, Dextrins	Maltose, Isomaltose, 'Limit' Dextrins
Gastric	Pepsin (Activated from Pepsinogen by HCI)	Proteins, Calcium Paracaseinate	Peptones
	Rennin (Activated from Prorennin by HCI)	Casein	Paracasein and Whey Proteins
	Gastric Lipase	Fats	Fatty Acids and Monoglycerides
Pancreas	Trypsin (Activated from Trypsinogen by Enterokinase)	Proteins	Peptides
	Chymotrypsin (Activated from Chymotrypsinogen by Trypsin)	Proteins, Casein	Peptides, Paracasein (curd)
	Pancreatic Amylase	Starch, Glycogen, Dextrins	Maltose, Isomaltose, 'Limit' Dextrins
	Pancreatic Lipase	Emulsified fats	Fatty Acids, Glycerol, Monoglycerides, Diglycerides and Triglycerides
	Carboxypeptidases (Activated from Procarboxypeptidases by Trypsin)	Peptides	Amino Acids and Dipeptides
	DNAse	DNA	Deoxyribonucleotides
	RNAse	RNA	Ribonucleotides
Intestinal Glands	Intestinal amylase	Starch, Glycogen, Dextrins	Maltose, Isomaltose, 'Limit' Dextrins
	Maltose	Maltose	Glucose
	Isomaltase	Isomaltose	Glucose
	'Limit' Dextrinase	'Limit' Dextrins	Glucose
	Invertase (Sucrase)	Sucrose	Glucose, Fructose
	Lactase	Lactose	Glucose, Galactose
	Intestinal Lipase	Emulsified fats (Tri-, Di- Monoglycerides)	Fatty Acids, Glycerol
	Nucleotidases	Nucleotides	Nucleosides and Inorganic Phosphates
	Nucleosidases	Nucleosides	Nitrogenous Bases, Pentose Sugars