‡ With as many as 500 private firms actively

participating in India's space programme,

time is ripe for the industry and the ISRO.
‡ Around 60 per cent of India's space
budget goes into industrial houses today.
‡ ³Industry has always been a key
participant in ISRO's projects, whether in
producing components, electronic systems
for launch vehicles or building ground
infrastructure´ Mr. Radhakrishnan.
infrastructure´
m 1962-Indian National Committee
1962-
for Space Research (INCOSPAR)
formed by the Department of
Atomic Energy and work on
establishing Thumba Equatorial
Rocket Launching Station (TERLS)
started.
m 1963--First sounding rocket
1963
launched from TERLS (November
21, 1963).
m 1967--Satellite Telecommunication
1967
Earth stations set up at
Ahmedabad
m 1969--Indian Space Research
1969
Organization (ISRO) formed under
Department of Atomic Energy
(August 15, 1969).
m 1975--ISRO First Indian Satellite,
1975
Aryabhata,, launched (April 19,
Aryabhata
1975).
m Becomes Government
Organization (April 1, 1975).
m 1980-Second Experimental
1980-
launch of SLV
SLV--3, Rohini
satellite successfully placed in
orbit. (July 18, 1980).
m 1981- Bhaskara
1981- Bhaskara--II launched
(November 20, 1981).
m APPLE, an experimental geo-geo-
stationary communication
satellite successfully
launched (June 19, 1981).
m RS--D1 placed in orbit (May
RS
31, 1981)
m First developmental launch of
SLV--3.
SLV
m 1984--Indo-
1984 Indo-Soviet manned
space mission (April 1984).
m 1988--INSAT 1C launched
1988
successfully (July 21,1988)
1990--2000
1990 2000
I. ASLV with SROSS
SROSS--Con board
(May 20, 1992).
II. First developmental launch of
PSLV with IRS
IRS--1E on board
(September 20, 1993).
III. Indian Remote Sensing
Satellite, IRS
IRS--1C (December
28, 1995).
IV. First operational launch of
PSLV with IRS
IRS--1D on board
(September 29, 1997).
V. Satellite placed in orbit.
INSAT--3B, the first satellite in
INSAT
the third generation INSAT-
INSAT-3
series, launched by Ariane
from Kourou French Guyana,
(March 22, 2000).
m 2004-The first operational flight of
2004-
GSLV (GSLV-
(GSLV-F01) successfully
launched EDUSAT from SDSC SHAR,
Sriharikota (September 20, 2004).
m 2007--Successful launch of GSLV
2007
(GSLV--F04) with INSAT
(GSLV INSAT--4CR on
board from SDSC SHAR (September
2, 2007).
m ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle, PSLV
PSLV--C8, successfully
launched Italian astronomical
satellite, AGILE from Sriharikota
(April 23, 2007).
m 2008--PSLV
2008 PSLV--C11 successfully
launches CHANDRAYAAN
CHANDRAYAAN--1 from
Sriharikota (October 22, 2008).
m 2009--PSLV
2009 PSLV--C14 successfully
launches Seven Satellites -
OCEANSAT--2, Four CUBESAT
OCEANSAT
Satellites and Two RUBIN
RUBIN--9 from
Sriharikota (Sept. 23, 2009).
m 2010--PSLV
2010 PSLV--C15 successfully
launches Five Satellites - CARTOSAT
CARTOSAT--
2B,, ALSAT
2B ALSAT--2A
2A,, two nanosatellites-
nanosatellites-
NLS--6.1 & 6.2 and a pico-
NLS pico-satellite
satellite--
STUDSAT from Sriharikota (July 12,
2010).