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Phase V: 2000-2010


In 2001, the first development flight of the GSLV look place. India is developing a project to send unmanned probe to the moon in 2008, as the first attempt at exploration of solar system.This project is called Chndrayaan.


ISRO has entered the lucrative market of launching payloads of other nations upon its rockets from Indian soil. ISRO is planning a mission to Mars early in the next decade.