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Immediately after his graduation, Sivathanu Pillai joined Space Science & Technology Centre, Thiruvananthapuram in the year 1969 and worked in Systems Engineering of satellite launch vehicles (rockets).

It was the formative years of ISRO under the able leadership of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.

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He assisted Dr Vikram Sarabhai in the evolution of 10-year space profile for the country, the plans of activity. Later when the SLV-3 (the first Satellite Launch Vehicle of India) program was started, he became the core team Member of SLV-3, under the leadership of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

In SLV-3, he contributed in the development of four stage rocket motors and rocket systems. SLV-3's first stage later became the booster of Agni missile. After the successful completion of SLV-3, he was the member of the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) study team in the evolution of PSLV mission and a senior scientist in Aerospace Dynamics & Design Group.

Later he became Technical Advisor to Prof Satish