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Two decades after the Pokhran-I nuclear test in 1974, India was ready to test again in 1995. But American spy satellites spotted unusual activity at Pokhran before it could. This is why PM PV Narasimha Rao withheld the final clearance, and the move helped pave the way for the successful Pokhran-II tests three years later.

Forty-six years after India successfully launched its first experimental Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3), history is set to repeat itself as Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket, prepares to lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on July 18 (Saturday) at 11.30 a.m.