Landmark Indian space missions
Milestones of the Indian space programme, from the first satellite to the first landing near the lunar south pole.
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aryabhata | 1975 | India's first satellite (launched on a Soviet rocket) |
| 2 | Rohini RS-1 on SLV-3 | 1980 | First satellite placed in orbit by an Indian launch vehicle |
| 3 | Chandrayaan-1 | 2008 | First lunar mission; helped confirm water molecules on the Moon |
| 4 | Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) | 2013 | Reached Mars orbit in 2014 on its first attempt |
| 5 | AstroSat | 2015 | India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory |
| 6 | PSLV-C37 | 2017 | Launched 104 satellites on a single rocket |
| 7 | Chandrayaan-2 | 2019 | Orbiter placed around the Moon; lander lost during descent |
| 8 | Chandrayaan-3 | 2023 | Soft landing near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023 |
| 9 | Aditya-L1 | 2023 | First Indian solar observatory, at the Sun–Earth L1 point |
| 10 | SpaDeX | 2024 | First Indian in-orbit docking of two satellites (January 2025) |
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