Ministries & Departments

Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad

The Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad is spread across two campuses having multi-disciplinary activities. The core competence of the SAC lies in evelopment of space borne and air borne instruments / payloads and their applications for national development and societal benefits. These applications are in diverse areas and primarily meet the communication, navigation and remote sensing needs of the country. Besides these, the centre also contributed significantly in scientific and planetary missions of ISRO like Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission, etc. The communication transponders developed at this Centre for Indian National Satellite (INSAT) and Geo Synchronous Satellite (GSAT) series of satellites are used by government and private sector for VSAT, DTH, internet, broadcasting, telephones etc.

Research Areas: Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Space Sciences

Ministries: Department of Space & ISRO

Contact Name: Shri D K Das, Director

Contact Address: Space Applications Centre (SAC), Jodhpur Tekra, Ambawadi Vistar P.O. Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015

Contact Phone: 079-26913401

Email:

Fax: 079-26915841

State: Gujarat

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