ISRO set for a historic a hundredth launch from Sriharikota

With the GSLV-F15 mission, ISRO will oversee the historic a hundredth launch from the Satish Dhawan House Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota within the early hours of January 29, 2025. Photograph: X/@isro

The Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO) within the early hours of Wednesday (January 29, 2025) will oversee the historic a hundredth launch from the Satish Dhawan House Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota with the GSLV-F15 mission.

The primary launch, on August 10, 1979, was the experimental flight of Satellite tv for pc Launch Car-3 (SLV-3 E10) carrying the Rohini Expertise Payload, which was solely partially profitable based on 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. Photograph: isro.gov.in

After this, ISRO launched two extra SLV missions; 4 Augmented Satellite tv for pc Launch Car (ASLV) missions; 62 missions from its workhorse, the Polar Satellite tv for pc Launch Car (PSLV); 16 Geosynchronous Satellite tv for pc Launch Car (GSLV) missions; seven Launch Car Mark 3 (LMV3) missions; three Small Satellite tv for pc Launch Car (SSLV) missions; one Reusable Launch Car (RLV) mission; one Check Car Abort Mission; and one Pad Abort Check (PAT) as a part of the Gaganyaan programme.

The placement of the spaceport within the east coast of India was determined upon by the founding members of the Indian area programme as a result of its distinctive options. “Options like a great launch azimuth hall for numerous missions, nearness to the equator (benefiting eastward launches) and enormous uninhabited space for a security zone have made Sriharikota the perfect location for the spaceport,” SDSC has said on choosing this location.

Landmark missions

Amongst its landmark missions had 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 necessary launch because it was India’s first interplanetary mission, and the PSLV-C57/ Aditya-L1 in 2023 was India’s first mission to check the Solar.

One other watershed second was the launch of the PSLV-C37/ Cartosat-2 sequence in 2017. Throughout this mission, ISRO launched a report 104 satellites in a single flight — this was a report 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 pad 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.