Highlights of Indian Space History

• 1963 - First sounding rocket launched from TERLS (November 21, 1963).

• 1965 -Space Science & Technology Centre (SSTC) established in Thumba.

• 1967 - Satellite Telecommunication Earth Station set up at Ahmedabad.

• 1969 - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.

• 1972 - Space Commission and Department of Space set up. ISRO brought under DOS (June 1, 1972).

• 1975 - ISRO becomes Government Organisation (April 1, 1975). First Indian Satellite, Aryabhata, launched (April 19, 1975).

• 1979 - Bhaskara-I, an experimental satellite for earth observations, launched (June 7, 1979). First Experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini Technology Payload on board (August 10, 1979). Satellite could not be placed in orbit.

• 1981- First developmental launch of SLV-3.

• 1984 - Indo-Soviet manned space mission (April 1984).

• 1987 - First developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-1 satellite on board (March 24, 1987). Satellite could not be placed in orbit.

• 2001 - First Launch of the GSLV successfully completed on April 18 2001.

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Books

• The Japanese and Indian Space Programmes: Two Roads into Space
  by Brian Harvey from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

• Observational Evidence for Black Holes in the Universe: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Calcutta, India, Januarary 10-17, 1998 (Astrophysics)
  by Sandip K. Chakrabarti (Editor) from Amazon.com.

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India in Space and Astronomy Links

• ISRO-Indian Space Research Organisation: I