in India as the Atomic Energy
Department set up the Indian
National Committee for Space
Research, and the Thumba
Equatorial Rocket Launching
Station or TERLS.
1969 saw the formation of ISRO
or the Indian Space Research
Organization, under the
Department of Atomic Energy.
1971 another step forward was
taken with the establishment of
the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh.
1975 was an important year.
The Satellite Instructional
Television Experiment was
launch, and the first Indian-
made satellite, Aryabhatta was
successfully put into orbit.
1979 marked the success of
Bhaskara-1, an Earth
observation satellite, and the
first experimental launch of SLV
– 3.
1980 witnessed the second and
successful experimental launch
of SLV- 3 that placed Rohini
satellite.
1981 was an eventful year with
the first developmental launch
of SLV – 3 that placed Rohini
into orbit, the launch of APPLE,
an experimental geostationary
satellite, and the launch of
Bhaskara – II.
1982 was the year of INSAT –
1A communication satellite was
launched.
1983 saw the second
developmental flight of SLV – 3,
and the commissioning of the
INSAT system withthe launch of
INSAT 1 B.
1984 was the year that every
Indian’s heart swelled with
pride as the first Indian
cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma
soared into space, and spent
eight days on the Russian
Space Station, SALYUT -7.
1987 was a year that ISRO
faced a setback when the first
developmental launch of
Augmented SLV, the satellite
SROSS-1 failed.
1988 saw another setback when
the second developmental
flight of ASLV with SROSS
satellite also failed. However,
the Indian Remote Sensing
satellite IRS – 1A was launched
through a Russian rocket.
1992 was a year of successes
with the launch of ASLV that
placed the SROSS-C satellite in
orbit and the launch of INSAT –
2A which was followed by the 3
and 4 series.
1993 was a disappointing year
with the failure of the first
developmental flight of Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle with
IRS-1E.
1994 on the other hand,
marked the success of the
fourth developmental flight of
ASLV with SROSS – C2.
1997 witnessed the first
operational launch of PSLV – 4
carrying IRS – 1D.
1999 was the year that PSLV
started carrying foreign
payloads along with ISRO’s
OCEANSAT.
2001 was a good year with the
successful launch of the heavy
rocket Geosynchronous Satellite
Launch Vehicle with GSAT – 1
satellite and the launch of PSLV
with India’s technology
experimental satellite and
satellites from Belgium and
Germany.
2003 GSAT – 2 on board GSLV
and RESOURCESAT – 1 by PSLV
were both launched
successfully.
2004 was teh year of that
Edusat was put into orbit
GSLV’s first operational flight.
2005 saw the commissioning of
a second launch pad at
Sriharikota as well as the
launch of CARTOSAT – 1 and
Hamsat by PSLV.
2006 was a disappointment as
the second operational flight of
GSLV with INSAT – 4C failed.
2007 was once again, a good
year. CARTOSAT – 2 with space
capsule recovery experiment
and two foreign satellites were
launched. The space capsule
was successfully recovered, and
the Italian satellite AGILE was
put into orbit by PSLV, and the
INSAT – 4CR was launched by
GSLV.
2008 was a historic year. It
witnessed the successful
launch of the Israeli satellite
Tecsar by PSLV, and India’s first
path breaking Moon mission
Chandrayaan – 1 lifted off to
international acclaim.
2010 saw the failure of two
GSLV missions. It also
witnessed the launch of
CARTOSAT – 2B, STUDSAT and
three small foreign satellite by
PSLV
2011 was a busy year on space
frontier. There was the launch
of RESOURCESAT – 2, and two
small satellite by PSLV, the
launch of GSAT – 12, the
launch of Megha Tropiques and
three small satellites, also
PSLV.
2012 On September 9th, ISRO
scored a century when a Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle put
into orbit two foreign satellites
– the French SPOT – 6 and the
Japanese Proiteres. This marked
the 100th space mission of the
Indian Space Research
Organisation.
2013 India’s first interplanetary
probe, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft
Mangalyaan launched on
November 5, 2013, from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre SHAR,
Sriharikota.
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