Isro ends year with 7 missions, 34 launches

India's first winged-body aerospace vehicle, RLV-TD, was successfully flight tested on May 23, 2016

The past year has been a highly successful and an eventful one for the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which achieved significant milestones in the domains of launch vehicle, satellite, applications and space exploration. 

Isro launched seven vehicle missions in 2016. All were successful. Eight ISRO satellites, four student satellites and 22 foreign satellites were launched by these missions. The year 2016 also saw two successful advanced launch vehicle technology initiatives of Isro – the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) and Scramjet technology demonstrator – having their maiden test flights. 

Additionally, the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft of India completed two years in its