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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The U R Rao Satellite Centre is the Indian Space Research Organisation's lead establishment in Bengaluru for designing, building, and testing satellites.
- When and why was ISAC renamed the U R Rao Satellite Centre?
- How does URSC differ from VSSC and the Sriharikota spaceport?
- Which major Indian missions were built at URSC?
- How is private industry changing URSC's role?

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1. 19 April 1975

   Located at Vimanapura in Bengaluru, Karnataka, it traces its institutional origin to the establishment of the Indian Scientific Satellite Project (ISSP) in 1…

2. 22 March 2017

   On the Government of India renamed it the U R Rao Satellite Centre in honour of Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932–2017), the satellite scientist and former ISRO C…

3. 23 August 2023

   Flagship science and interplanetary missions, including Chandrayaan-1 (2008), the Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan (2013), Chandrayaan-2 (2019), Chandrayaan-3…

4. 2 September 2023

   Flagship science and interplanetary missions, including Chandrayaan-1 (2008), the Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan (2013), Chandrayaan-2 (2019), Chandrayaan-3…

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In August 2023 the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft—integrated and environmentally tested at the U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru—achieved India's first soft landing near the Moon's south pole.

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