After a third and final ground test of its newest cryogenic upper stage engine Feb. 19, India’s Space Research Organisation has said it is confident of launching its heavy-lift rocket this December.

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In its first mission for 2016, the Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday successfully launched the fifth satellite of its space-based navigational system that it says will become fully operational by middle of this year.

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The launch, PSLV’s 31st straight success, included TeLEOS-1, Singapore's first domestically built commercial Earth observation spacecraft.

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The International Criminal Court directed Antrix Corp. — the commercial arm of ISRO — to pay damages to Devas Multimedia for terminating a satellite-leasing contract four years ago.

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ISRO successfully launched the fourth satellite for its space-based regional navigation system in a mission that gives the constellation enough satellites to provide initial service.

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Launch vehicle development and production activities are the dominant feature of an Indian Space Research Organisation budget allocation of 73.9 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, which begins April 1.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will conduct its long-delayed initial test flight of a reusable launcher technology demonstrator by midyear.

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Indian Space Research Organisation veteran Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar will run the country’s space program for the next three years.

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Shailesh Nayak, secretary of India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences, has been given the extra charge as secretary of the Department of Space following the retirement of Koppillil Radhakrishnan.

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In a two-in-one mission, India successfully conducted the first experimental flight of its next-generation launch vehicle and demonstrated the re-entry and recovery of a prototype crew capsule.

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India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 1:32 a.m. local time from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota carrying the 1,425 kilogram-IRNSS-1C satellite.

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The Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft built by the ISRO entered Mars orbit at 7:47 a.m. local time. 

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Mangalyaan is set to enter into orbit around Mars Sept. 24.

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India’s Department of Space will receive 72 billion rupees for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

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ISRO successfully launched the second of a planned seven regional navigation satellites April 4 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

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India successfully carries out the first successful flight its GSLV rocket with a domestically built cryogenic upper-stage engine.

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A crucial predawn maneuver successfully freed India’s Mangalyaan Mars orbiter from Earth’s gravity.

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India’s first interplanetary probe began its journey to Mars with a successful launch Nov. 5 that put the spacecraft in a parking orbit around Earth.

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The launch of Mangalyan had been scheduled for Oct. 28, but was delayed because ships equipped to track the spacecraft after its separation from the rocket could not take up their designated positions in the south Pacific Ocean in time due to bad weather. 

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ISRO said some 750 kilograms of fuel had leaked from the second stage of the GSLV.

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Fallout from the failed Russian Phobos-Grunt mission in 2011 led India to go it alone on Chandrayaan-2.

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The constellation known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is slated to become operational by 2015. 

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