Największe osiągnięcia indyjskiego programu kosmicznego 1962-2019 (1)
1962
• Indian National Committee for Space Research formed and works on establishing Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started
1963
• First sounding rocket launch from TERLS (November 21, 1963)
1965
• Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) established in Thumba
1967
• Experimental Satellite Communication Earth Station (ESCES) set up at Ahmedabad
1968
• TERLS dedicated to the United Nations (February 2, 1968)
1969
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed (August 15, 1969)
1972
• Space Commission and Department of Space (DOS) set up. ISRO brought under DOS (June 1, 1972)
1972-76
• Air-borne remote sensing experiments
1975
• ISRO becomes Government Organisation (April 1, 1975)
• First Indian Satellite, Aryabhata, launched (April 19, 1975)
1975-76
• Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) conducted
1977-79
• Satellite Telecommunication Experimental Project (STEP) carried out
1979
• Bhaskara-I, an experimental satellite for earth observations, launched (June 7, 1979)
• First Experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini Technology Payload onboard (August 10, 1979). Satellite could not be placed in orbit
1980
• Second Experimental launch of SLV-3. Rohini satellite successfully placed in orbit (July 18,1980)
1981
• First developmental launch of SLV-3. RS-D1 placed in orbit (May 31, 1981)
• APPLE, an experimental geostationary communication satellite successfully launched (June 19, 1981)
• Bhaskara-II launched (November 20, 1981)
1982
• INSAT-1A launched (April 10, 1982). Deactivated on September 6, 1982
1983
• Second developmental launch of SLV-3. RS-D2 placed in orbit (April 17, 1983)
• INSAT-1B launched (August 30, 1983)
1984
• Indo-Soviet manned space mission (April 1984)
1987
• First developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-1 satellite onboard (March 24, 1987). Satellite could not be placed in orbit
1988
• Launch of first operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1A (March 17, 1988)
• Second developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-2 onboard (July 13, 1988).Satellite could not be placed in orbit
• INSAT-1C launched (July 22, 1988). Abandoned in November 1989
1990
• INSAT-1D launched (June 12, 1990)
• Launch of second operational Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1B (August 29, 1991)
1992
• Third developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-C on board (May 20, 1992). Satellite placed in orbit
• INSAT-2A, the first satellite of the indigenously-built second-generation INSAT series, launched (July 10, 1992)
1993
• INSAT-2B, the second satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched (July 23, 1993)
• PSLV-D1, the first developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-1E onboard (September 20,1993). Satellite could not be placed in orbit
1994
• Fourth developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-C2 onboard (May 4, 1994). Satellite placed in orbit
• PSLV-D2, the second developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P2 onboard (October 15, 1994). Satellite successfully placed in Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit
1995
• INSAT-2C, the third satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched (December 7, 1995)
• Launch of third operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C (December 28, 1995)
1996
• PSLV-D3, the third developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P3 onboard (March 21, 1996). Satellite placed in Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit
1997
• INSAT-2D, fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched (June 4, 1997). Becomes in-operable on October 4, 1997. (An in-orbit satellite, ARABSAT-1C, later renamed INSAT-2DT, was acquired in November 1997 to partly augment INSAT system)
• PSLV-C1, the first operational launch of PSLV with IRS-1D onboard (September 29, 1997). Satellite placed in orbit
1998
• INSAT system capacity augmented with the readiness of INSAT-2DT acquired from ARABSAT (January 1998)
1999
• INSAT-2E, the last satellite in the multipurpose INSAT-2 series, launched by Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana (April 3, 1999)
• Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT-1), launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C2) along with Korean KITSAT-3 and German DLR-TUBSAT from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota (May 26, 1999)
2000
• INSAT-3B, the first satellite in the third generation INSAT-3 series, launched by Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana (March 22, 2000)
2001
• Successful flight test of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D1) on April 18, 2001 with an experimental satellite GSAT-1 onboard
• Successful launch of PSLV-C3 on October 22, 2001 placing three satellites – India’s TES, Belgian PROBA and German BIRD into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit
2002
• Successful launch of INSAT-3C by Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana (January 24, 2002)
• Successful launch of KALPANA-1 by ISRO’s PSLV-C4 from SDSC SHAR (September 12, 2002)
2003
• Successful launch of INSAT-3A by Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana (April 10, 2003)
• Successful launch of GSLV-D2, the second developmental test flight of GSLV with GSAT-2 onboard from SDSC SHAR (May 8, 2003)
• Successful launch of INSAT-3E by Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana (September 28, 2003)
• Successful launch of Resourcesat-1 by ISRO’s PSLV-C5 from SDSC SHAR (October 17, 2003)
2004
• GSLV-F01, the first operational flight of GSLV from SDSC SHAR. EDUSAT successfully placed in GTO (September 20, 2004)
2005
• Successful launch of Cartosat-1 and HAMSAT by PSLV-C6 from the newly established Second Launch Pad at SDSC SHAR (May 5, 2005)
• Successful launch of INSAT-4A by Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana (December 22, 2005)
2006
• GSLV-F02, the second operational flight of GSLV from SDSC SHAR with INSAT-4C onboard (July 10, 2006). The satellite could not be placed in orbit
2007
• PSLV-C7 successfully launches four satellites – India’s Cartosat-2 and Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1) as well as Indonesia’s LAPAN-TUBSAT and Argentina’s PEHUENSAT-1 (January 10, 2007)
• Successful recovery of SRE-1 after manoeuvring it to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere and descend over the Bay of Bengal about 140 km East of Sriharikota (January 22, 2007)
• Successful launch of INSAT-4B by Ariane launch vehicle from Korou, French Guyana on March 12, 2007
• PSLV-C8 successfully launches an Italian satellite AGILE on April 23, 2007 under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation
• Launch of GSLV-F04 with INSAT-4CR onboard from SDSC SHAR on September 2, 2007
2008
• PSLV-C10successfully launches TECSAR satellite on January 21, 2008 under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation
• PSLV-C9 successfully launches ten satellites on April 28, 2008: India’s Cartosat-2A, Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) and eight Nano Satellites for International Customers under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation
• PSLV-C11 successfully launches Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on October 22, 2008
• European Ariane-5 launch vehicle successfully launches W2M satellite on December 21, 2008 jointly built by Antrix/ISRO and EADS Astrium on a commercial basis
2009
• PSLV-C12 successfully launches RISAT-2 and ANUSAT, on April 20, 2009
• PSLV-C14 successfully launches OCEANSAT-2 and six nanosatellites for international customers under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation (September 23, 2009)
2010
• Successful static testing of GSLV-MkIII Launch Vehicle’s S200 Solid Propellant Booster Rocket Stage(January 24, 2010)
• GSLV-D3, the first launch of GSLV with indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage and GSAT-4 satellite onboard. GSAT-4 could not be placed in orbit (April 15, 2010)
• PSLV-C15, the seventeenth flight of PSLV, successfully launches India’s Cartosat-2B and STUDSAT, Algeria’s ALSAT-2A, Canada’s NLS-1 and NLS-2 on (July 12, 2010)
• Successful Static Testing of GSLV-MkIII Launch Vehicle’s L110 Liquid Core Stage (September 8, 2010)
• European Ariane-5 launch vehicle successfully launches HYLAS satellite on November 27, 2010 jointly built by Antrix/ISRO and EADS Astrium on a commercial basis
• GSLV-F06, the seventh launch of GSLV with GSAT-5P satellite onboard, could not place the satellite in orbit (December 25, 2010)