First in India – Space & Technology

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First in India – Space & Technology(3)

Item	Detail
First Satellite	Aryabhatta(April 19, 1975)
Launched on	Kosmos-3M (USSR)
First Indian Cosmonaut	Sqn

First Satellite

Aryabhatta(April 19, 1975)

Launched on

Kosmos-3M (USSR)

First Indian Cosmonaut

Sqn

Leader Rakesh Sarma(1984)(7)

Item	Detail
Spacecraft	Soyuz-T11
First Woman of Indian Origin in Space	Kalpana Chawla(US, November 19, 1997)
Spacecraft	Columbia
Famous Words	'The Whole Universe is My Native Land.'Second Indian Woman in Space –Sunitha Williams(2007)
First Rocket Launch Center	Thumba(Kerala, 1963)
First Successfully Indigenous Launch Vehicle	SLV-3
First Satellite launched SLV-3	Rohini(April 17, 1983)

Spacecraft

Soyuz-T11

First Woman of Indian Origin in Space

Kalpana Chawla(US, November 19, 1997)

Spacecraft

Columbia

Famous Words

'The Whole Universe is My Native Land.'Second Indian Woman in Space –Sunitha Williams(2007)

First Rocket Launch Center

Thumba(Kerala, 1963)

First Successfully Indigenous Launch Vehicle

SLV-3

First Satellite launched SLV-3

Rohini(April 17, 1983)

First(11)

Item	Detail
Indigenously built and launched Satellite	Rohini
First Satellite Earth Station for Domestic Communications	Secunderabad
First Space Tourist of India	Santosh George
First Mapping Satellite of India	CARTOSAT I(May 5, 2005)
First Satellite in the world launched solely for Education purposes	EDUSAT aka GSAT 3(September 20, 2004)
India's First venture into the interplanetary space	Mangalyaan(November 5, 2013)
First Dedicated Multi-wavelength Observatory of India	AstroSat(September 28, 2015)
First Indigenous built all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite of India	RISAT 1(2012)
First Indian Experimental Communication Satellite	APPLE(Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment, 1981)
First Operational Multipurpose Communication and Meteorology Satellite of India	INSAT-1A(1982)
First Meteorological Satellite built by ISRO	Kalpana 1(2002)

Indigenously built and launched Satellite

Rohini

First Satellite Earth Station for Domestic Communications

Secunderabad

First Space Tourist of India

Santosh George

First Mapping Satellite of India

CARTOSAT I(May 5, 2005)

First Satellite in the world launched solely for Education purposes

EDUSAT aka GSAT 3(September 20, 2004)

India's First venture into the interplanetary space

Mangalyaan(November 5, 2013)

First Dedicated Multi-wavelength Observatory of India

AstroSat(September 28, 2015)

First Indigenous built all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite of India

RISAT 1(2012)

First Indian Experimental Communication Satellite

APPLE(Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment, 1981)

First Operational Multipurpose Communication and Meteorology Satellite of India

INSAT-1A(1982)

First Meteorological Satellite built by ISRO

Kalpana 1(2002)

Geosynchronous Satellite,Previously known asMETSAT 1,Later renamed by then PMAtal Bihari Vajpayee(15)

Item	Detail
India's First Defense Satellite	TES(Technology Experimental Satellite, October 22, 2001)
First Indigenously Made Remote Sensing Satellite of India	IRS-1A(March 17, 1988).ISRO's First Humanoid Robot Set For an Unmanned Trip Into Space –Vyommitra
First Solar Mission	Aditya-L1(expected in 2022)*
Launch Vehicle	PSLV XL
First Moon Mission	Chandrayan I(Lost communications to the probe after successfully entering the lunar orbit on November 8, 2008)
Launched on	October 22, 2008
Launch Vehicle	PSLV C-11
Launched from	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)
First Successful Moon Mission	Chandrayan II
Launched on	July 22, 2019
Launch Vehicle	GSLV Mk III-M1
Lander	Vikram
Rover	Pragyan
Launched from	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)
First Mars Mission	Mangalyaan(with France)

India's First Defense Satellite

TES(Technology Experimental Satellite, October 22, 2001)

First Indigenously Made Remote Sensing Satellite of India

IRS-1A(March 17, 1988).ISRO's First Humanoid Robot Set For an Unmanned Trip Into Space –Vyommitra

First Solar Mission*

Aditya-L1(expected in 2022)

Launch Vehicle

PSLV XL

First Moon Mission

Chandrayan I(Lost communications to the probe after successfully entering the lunar orbit on November 8, 2008)

Launched on

October 22, 2008

Launch Vehicle

PSLV C-11

Launched from

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)

First Successful Moon Mission

Chandrayan II

Launched on

July 22, 2019

Launch Vehicle

GSLV Mk III-M1

Lander

Vikram

Rover

Pragyan

Launched from

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)

First Mars Mission

Mangalyaan(with France)

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Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM)(3)

Item	Detail
Launch Vehicle	PSLV C-25
Launched on	November 5, 2013
Launched from	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)

Launch Vehicle

PSLV C-25

Launched on

November 5, 2013

Launched from

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh)

First Indian spacecraft to survive the Van Allen Belt(39 crossings)(7)

Item	Detail
First Venus Mission	Shukrayaan-I(with Sweden, expected in 2024-2026)*
First Manned Mission	Gaganyaan(expected in 2022)*
Launch Vehicle	GSLV Mk III
Father of the Indian Space Program	Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.ISRO–Headquarters –Bangalore
Established	1969
First Chairman	Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Father of Indian Nuclear Programme	Homi J. Bhabha

First Venus Mission*

Shukrayaan-I(with Sweden, expected in 2024-2026)

First Manned Mission*

Gaganyaan(expected in 2022)

Launch Vehicle

GSLV Mk III

Father of the Indian Space Program

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.ISRO–Headquarters –Bangalore

Established

1969

First Chairman

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

Father of Indian Nuclear Programme

Homi J. Bhabha

* Time-sensitive data — verify for latest information

Backup astronaut for Sqn(2)

Item	Detail
Leader Rakesh Sharma on his maiden voyage to space	Ravish Malhotra
First Solar Mission in the world	Parker Solar Probe(USA)

Leader Rakesh Sharma on his maiden voyage to space

Ravish Malhotra

First Solar Mission in the world

Parker Solar Probe(USA)

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First in India – Space & Technology(3)

Leader Rakesh Sarma(1984)(7)

First(11)

Geosynchronous Satellite,Previously known asMETSAT 1,Later renamed by then PMAtal Bihari Vajpayee(15)

Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM)(3)

First Indian spacecraft to survive the Van Allen Belt(39 crossings)(7)

Backup astronaut for Sqn(2)

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