Did you know India’s space programme turned 60?
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The Hindu Archives/ISRO
From a small launch pad, the 715-kg Nike Apache rocket rose 208 km into the sky.
The sight fascinated 1000’s of individuals within the space, which even motivated a few of them to affix the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Nike Apache launch was a world effort beneath the United Nations.
The launch passed off within the presence of legends reminiscent of Vikram Sarabhai, father of the Indian space programme, E.V. Chitnis, P.D. Bhavsar, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam amongst others.
On February twenty second, 1969, India launched its first actually indigenous rocket.The rocket carried a number of kilograms of strong propellants and rose a number of kilometres into the air.
Vasant Gowariker, who later turned the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, stated it was “a pencil-sized rocket”.
On July 18th, 1980, India turned a part of a choose membership of countries to place their satellites into orbit utilizing their very own launch autos with its SLV-3 rocket launch.
Though ISRO has had its share of failures, immediately, India is an influential spacefaring nation.
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Script: T.S Subramanian
Production and Voiceover: Yuvasree S
