Achievements of ISRO India

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the primary space agency of the Indian government. ISRO is amongst the six largest government space agencies in the world..


Achievements of ISRO Year by Year :
• 1962 : Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on establishing Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
• 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.
• 1968 : TERLS dedicated to the United Nations (February 2, 1968).
• 1969 : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy
• (August 15, 1969).
• 1972 : Space Commission and Department of Space set up (June 1, 1972). ISRO brought under
• DOS.
• 1972-1976 : Air-borne remote sensing experiments.
• 1975 : ISRO First Indian Satellite, Aryabhata, launched (April 19, 1975). Becomes Government Organisation (April 1, 1975).
• 1975-1976 : Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) conducted.
• 1977 : Satellite Telecommunication Experiments Project (STEP) carried out.
• 1979 : First Experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini Technology Payload on board (August 10, 1979). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. Bhaskara-I, an experimental satellite for earth observations, launched (June 7, 1979).
• 1980 : Second Experimental launch of SLV-3, Rohini satellite successfully placed in orbit.(July 18, 1980).
• 1981 : Bhaskara-II launched (November 20, 1981). APPLE, an experimental geo-stationary communication satellite successfully Launched (June 19, 1981). First developmental launch of SLV-3. RS-D1 placed in orbit (May 31, 1981).
• 1982 : INSAT-1A launched (April 10, 1982). Deactivated on September 6, 1982.
• 1983 : INSAT-1B, launched (August 30, 1983). Second developmental launch of SLV-3. RS-D2 placed in orbit (April 17, 1983).
• 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.
• 1988 : INSAT-1C launched (July 21, 1988). Abandoned in November 1989. Launch of first operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1A (March 17, 1988). Second developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-2 on board (July 13, 1988). Satellite could not be placed in orbit.
• 1990 : INSAT-1D launched (June 12, 1990).
• 1991 : Second operational Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1B, launched (August 29, 1991).
• 1992 : INSAT-2A, the first satellite of the indigenously-built second-generation INSAT series, launched (July 10, 1992). Third developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-C on board (May 20, 1992). Satellite placed in orbit.
• 1993 : First developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-1E on board (September 20, 1993). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. INSAT-2B, the second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched (July 23, 1993).
• 1994 : Second developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P2 on board (October 15, 1994). Satellite successfully placed in polar sunsynchronous orbit. Fourth developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-C2 on board (May 4, 1994). Satellite placed in orbit.
• 1995 : Launch of third operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C (December 28, 1995). INSAT-2C, the third satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched (December 7, 1995).
• 1996 : Third developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P3 on board (March 21, 1996). Satellite placed in polar sunsynchronous orbit.
• 1997 : INSAT-2D, fourth satellite in the INSAT series, launched (June 4, 1997). Becomes inoperable on October 4, 1997. (An in-orbit satellite, ARABSAT-1C, since renamed INSAT-2DT, was acquired in November 1997 to partly augment the INSAT system). First operational launch of PSLV with IRS-1D on board (September 29, 1997). Satellite placed in orbit.
• 1998 : INSAT system capacity augmented with the readiness of INSAT-2DT acquired from ARABSAT (January 1998).
• 1999 : Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT), launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C2) along with Korean KITSAT-3 and German DLR-TUBSAT from Sriharikota (May 26, 1999). INSAT-2E, the last satellite in the multipurpose INSAT-2 series, launched by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (April 3, 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 : ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C3, successfully launched three satellites Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) of ISRO, BIRD of Germany and PROBA of Belgium - into their intended orbits (October 22, 2001). The first developmental launch of GSLV-D1 with GSAT-1 on board from Sriharikota (April 18, 2001)
• 2002 : ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C4, successfully launched KALPANA-1 Satellite from Sriharikota(September 12, 2002).
• 2003 : ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C5, successfully launched RESOURCESAT-1 (IRS-P6) satellite from Sriharikota(October 17, 2003). Successful launch of INSAT-3A by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (April 10, 2003). The Second developmental launch of GSLV-D2 with GSAT-2 on board from Sriharikota (May 8, 2003).
• 2004 : The first operational flight of GSLV (GSLV-F01) successfully launched EDUSAT from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota (September 20, 2004).
• 2005 : Successful launch of INSAT-4A by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (December 22, 2005).ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C6, successfully launched CARTOSAT-1 and HAMSAT satellites from Sriharikota(May 5, 2005).

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