Historical Organization
Indian Space Research Organisation
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India’s Aryabhata satellite launches
📅 19 April 1975Designed and built in India, the country’s first satellite was launched on a Soviet rocket.
Indian scientists place a spacecraft in orbit
📅 19 April 1975Aryabhata began a new phase in India’s scientific and engineering space work.
An Indian satellite flies through Soviet cooperation
📅 19 April 1975The launch from Kapustin Yar illustrates international cooperation in the early Indian space program.
Aryabhata honors an Indian astronomer
📅 19 April 1975The spacecraft took its name from the mathematician and astronomer whose work was studied in the earlier astronomy batch.
Chandrayaan-1 launches toward the Moon
📅 22 October 2008India launched its first lunar mission on a PSLV rocket from Sriharikota.
Indian planetary exploration reaches lunar orbit plans
📅 22 October 2008The mission set out to map the Moon’s surface and composition from orbit.
A lunar spacecraft carries international experiments
📅 22 October 2008Chandrayaan-1 launched with Indian instruments and contributions from other space agencies.
A Moon mission begins at Sriharikota
📅 22 October 2008The successful launch marked a new stage in India’s exploration beyond Earth orbit.
Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon
📅 23 August 2023The Vikram lander touched down at high southern lunar latitudes.
India reaches a southern lunar landing site
📅 23 August 2023The landing made India the first country to soft-land in the Moon’s high southern latitude region.
Vikram prepares measurements on the surface
📅 23 August 2023The lander brought instruments for local study; later results should be dated to their separate announcements.
Pragyan rover arrives with the lander
📅 23 August 2023The successful descent created the opportunity to deploy a small rover for lunar surface exploration.