Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems

Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems
Agency overview
Formed1993; 31 years ago (1993)
JurisdictionDepartment of Space
HeadquartersBangalore, in Karnataka, India
Annual budgetSee the budget of ISRO
Agency executive
  • A. S. Laxmi Prasad, Director
Parent agencyISRO
WebsiteURSC home page

Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) is a research lab belonging to Indian Space Research Organisation. It involves in design and development of optics and sensor modules that can be deployed either onboard satellite or with the launch vehicle.

History

Established in 1993, Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems was established at the same place where the first Indian satellite Aryabhatta was fabricated in 1975, namely Bangalore. The laboratory has developed sensors for tracking Earth and Stars for the satellites which were launched when the space research was ushering in India. Satellites like Aryabata, Bhaskara, Apple, IRS, SROSS and INSAT-2 have been equipped with the sensors developed by this laboratory.[1] The lab has also participated in the India's first Moon mission Chandrayaan-1.[2][3] They have an instrument in ISRO's mission to Sun, Aditya-L1 designed to measure the magnetic fields around Lagrangian points.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Laboratory for Electro-Optic Systems (LEOS) (India), Space industry – Major sub-contractors". janes.com. 16 October 2006. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. ^ "The Chandrayaan Team". Zee News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Laboratory for Electro Optics Systems (LEOS)". vssc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. ^ "India's first mission to the Sun". Research Matters. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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