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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.
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1963: First sounding rocket launched from TERLS on November 21, 1963.
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1965: Space Science & Technology Centre (SSTC) established in Thumba.
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1967: Satellite Telecommunication Earth Station set up at Ahmedabad.
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1972: Space Commission and Department of Space set up.
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1975: First Indian Satellite, Aryabhata, launched (April 19, 1975).
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1976: Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) conducted.
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1979: Bhaskara-1, an experimental satellite launched. First experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini satellite on board failed.
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1980: Second experimental launch of SLV-3 Rohini satellite successfully placed in orbit.
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1981: APPLE, an experimental geostationary communication satellite successfully launched on June 19.
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1981: Bhaskara-II launched on November 20.
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1982: INSAT-1A launched (April); deactivated in September.
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1983: Second launch of SLV-3. RS-D2 placed in orbit. INSAT-1B launched.
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1984: Indo-Soviet manned space mission (April). Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to reach space.
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1987: ASLV with SROSS-1 satellite on board launched.
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1988: First Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-1A launched. INSAT-1C launched (July). Abandoned in November.
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1990: INSAT-1D launched successfully.
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1991: Launch of second operational Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1B (August).
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1992: Third developmental launch of ASLV with SROCC-C on board (May). Satellite placed in orbit. First indigenously built satellite INSAT-2A launched successfully.
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1993: INSAT-2B launched in July successfully. First developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-1E on board fails.
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1994: Fourth developmental launch of ASLV successful (May). Second developmental launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with IRS-P2 successfully (October).
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1995: INSAT-2C launched in December. Third operational IRS (IRS) launched.
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1996: Third developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P3 successful (March).
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1997: INSAT-2D launched in June becomes inoperational in October. Arabsat1C, since renamed INSAT-2DT, acquired in November. First operational launch of PSLV with IRS-1D successful (September).
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1998: INSAT system capacity augmented with the readiness of INSAT-2DT acquired from Arabsat (January).
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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).
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2000: INSAT-3B was launched on 22 March 2000.
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2001: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D1 (GDLV-D1), the first developmental launch of GSLV with GSAT-1 onboard partially successful.
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2002: INSAT-3C launced successfully by Arianespace (January), PSLV-C4 launches KALPANA-1 (September).
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2003: GSLV-D2, the second developmental launch of GSLV with GSAT-2 successful (May).
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2004: First operational flight of GSLV (F1) successfully launches EDUSAT (September).
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2005: Launch of CARTOSAT and HAMSAT by PSLV-C6 from the second launch pad (Universal Launch Pad) (May).
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2006: INSAT 4A Launched successfully. Planned launch of CARTOSAT-2, SRE and LAPAN-TUBSAT
