Launch Vehicle specialist Unnikrishnan Nair becomes chief of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Launch Vehicle specialist Unnikrishnan Nair becomes chief of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Question : Where is the Vssc located?
a) Thiruvananthapuram
b) New Delhi
c) Kolkata
d) None of these
Ans : a
Related Facts :

  • Distinguished scientist and launch vehicle specialist Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair took charge as the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) on Monday (February 7,2022).
  • VSSC is a key space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and specialises in rocket and space vehicles for satellite programs.
  • Nair has BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Kerala University, ME in Aerospace engineering from IISc, Bengaluru and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT(M), Chennai.
  • Nair was the Member-Secretary of the study team for Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE) and deputy project director of SRE for Deceleration and Recovery systems.
  • Importnt Facts :
  • Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and development of launch vehicle technology.
  • The Centre pursues active research and development in the fields of aeronautics, avionics, materials, mechanisms, vehicle integration, chemicals, propulsion, space ordnance, structures, space physics and systems reliability. The Centre undertakes crucial responsibilities of design, manufacturing, analysis, development and testing related to the realisation of subsystems for the different missions.
  • VSSC has extension Centres at Valiamala housing major facilities of mechanisms, vehicle integration and testing and at Vattiyoorkavu for the development of composites.
  • The major programmes at VSSC include Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and Rohini Sounding Rockets as well as the development of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk Ill, Reusable Launch Vehicles, advanced technology vehicles, air-breathing propulsion and critical technologies towards human spaceflight.

By Pawan Mishra

Links :
https://www.isro.gov.in/about-isro/vikram-sarabhai-space-centre-vssc#:~:text=Vikram%20Sarabhai%20Space%20Centre%20(VSSC)%2C%20Thiruvananthapuram%2C%20is%20the,development%20of%20launch%20vehicle%20technology.
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/s-unnikrishnan-nair-becomes-chief-of-vikram-sarabhai-space-centre-1910066-2022-02-07