19 June 1981
APPLE
Under Satish Dhawan, APPLE is launched as India's experimental geostationary communication satellite.
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Under Satish Dhawan, APPLE is launched as India's experimental geostationary communication satellite.
U. R. Rao oversees the launch of INSAT-2A, the first satellite in India's indigenously developed second-generation INSAT series.
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