2 April 1984
Indian Manned Spaceflight
Satish Dhawan leads ISRO when Rakesh Sharma begins the first spaceflight by an Indian citizen aboard Soyuz T-11.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Baikonur in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Satish Dhawan leads ISRO when Rakesh Sharma begins the first spaceflight by an Indian citizen aboard Soyuz T-11.
U. R. Rao oversees the launch of IRS-1A, beginning India's operational remote-sensing satellite series.
Provenance
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