SLV-3 Experimental Flight
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam leads the SLV-3 project during India's first experimental flight of its indigenous satellite launch vehicle.
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Biography and Timeline
Follow Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam through 5 dated historical records for India.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1979–1989Years on this page
1979
1980
SLV-3 Success
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam leads the SLV-3 team when the launcher successfully places the Rohini satellite into orbit.
1983
Integrated Guided Missile Programme
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam takes a leading role in the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme for indigenous missile systems.
1988
Prithvi Missile Test
Under A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's missile programme leadership, the Prithvi surface-to-surface missile undergoes its first test flight.
1989
Agni Technology Demonstrator
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's missile programme conducts the first flight of the Agni technology demonstrator.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.