Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Spaceport in Sriharikota
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| January 16 2025 | The Union Cabinet cleared the establishment of the Third Launch Pad, to be used for NGLV and LVM3 launches, and to act as a standby for the Second Launch Pad. |
| October 8 2024 | India Today reported a proposal for a Third Launch Pad, with plans for horizontal integration of NGLV rocket and accommodating more liquid engine boosters. |
| February 27 2024 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated the PSLV Integration Facility (PIF) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, marking a significant infrastructure development for space launches. |
| July 14 2023 | Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched from the Second Launch Pad. |
| November 28 2022 | AgniKul Cosmos inaugurated its first private launchpad (ALP-01 Dhanush) and mission control centre at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The launchpad is capable of handling liquid stage launch vehicles and is located 4 km from the mission control centre. |
| August 7 2022 | Maiden flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) launched from the First Launch Pad. |
| 2019 | Second Vehicle Assembly Building (SVAB) facility was established to serve the Second Launch Pad. |
| November 2019 | ISRO released tenders for augmentation of the Second Launch Pad for the Gaganyaan project, including facilities for crew missions. |
| July 2019 | Arumugam Rajarajan became the new director of SDSC, taking over from S. Pandian. |
| July 22 2019 | Chandrayaan-2 mission was launched from the Second Launch Pad. |
| April 1 2019 | The PSLV-C45 launch was the first rocket launch that allowed spectators to view from the newly opened gallery. |
| March 2019 | ISRO opened a public viewing gallery at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, capable of accommodating 5,000 spectators to watch rocket launches. |
| 2018 | After Gaganyaan project announcement, initially considered building a new launch pad, but later decided to augment the Second Launch Pad for crewed flights. |
| September 24 2014 | Mangalyaan successfully placed into Mars orbit. |
| November 5 2013 | Launched India's first Mars orbiter Mangalyaan. |
| 2012 | Third Launch Pad (TLP) initially proposed to increase launch frequency and provide redundancy for orbital launches. |
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