ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)

ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)

ISTRAC

ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) is responsible for providing Space Operation services that include spacecraft control, TTC support services and other related projects and services, for the launch vehicle and low earth orbiting spacecraft and deep space missions of ISRO and other space agencies around the world. Development of RADAR systems for tracking & atmospheric applications and Establishment of Ground Segment Network for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System of ISRO are the additional responsibilities of ISTRAC.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), over the years, established a comprehensive network of ground stations to provide Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) support to Satellite and Launch vehicle missions. These facilities are grouped under ISRO Telemetry, Tracking And Command Network (ISTRAC) with its headquarters at Bangalore, Karnataka State, INDIA. ISTRAC has TTC ground stations at Bangalore, Lucknow, SHAR (Sriharikota), Thiruvananthapuram, Port Blair Island, Brunei, Biak (Indonesia) and Mauritius, meeting international standards.

The Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN), commissioned during the year 2008, at Byalalu village near Bangalore forms the Ground segment for providing deep space support for India’s prestigious and first Lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-1.

ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
Plot No. 12 & 13, 3rd Main, 2nd phase
Peenya Industrial Area
Bangalore – 560 058
Website: https://www.istrac.gov.in/