Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
| विक्रम साराभाई अंतरिक्ष केंद्र | |
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 21 November 1963 |
| Jurisdiction | Department of Space |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 8°31′48″N 76°52′18″E / 8.53000°N 76.87167°E |
| Annual budget | See the budget of ISRO |
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| Parent agency | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO VSSC home page |
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala.
The centre had its beginnings as the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in 1962. It was renamed in honour of Vikram Sarabhai, often regarded as the father of the Indian space program. H.G.S. Murthy was appointed as the first director of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is one of the main and largest research and development establishments within ISRO. VSSC is an entirely indigenous facility working on the development of sounding rockets, the Rohini and Menaka launchers, and SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV and LVM3 families of launch vehicles.