10 August 1979
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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Browse historical events and people recorded at Sriharikota in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam leads the SLV-3 project during India's first experimental flight of its indigenous satellite launch vehicle.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam leads the SLV-3 team when the launcher successfully places the Rohini satellite into orbit.
The PSLV programme conducts its first developmental flight while U. R. Rao is chairman of ISRO.
K. Kasturirangan leads ISRO when PSLV-D2 successfully places IRS-P2 into orbit, establishing the launcher as a dependable system.
The first developmental GSLV flight takes place during K. Kasturirangan's chairmanship, testing India's new geosynchronous launch capability.
K. Kasturirangan oversees GSLV-D2, which places the experimental GSAT-2 spacecraft into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
G. Madhavan Nair leads ISRO when EDUSAT launches as India's first satellite built specifically to support distance education.
Mylswamy Annadurai serves as project director when Chandrayaan-1 launches on India's first mission to the Moon.
During K. Radhakrishnan's chairmanship, the Mars Orbiter Mission leaves Sriharikota on India's first interplanetary venture.
GSLV-D5 flies successfully with an indigenous cryogenic upper stage during K. Radhakrishnan's chairmanship.
AstroSat launches during A. S. Kiran Kumar's chairmanship as India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory.
ISRO flies the RLV-TD technology demonstrator during A. S. Kiran Kumar's tenure, testing systems intended for reusable launch vehicles.
An indigenous air-breathing scramjet technology demonstrator is flight-tested during A. S. Kiran Kumar's chairmanship.
PSLV-C37 deploys 104 satellites in one mission during A. S. Kiran Kumar's tenure as ISRO chairman.
The first developmental GSLV Mk III flight carrying GSAT-19 takes place while A. S. Kiran Kumar heads ISRO.
K. Sivan leads ISRO when Chandrayaan-2 launches toward the Moon with an orbiter, lander and rover.
ISRO conducts the inaugural SSLV developmental flight during S. Somanath's tenure as chairman.
The second SSLV developmental mission succeeds during S. Somanath's chairmanship and places its payloads into the intended orbit.
Chandrayaan-3 departs Sriharikota aboard LVM3 during S. Somanath's chairmanship for India's renewed lunar landing mission.
The TV-D1 mission tests the Gaganyaan crew escape system in flight during S. Somanath's chairmanship.
The ATV-D03 flight tests indigenous air-breathing propulsion technology during S. Somanath's chairmanship.
The two SpaDeX spacecraft launch during S. Somanath's tenure to demonstrate rendezvous and docking technologies in orbit.
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