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- India’s first suborbital rocket launch. Today, India’s largest rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (LVM-3), stands 43.5 meters tall, and its parts are moved around using heavy-duty vehicles.
- Aryabhata – India’s first satellite. Aryabhata, named after a 5th-century Indian astronomer and mathematician, became India’s first operational satellite when it was launched on April 19, 1975.
- India reaches orbit with SLV-3 rocket. With several sounding rocket successes under its belt, India then set out to reach orbit. It achieved that feat in 1980 when it launched the experimental spin-stabilised RS-1 satellite aboard its Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) rocket from Sriharikota Range near Chennai.
- Chandrayaan-1 – India’s first lunar mission. Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first lunar mission. The word ‘Chandra’ in Sanskrit and Hindi means ‘Moon’, and the word ‘yaan’ means ‘vehicle’.
Sep 1, 2023 · Since the landing of Chandrayaan 3, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)—India's space agency—has released a handful of images, including a black-and-white shot of the stationary...
Apr 30, 2024 · If India seems like a latecomer to space flight, it is only because the country’s space agency has been slowly and steadily growing for decades, catching up with the original major players.
Aug 23, 2023 · The Indian public already takes great pride in the accomplishments of the nation’s space program, which has orbited the moon and Mars and routinely launches satellites above the Earth with far...
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Aug 23, 2023 · India is now the fourth country to stick a lunar landing, after the United States, the former Soviet Union and China. The historic touchdown occurred at 8:33 am ET (1233 GMT or 6:03 p.m. India...
Jul 14, 2023 · India's space agency says the Chandrayaan-3 has three major objectives - demonstrate safe and soft landing on the surface of the Moon, demonstrate rover operations on the Moon, and conduct...
Aug 23, 2023 · India has landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology.
