Satish Dhawan Space Centre - Notable Launches From SHAR

Notable Launches From SHAR

• 1979: First experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini satellite on board failed.
• 1980: Second experimental launch of SLV-3 Rohini satellite successfully placed in orbit.
• 1983: Second launch of SLV-3. RS-D2 placed in orbit.
• 1987: ASLV with SROSS-1 satellite on board launched.
• 1992: Third developmental launch of ASLV with SROCC-C on board (May). Satellite placed in orbit. First indigenously built satellite
• 1993: First developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-1E on board fails.
• 1994: Fourth developmental launch of ASLV successful (May). Second developmental launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with IRS-P2 successfully (October).
• 1995: Third operational IRS (IRS) launched.
• 1996: Third developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P3 successful (March).
• 1997: First operational launch of PSLV with IRS-1D successful (September).
• 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).
• 2001: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D1 (GSLV-D1), the first developmental launch of GSLV with GSAT-1 onboard partially successful.
• 2002: PSLV-C4 launches MetSat-1, later renamed Kalpana-1
• 2003: GSLV-D2, the second developmental launch of GSLV with GSAT-2 successful (May).
• 2004: First operational flight of GSLV (F01) successfully launches EDUSAT (September).
• 2005: Launch of CARTOSAT and HAMSAT by PSLV-C6 from the second launch pad (Universal Launch Pad) (May).
• 2006: Second operational flight of GSLV (F02) unsuccessful July 10, 2006. GSLV-F02 was carrying INSAT-4C.
• 2007: Successful launch of CARTOSAT-2, SRE-1, LAPAN-TUBSAT and PEHUENSAT-1 on PSLV C7 on January 10, 2007.
• 2007: SRE-1 splashed down in the Bay of Bengal on January 22, 2007 and was successfully recovered by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, making India one of the few countries to have re-entry technology.
• 2007: PSLV-C8 successfully places an Italian satellite, AGILE into its orbit on April 23.
• 2 September 2007 — GSLV-F04 launched with INSAT 4CR
• 21 January 2008 — PSLV-C10 launches TecSAR.
• 28 April 2008 — PSLV-C-9 launches 10 Satellites successfully (2 Indian + 8 foreign)
• 22 October 2008 — Chandrayaan-1 (Moon Vehicle) spacecraft launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota by PSLV-XL (PSLV-C11) in a highly elliptical initial orbit (IO) with perigee (nearest point to the Earth) of about 257 km and an apogee (farthest point from the Earth) of about 22,858 km.