space_launch_vehicle chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan - 1 ( , ( ; lit : Moon vehicle ) was India ' s first lunar probe . It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008 , and operated until August 2009 . The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor . India launched the spacecraft using a PSLV - XL rocket , serial number C11 , on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre , Sriharikota , Nellore District , Andhra Pradesh , about 80 km north of Chennai , at 06 : 22 IST ( 00 : 52 UTC ) . Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the project on course in his Independence Day speech on 15 August 2003 . The mission was a major boost to India ' s space program , as India researched and developed its own technology in order to explore the Moon . The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008 . The ___MASK58___ , commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV , is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing ( IRS ) satellites into Sun - synchronous orbits , a service that was , until the advent of the PSLV , commercially available only from Russia . PSLV can also launch small size satellites into geostationary transfer orbit ( GTO ). ___MASK69___ ( Hindi :                     ), abbreviated in English as GSLV , is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ). GSLV has been used in ten launches to date , since its first launch in 2001 through to its most recent launch on September 8 , 2016 of the INSAT - 3DR . Sriharikota is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh , India . It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre , one of the two satellite launch centers in India with the other being the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram . Indian Space Research Organisation launch satellites using multistage rockets such as the ___MASK58___ and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota . Satish Dhawan Space Centre ( SDSC ) or Sriharikota High Altitude Range ( SHAR ) is a rocket launch centre operated by Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh . Sriharikota Launching Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO ' s former chairman Satish Dhawan .