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title: "Facts about ISRO you didn't know"  
description: "Indian Space Research Organisation, the pioneer space exploration agency of the Government of India, has bagged the prestigious record of sending a Mars orbiter"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-18  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1611/facts-about-isro-you-didn-t-know  
category: "space science"  
tags: ["ISRO", "ISRO facts", "space organization", "Indian space organization", "ISRO fun facts"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Facts about ISRO you didn't know

![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/325d8c9e-a950-402e-9fbb-3b7ce572a1a8.jpeg) ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/629b2a95-f9f7-42dd-adbe-162d3cc0c071.jpeg) All of ISRO’s equipments have the three horizontal lines of ‘Vibhuti’ and ‘Kumkum’, similar to the one seen on Lord Shiva’s forehead. ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/0533a35e-4bd1-47d8-8130-85c4f0436668.jpeg) Before every satellite launch, scientists visit Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala and offer prayers to Lord Manjunathaswamy. ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/ce82980c-d2d2-443d-8445-7d23245d92a7.jpeg) ISRO’s Apple Satellite was carried on a bullock cart for an antenna-range test in 1981. ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/bc304b61-921f-4e77-8214-db23f4ec8043.jpeg) ISRO sent the Mars orbiter to the red planet in 2013, making India the first country to do so in its first attempt, that too in a small budget ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/5a82be54-a82d-48c6-99df-2d5cdbf5dfc8.jpeg) Chandrayan – India’s first lunar mission launched in 2008, made India the 4th country to host its flag on the moon. ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/946234dc-f403-4189-affb-eedf7bf2c34f.jpeg) India’s Mars Orbiter mission of $74 million, was far cheaper than other comparable missions like NASA’s ‘Mars Mission Maven’ which cost $671 million. ![Facts about ISRO you didn t know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a7da379f-dbb5-44b2-b898-93e97fc5fc9b/images/bbb24cf8-24ec-4bad-8c3f-ef7c3999fd93.jpeg) ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix, which promote ISRO’s products, services and technologies, achieved a turnover of Rs. 18 billion in 2014–15

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