Chronology of Spce programme

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Indian Space Programme was formally launched in 1972 with the setting up of Space Commission and the Department of Space. The primary objective of the Indian Space Program is to establish operational space services in a self-reliant manner. The main thrusts of the Program are Satellite-based communications for various applications; Satellite - based resources survey and management, and environmental monitoring; meteorological applications; and development and operationalisation of indigenous satellites, launch vehicles and associated ground segment for providing these space-based services.

Chronology

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) near Trivandrum began.
1963	First sounding rocket launched from TERLS
1967	Satellite Telecommunication Earth Station set up at Ahmedabad.
1972	Space Commission and Department of Space set up.
1975	First Indian Satellite, Aryabhata, launched (April 19, 1975).
1979	Bhaskara-1, an experimental satellite launched. First experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini satellite on board failed.
1980	Second experimental launch of SLV-3 Rohini satellite successfully placed in orbit.
1981	APPLE, an experimental geostationary communication satellite successfully launched on June 19.
1981	Bhaskara-II launched on November 20.
1982	INSAT-1A launched (April); deactivated in September.
1983	Second launch of SLV-3. RS-D2 placed in orbit. INSAT-1B launched.
1984	Indo-Soviet manned space mission (April). Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to reach space.
1987	ASLV with SROSS-1 satellite on board launched.
1988	First Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-1A launched. INSAT-1C launched (July). Abandoned in November.
1990	INSAT-1D launched successfully.
1991	Launch of second operational Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1B (August).
1992	Third developmental launch of ASLV with SROCC-C on board (May). Satellite placed in orbit. First indigenously built satellite INSAT-2A launched successfully.
1993	INSAT-2B launched in July successfully. First developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-1E on board fails.
1994	Fourth developmental launch of ASLV successful (May). Second developmental launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with IRS-P2 successfully (October).
1995	INSAT-2C launched in December. Third operational IRS (IRS) launched.
1996	Third developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P3 successful (March).
1997	INSAT-2D launched in June becomes in operational in October. Arabsat1C, since renamed INSAT-2DT, acquired in November. First operational launch of PSLV with IRS-1D successful (September).
1998	INSAT system capacity augmented with the readiness of INSAT-2DT acquired from Arabsat (January).
1999	INSAT-2E the last satellite in the multi-purpose INSAT-2 series, launched by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana (April 3, 1999). IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT), launched by Polar Satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-C2) along with Korean KITSAT-3 and German DLR-TUBSAT from Sriharikota (26 May 1999).
2000	INSAT-3B was launched on 22 March 2000.
2001	Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D1 (GDLV-D1), the first developmental launch of GSLV with GSAT-1 onboard partially successful.
2002	INSAT-3C launched successfully by Arianespace (January), PSLV-C4 launches KALPANA-1 (September).
2003	GSLV-D2, the second developmental launch of GSLV with GSAT-2 successful (May).
2004	First operational flight of GSLV (F1) successfully launches EDUSAT (September).
2005	Launch of CARTOSAT and HAMSAT by PSLV-C6 from the second launch pad (Universal Launch Pad) (May).
2006	INSAT 4A Launched successfully. Planned launch of CARTOSAT-2, SRE and LAPAN-TUBSAT.
2006	Second operational flight of GSLV (GSLV-F02) from SDSC SHAR with INSAT-4C on board. (July 10, 2006). Satellite could not be placed in orbit.
2007	ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C7 successfully launches four satellites - India’s CARTOSAT-2 and Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1) and Indonesia’s LAPAN-TUBSAT and Argentina’s PEHUENSAT-1 (January 10, 2007).
2007	Successful recovery of SRE-1 after manoeuvring it to reenter the earth’s atmosphere and descend over the Bay of Bengal about 140 km east of Sriharikota (January 22, 2007).
2007	Successful launch of INSAT-4B by Ariane-5 from Kourou French Guyana, (March 12, 2007).
2007	ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C8, successfully launched Italian astronomical satellite, AGILE from Sriharikota (April 23, 2007).
2007	Successful launch of GSLV (GSLV-F04) with INSAT-4CR on board from SDSC SHAR (September 2, 2007).
2008	PSLV-C9 successfully launches CARTOSAT-2A, IMS-1 and 8 foreign nano satellites from Sriharikota (April 28, 2008).
2008	PSLV-C10 successfully launches TECSAR satellite under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation (January 21, 2008).
2008	PSLV-C11 launches India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-I on 22nd October
2009	PSLV-C12 puts into space RISAT-2, India’s first all weather observation spy satellite and ANUSAT of Annalmalai University on 20th April
2009	PSLV C-14 puts into orbit India’s 960-kg Oceansat-2 and six foreign nano satellites after blasting off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on 23rd Septemeber
2009	The PSLV-C15 carrying Cartosat -2B and four other satellites blasted off successfully from Sriharikota on 12 July
2010	GSLV-D3 fails due to stoppage of fuel booster turbo pump on 15th of April
2012	India successfully launched its 100th space mission with the indigenous PSLV-C21 rocket putting in orbit two foreign satellites.
2013	India successfully launched its 100th space mission with the indigenous PSLV-C21 rocket putting in orbit two foreign satellites.
2014	Mars Orbiter Spacecraft Successfully Inserted into Mars Orbit, First Experimental Flight of India's Next Generation Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk-III Successful
2015	PSLV Successfully Launches India's first dedicated Multi Wavelength Space Observatory ASTROSAT
2016	PSLV-C33 Successfully Launches India's Seventh Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1G. IRNSS mission accomplished.
2017	PSLV C37 successfully launches 104 satellitesusing a single rocket, breaking the previous record of 37 satellites set by Russia in 2014
2017	PSLV-C38 successfully launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota
2017	Launch of PSLV-C39/IRNSS-1H, was unsuccessful
2018	PSLV-C40 successfully launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite for earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 613 kg at lift-off.
2018	PSLV-C41 in XL configuration launched IRNSS-1I Satellite from First Launch Pad (FLP) of SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The 'XL' configuration of PSLV is used for the twentieth time. The IRNSS-1I is the eighth satellite to join the NavIC navigation satellite constellation.