Abstract
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) since its inception four decades ago, has primarily focused its program on the triad of space applications – remote sensing, telecommunications and meteorology for the immediate socio-economic benefit of the Indian citizens. Several of its Earth observation and telecommunication satellites though carried many astronomy and space science instruments as auxiliary payloads. Building on the success of these scientific payloads for advancing space science research, ISRO is currently developing dedicated space science missions exploiting the gains being made in the indigenous deep space capabilities. This paper presents a case study of current Indian space science missions. The aim of the paper is to discuss the space policy, scientific and economic aspects of Indian space based science missions. The international cooperation on these missions and Indian contributions to foreign space science probes is also outlined.
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