The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) within the early hours of Wednesday (January 29, 2025) will oversee the historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota with the GSLV-F15 mission.
The first launch, on August 10, 1979, was the experimental flight of Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3 E10) carrying the Rohini Technology Payload, which was solely partially profitable in keeping with the area company. The late former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who was then with ISRO, was the Director of this mission. Dr. Kalam and ISRO officers recovered from the setback and tasted success with the SLV-3E2 a 12 months later, on July 18, 1980, because the Rohini satellite tv for pc, RS-1, was positioned in orbit.
The SLV-3E2. Photo: isro.gov.in
After this, ISRO launched two extra SLV missions; 4 Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) missions; 62 missions from its workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV); 16 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) missions; seven Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LMV3) missions; three Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) missions; one Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) mission; one Test Vehicle Abort Mission; and one Pad Abort Test (PAT) as a part of the Gaganyaan programme.
The location of the spaceport within the east coast of India was determined upon by the founding members of the Indian area programme on account of its distinctive options. “Features like a good launch azimuth corridor for various missions, nearness to the equator (benefiting eastward launches) and large uninhabited area for a safety zone have made Sriharikota the ideal location for the spaceport,” SDSC has acknowledged on deciding on this location.
Landmark missions
Among its landmark missions have been India’s lunar missions, together with the PSLV-C11/Chandrayaan-1 in 2008, the GSLV-Mk III – M1/ Chandrayaan-2 in 2019, and the LVM3 M4/ Chandrayaan-3 in 2023, which made India the primary nation to landing on the polar area of the moon.
The PSLV-C25/Mars Orbiter Mission in 2013 was one other essential launch because it was India’s first interplanetary mission, and the PSLV-C57/ Aditya-L1 in 2023 was India’s first mission to review the Sun.
Another watershed second was the launch of the PSLV-C37/ Cartosat-2 collection in 2017. During this mission, ISRO launched a file 104 satellites in a single flight — this was a file until 2021, when it was was damaged by the SpaceX Falcon 9 that launched 143 satellites.
Not all rosy
It has not been all rosy for the area company and the launch port as there have additionally been a number of failures, together with the GSLV-F02/ INSAT-4C in 2006, GSLV-D3/ GSAT-4 and GSLV-F06/ GSAT-5P in 2010, and the GSLV-F10/ EOS-03.
Published – January 28, 2025 08:39 pm IST
