# India's first commercial rocket - a success

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2007-04-24
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2007/04/24/indias-first-commercial-rocket-a-success/
- Categories: essay, technology

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I remember being highly into the Indian Space Program as a kid. Well, had my dad as a rocket scientist to my advantage, however, one of his dreams @ that point was to enable the Indian Space Program as a world class leader in commercial satellite launches and well, here's one of his dreams come true =)!<br /><br />PSLV - with 4 development launches - and 2 failures if I remember right, has finally lifted off as a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6582773.stm">commercial success</a>!<br /><br />Here's to the <a href="http://www.isro.org/">Indian Space Research Organization</a> - at least some tax money went well!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="poweredbyperformancing">Powered by <a href="http://scribefire.com/">ScribeFire</a>.</p>