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Revision note: India's Space Programme: Launchers, Missions and Reforms

  • INCOSPAR 1962 (Sarabhai); Thumba Nov 1963 (magnetic equator); ISRO 1969; DoS & Space Commission 1972; Aryabhata 1975; SLV-3 1980 (Kalam)
  • PSLV (4-stage, 104 satellites Feb 2017); GSLV (cryogenic, 2014); LVM3 (4 t to GTO); SSLV (500 kg; ToT to HAL 2025); NGLV 2024
  • NavIC 7 satellites; NVS-01 2023; NISAR July 2025
  • Chandrayaan-3: south pole landing 23 Aug 2023 (Shiv Shakti point; National Space Day); Mangalyaan 2013–14; Aditya-L1 at L1 (Jan 2024); XPoSat 2024; SPADEX docking (4th country); Shubhanshu Shukla on ISS (Ax-4, 2025)
  • Reforms: NSIL 2019, IN-SPACe 2020, Space Policy 2023, FDI 2024; Vikram-S Nov 2022; Agnibaan 2024; Artemis Accords June 2023; Mission Shakti ASAT Mar 2019
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