This list covers most artificial satellites built and operated by the Republic of India. India has been successfully launching satellites of various types from 1975. Apart from Indian rockets, these satellites have been launched from various vehicles, including American, Russian and European rockets sometimes as well. The organization responsible for India's space program is Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and it shoulders the bulk of the responsibility of designing, building, launching and operating these satellites.[1]
This is a list of Indian (wholly or partially owned, wholly or partially designed and/or manufactured) satellites and orbital space crafts, both operated by the Indian government (ISRO, Indian defence forces, other government agencies) or private (educational and research) entities. All satellite launches marked successful have completed at least one full orbital flight (no sub-orbital flights have been included in this list).
Indian space missions began in the 1970s, with Soviet assistance in launching the first two satellites.
Payload Details | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Details | Refs (Official portal) | |||||||||||||
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Name | Discipline | COSPAR ID | Launch Mass | Power | Periapsis | Apoapsis | Period | Inclination | Longitude‡ | Epoch Start | Decay Date | |||||||
SatCat # | Dry Mass | |||||||||||||||||
1 |
| 46 W [3] | Active technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. This was India's first indigenously designed and built satellite. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/aryabhata-1 | ||||||||||||||
07752 | – | 96.5 minutes | 50.7° | 19 April 1975, 01:30:00 IST | 11 February 1992 | |||||||||||||
2 |
| 47 W [5] | 7 June 1979, 16:00:00 IST | Modified SS-5 (SKean IRBM) plus Upper Stage | First experimental remote sensing satellite. Carried TV and microwave cameras. | http://isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/bhaskara-i | ||||||||||||
11392 | – | 95.2 minutes | 50.7° | 7 June 1979, 01:30:00 IST | 17 February 1989 | |||||||||||||
3 |
| Not Applicable | [6] | 3 W | 10 August 1979 | SLV-3-E1 | Intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian launch vehicle. Did not achieve orbit.[7] | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/slv-3e1http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/rtp-1 | ||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
India had three continuous successful satellite launches from its first generation rocket SLV. ISRO had two running projects for next generation rockets based on SLV:
ISRO did not have enough funds to run both projects simultaneously. Initial setbacks complexity led ISRO to terminate ASLV in just initial flights and focus on PSLV.[8] Technologies to launch geostationary satellites arrived only in 2000s.
Payload Details | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Details | Refs (Official portal) | |||||||||||||
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Name | Discipline | COSPAR ID | Launch Mass | Power | Periapsis | Apoapsis | Period | Inclination | Longitude‡ | Epoch Start | Decay Date | |||||||
SatCat # | Dry Mass | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Rohini RS-1 (Rohini-1B) |
| 16 W [10] | SLV-3-E2 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota | Used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. This was India's first indigenous satellite launch, making it the seventh nation to possess the capability to launch its own satellites on its own rockets. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/slv-3e2 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/rs-1-1 | |||||||||||
11899 | – | 96.9 minutes | 44.7° | 18 July 1980, 01:30:00 IST | 20 May 1981 | |||||||||||||
5 | Rohini RS-D1 (Rohini-2) |
| 16 W [12] | SLV-3-D1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota | Used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the first developmental launch of SLV-3. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/rohini-satellite-rs-d1 | |||||||||||
12491 | – | 90.5 minutes | 46.3° | 31 May 1981, 01:30:00 IST | 8 June 1981 | |||||||||||||
6 |
| 210 W [14] | First experimental communication satellite. Provided experience in building and operating a payload experiment three-axis stabilised communication satellite. | http://www.isro.gov.in/indian-first-communication-satellite-%E2%80%93-apple http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/apple | ||||||||||||||
12545 | – | [15] | 1439.6 minutes | 13.6° | 97.57° E | 19 June 1981, 01:30:00 IST | ||||||||||||
7 |
| 47 W [17] | Kapustin Yar | Second experimental remote sensing satellite; similar to Bhaskara-1. Provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/bhaskara-ii | |||||||||||||
12968 | – | 95.2 minutes | 50.6° | 20 November 1981, 00:30:00 IST | 30 November 1991 | |||||||||||||
8 | INSAT-1A |
| – | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida | First operational multipurpose communication and meteorology satellite. Procured from USA. Worked for only six months. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-1a | ||||||||||||
13129 | – | [19] | 1440 minutes | 13.6° | 40.85° E | 10 April 1982, 07:17:00 IST | ||||||||||||
9 | Rohini RS-D2 (Rohini-3) |
| [21] | 16 W | SLV-3 | Identical to RS-D1. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3. | ||||||||||||
14002 | – | 97.1 minutes | 46.6° | 17 April 1983, 00:30:00 IST | 19 April 1990 | |||||||||||||
10 | INSAT-1B |
| – | Shuttle [PAM-D] | Identical to INSAT-1A. Served for more than design life of seven years. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-1b | ||||||||||||
14318 | – | [23] | 1437.6 minutes | 14.8° | 89.71° E | 31 May 1983, 09:19:00 IST | ||||||||||||
11 |
| Not Applicable | [24] | 90 W | 24 March 1987 | ASLV-D1 | Carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. Did not achieve orbit. | |||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |||||||||||
12 |
| [26] | 600 W | Vostok | Earth observation satellite. First operational remote sensing satellite. | |||||||||||||
18960 | – | [27] | 103.1 minutes | 99.3° | 17 March 1988, 00:30:00 IST | |||||||||||||
13 |
| Not Applicable | [28] | 90 W | 13 July 1988 | ASLV-D2 | Carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Did not achieve orbit. | |||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |||||||||||
14 |
| – | Ariane-3 | Same as INSAT-1A. Served for only one-and-a-half years. | ||||||||||||||
19330 | – | [30] | 1436.2 minutes | 14.9° | 95.03° E [31] | 22 July 1988, 00:42:00 IST | ||||||||||||
From this decade on, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) arrived that allowed India to become self-reliant in launching most of its remote sensing satellites. However, for heavy geostationary systems, India continued to remain dependent on Europe entirely. Capability to launch geostationary satellites will arrive in next decade.
Payload Details | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Details | Refs (Official portal) | |||||||||||||
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Name | Discipline | COSPAR ID | Launch Mass | Power | Periapsis | Apoapsis | Semi-Major Axis | Period | Inclination | Longitude‡ | Eccentricity | Epoch Start | Decay Date | |||||
SatCat # | Dry Mass | |||||||||||||||||
15 | INSAT-1D |
| [33] | 1000 W | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida | Identical to INSAT-1A. Still in service. A third stage motor from its launch landed in Australia in 2008.[34] | http://www.isac.gov.in/communication/html/insat-1d.jsphttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-1d | |||||||||||
20643 | [35] | 1435.9 minutes | 14.3° | 71.66° E | 0.00245 | 12 June 1990, 01:30:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
16 | IRS-1B |
| 600 W [37] | Vostok | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | Earth observation satellite. Improved version of IRS-1A. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-1b | |||||||||||
21688 | – | [38] | 103.1 minutes | 99.0° | Not Applicable | 0.00385 | 29 August 1991, 01:30:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
17 | INSAT-2DT (Formerly ARABSAT-1C) (INSAT-2R) [39] |
| [41] | 1400 W | Ariane-44L H10 | Launched as Arabsat 1C. Procured in orbit from Arabsat in January 1998. | http://www.isro.gov.in/insat-2dt | |||||||||||
21894 | – | 1459.2 minutes | 11.6° | 21.41° W | 0.00385 | 29 August 1991, 01:30:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
18 | SROSS-C (SROSS-3) |
| [43] | 45 W | 20 May 1992, 08:30:00 IST | ASLV-D3 | Carried gamma ray astronomy and aeronomy payload. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/aslv-d3 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/sross-c | ||||||||||
21968 | – | – | 91 minutes | 46.03° | Not Applicable | 0.01295 | 21 May 1992, 01:30:00 IST | 14 July 1992 | ||||||||||
19 | INSAT-2A |
| [45] | ~ 1000 W | 10 July 1992, 04:12:19 IST | Ariane-44L H10 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | First satellite in the second-generation Indian-built INSAT-2 series. Has enhanced capability over INSAT-1 series. Still in service. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-2a | |||||||||
22027 | [46] | 1437.2 minutes | 14.5° | 16.18° E | 0.00381 | 10 July 1992, 01:30:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
20 | INSAT-2B |
| ~ 1000 W [48] | 23 July 1993, 04:29:00 IST | Second satellite in INSAT-2 series. Identical to INSAT-2A. Still in service. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-2b | ||||||||||||
22724 | [49] | 1440.4 minutes | 13.0° | 156.74° W | – | – | – | |||||||||||
21 | IRS-1E |
| Not Applicable | 41.5 W | 20 September 1993 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota | Earth observation satellite. Did not achieve orbit. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-d1 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-1e | ||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||||||||
22 | SROSS-C2 |
| 45 W [52] | ASLV-D4 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota | Identical to SROSS-C. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/aslv-d4 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/sross-c2 | |||||||||||
23099 | – | – | 98.1 minutes | 46.0° | Not Applicable | 0.03431 | 4 May 1994, 01:30:00 IST | 12 July 2001 | ||||||||||
23 | IRS-P2 |
| 510 W [54] | 15 October 1994, 10:38:00 IST | PSLV-D2 | Earth observation satellite. Launched by second developmental flight of PSLV. Mission accomplished after 3 years of service in 1997. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-d2 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-p2 | |||||||||||
23323 | – | [55] | 101.1 minutes | 98.8° | Not Applicable | 0.00533 | 15 October 1994, 06:38:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
24 | INSAT-2C |
| 1320 W [57] | Ariane-44L H10-3 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | Has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. Still in service. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-2c | |||||||||||
23731 | [58] | 1443.2 minutes | 12.0° | 60.57° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
25 | IRS-1C |
| 809 W [60] | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | Earth observation satellite. Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-1c | ||||||||||||
23751 | – | [61] | 101.2 minutes | 98.69° | Not Applicable | 0.00014 | 28 December 1995, 7:15:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
26 | IRS-P3 (IRS B3) [62] |
| 817 W [64] | 21 March 1996, 10:03:00 IST[65] | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Earth observation satellite. Carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of PSLV | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-d3-irs-p3 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-p3 | |||||||||||
23827 | – | 101.2 mins | 98.7° | Not Applicable | 0.00319 | 21 March 1996, 5:23:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
27 | INSAT-2D |
| 1650 W[67] | 4 June 1997, 4:50:00 IST[68] | Ariane-44L H10-3 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | Same as INSAT-2C. Inoperable since 4 October 1997 due to power bus anomaly | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-2d | ||||||||||
24820 | [69] | 1374.1 mins | 13.5° | 125.76° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
28 | IRS-1D |
| 809 W[71] | 29 September 1997, 10:17:00 IST[72] | PSLV-C1[73] | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Earth observation satellite. Same as IRS-1C | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c1-irs-1d http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-1d | ||||||||||
24971 | – | [74] | 100.4 mins | 98.4° | Not Applicable | 0.03719 | 29 September 1997, 6:17:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
29 | INSAT-2E (APR-1)[75] |
| [77] | – | Ariane-42P H10-3 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | Multipurpose communication and meteorological satellite | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-2e | ||||||||||
25666 | 1445 mins | 5.3° | 107.82° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
30 | OceanSat-1 (IRS-P4) |
| 750 W[79] | 26 May 1999, 11:52:00 IST[80] | PSLV-C2[81] | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Earth observation satellite. Carries an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c2-irs-p4 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/oceansatirs-p4 | ||||||||||
25758 | – | [82] | 99.1 mins | 98.2° | Not Applicable | 0.00077 | 26 May 1999, 8:12:00 IST | – |
ISRO's workhorse, the PSLV, became the mainstay for successful launches of indigenous satellites from India during this decade. India successfully launched 11 geostationary or geosynchronous satellites during this period, which was equal to the total number of similar launches in the previous 2 decades put together. India's first extra terrestrial mission was also successfully executed during this period.
Payload Details | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Details | Refs (Official portal) | |||||||||||||
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Name | Discipline | COSPAR ID | Launch Mass | On-board Power | Periapsis | Apoapsis | Semi-Major Axis | Period | Inclination | Longitude‡ | Eccentricity | Epoch Start | Decay Date | |||||
SatCat # | Dry Mass | |||||||||||||||||
31 | INSAT-3B |
| 1712 W[84] | 22 March 2000, 4:59:00 IST[85] | Ariane-5G | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | Multipurpose communication: business communication, developmental communication, and mobile communications | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3b | ||||||||||
26108 | [86] | 1445.0 mins | 4.3° | 107° W | – | 30 June 2000, 00:59:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
32 | GSAT-1 (GramSat-1) |
| [88] | – | 18 April 2001, 15:43:00 IST[89] | GSLV-D1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Experimental satellite for the first developmental flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-D1. Did not complete its intended mission due to a shortfall in the GTO apogee | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-d1-gsat-1http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-1 | |||||||||
26745 | – | [90] | 1387 mins | 11.2° | 17.37° E | 0.02261 | 18 April 2001, 11:43:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
33 | TES |
| – | 22 October 2001, 10:03:00 IST[92] | PSLV-C3 | Experimental satellite to test technologies such as attitude and orbit control system, high-torque reaction wheels, new reaction control system, etc. This satellite carries a 1-meter resolution panchromatic camera, and is considered a prototype for future Indian "spy satellites"[93] | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c3-teshttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/technology-experiment-satellite-tes | |||||||||||
26957 | – | 95.3 mins | 97.7° | Not Applicable | 0.00202 | 22 October 2002, 6:03:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
34 |
| 2765 W[95] | 24 January 2002, 5:17:00 IST[96] | Ariane-42L H10-3 | Designed to augment the existing INSAT capacity for communication and broadcasting and provide continuity of the services of INSAT-2C | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3c | ||||||||||||
27298 | [97] | 1436.1 mins | 0.6° | 93.5° E | 0.00245 | – | – | |||||||||||
35 | Kalpana-1 (MetSat-1) |
| [98] | 550 W | PSLV-C4[99] | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c4-kalpana-1http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/kalpana-1 | |||||||||||
27525 | [100] | 1436.1 mins | 6.3° | 74° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
36 |
| [102] | 3100 W | 10 April 2003, 4:22:00 IST[103] | Ariane-5G | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3a | ||||||||||||
27714 | [104] | 1442.9 mins | 1.2° | 87° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
37 | GSAT-2 (GramSat-2) |
| 1400 W | 8 May 2003, 16:58:00 IST[106] | GSLV-D2[107] | Experimental satellite for the second developmental test flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-d2-gsat-2http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-2 | |||||||||||
27807 | – | [108] | 1442.3 mins | 5° | 199° W | – | – | – | ||||||||||
38 |
| [110] | – | 28 September 2003, 4:44:00 IST[111] | Ariane-5G | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | Communication satellite to augment the existing INSAT System | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3e | ||||||||||
27951 | [112] | 1428.6 mins | 2.5° | 126.83° E | – | 28 September 2003 00:44:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
39 | ResourceSat-1 (IRS-P6) |
| – | 17 October 2003, 10:24:00 IST[114] | PSLV-C5[115] | Earth observation/remote sensing satellite. Intended to supplement and replace IRS-1C and IRS-1D | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c5-resourcesat-1http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-p6-resourcesat-1 | |||||||||||
28051 | – | [116] | 101.3 mins | 2.5° | Not Applicable | 0.0016 | 17 October 2003, 6:24:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
40 | GSAT-3 (EduSat) |
| [118] | 2040 W | 20 September 2004, 16:01:00 IST[119] | GSLV-F01[120] | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Also designated GSAT-3. India's first exclusive educational satellite | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f01-edusatgsat-3http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/edusat | |||||||||
28417 | [121] | 1450.6 mins | 5.2° | 158.51° W | – | – | – | |||||||||||
41 |
| 1100 W[123] | 5 May 2005, 10:14:00 IST[124] | PSLV-C6[125] | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Earth observation satellite. Provides stereographic in-orbit images with a 2.5-meter resolution | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c6-cartosat-1-hamsathttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-1 | |||||||||||
28649 | – | [126] | 97.1 mins | 97.9° | Not Applicable | 0.00014 | 5 May 2005, 6:14:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
42 |
| – | This is a micro-satellite that was built as a collaboration between Indian and Dutch researchers, for providing satellite-based amateur radio services to the national as well as the international community | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/hamsat | ||||||||||||||
28650 | – | [128] | 96.7 mins | 97.7° | Not Applicable | 0.00271[129] | 12 June 1990, 1:30:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
43 |
| [131] | 5922 W | 22 December 2005, 4:03:00 IST[132] | Ariane-5GS | Advanced satellite for direct-to-home television broadcasting services | https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134933/http://www.isro.org/Spacecraft/insat-4a | |||||||||||
28911 | [133] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 83° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
44 |
| Not Applicable | [135] | – | 10 July 2006 | GSLV-F02[136] | Geosynchronous communications satellite. Did not achieve orbit | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f02-insat-4chttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-4c | ||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||||||||
45 | CartoSat-2 (IRS-P7 or, CartoSat-2AT[137]) |
| 900 W[139] | 10 January 2007, 9:27:00 IST[140] | PSLV-C7[141] | Advanced remote sensing satellite carrying a panchromatic camera capable of providing scene-specific spot images | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c7-cartosat-2-sre-1http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-0 | |||||||||||
29710 | – | 97.4 mins | 97.9° | Not Applicable | 0.00143 | 4 January 2007, 4:27:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
46 |
| – | Experimental satellite intended to demonstrate the technology of an orbiting platform for performing experiments in microgravity conditions. Launched as a co-passenger with CARTOSAT-2. SRE-1 was de-orbited and recovered successfully after 12 days over Bay of Bengal | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/sre-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
29711 | [143] | [144] | - | 95.9 mins | 97.9° | Not Applicable | 0.01131 | 4 January 2007, 4:27:00 IST | – | |||||||||
47 |
| [146] | 5859 W | 12 March 2007, 3:33:00 IST[147] | Ariane-5ECA | Identical to INSAT-4A. Further augments the INSAT capacity for direct-to-home (DTH) television services and other communications. On the night of 7 July 2007 INSAT-4B experienced a power supply glitch which led to switching 'off' of 50 per cent of the transponder capacity (6 Ku and 6 C-Band transponders) | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-4b | |||||||||||
30793 | – | [148] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 93.5° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
48 | PS4 with Advanced Avionics Module (AAM) payload[149] | •Avionics | 185Kg | 23 April 2007, 10:00 | PSLV-C8 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||
49 |
| [151] | 3000 W | 2 September 2007, 18:21:00 IST[152] | GSLV-F04[153] | Identical to INSAT-4C. It carried 12 high-power Ku-band transponders designed to provide direct-to-home (DTH) television services, Digital Satellite News Gathering etc. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f04-insat-4crhttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-4cr | |||||||||||
32050 | – | [154] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 47.5° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
50 |
| 900 W | 28 April 2008, 9:24:00 IST[156] | PSLV-C9[157] | Earth observation/remote sensing satellite. Identical to CARTOSAT-2 | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c9-cartosat-%E2%80%93-2ahttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-%E2%80%93-2a | ||||||||||||
32783 | – | [158] | 97.4 mins | 97.9° | Not Applicable | – | 28 April 2008, 5:24:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
51 | IMS-1 (Indian Mini-Satellite-1 or, (Third World Satellite – TWSat) |
| 220 W | Low-cost microsatellite imaging mission. Launched as co-passenger with CARTOSAT-2A | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/ims-1 | |||||||||||||
32786 | – | [160] | 97 mins | 97.6° | Not Applicable | – | 28 April 2008, 5:24:00 IST[161] | – | ||||||||||
52 | Chandrayaan-1•Orbiter •Impactor |
| 750 W | 22 October 2008, 6:22:00 IST[163] | PSLV-C11[164] | India's first uncrewed lunar probe. It carried 11 scientific instruments built and designed by India, USA, UK, Germany, Norway, Poland and Bulgaria. After a span of 9 months, the lunar craft faced debilitating failure, rendering most on-board systems inoperable. Additionally, faulty orientation of the SAR resulted in failed experiments, which eventually had to be abandoned. | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c11http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/chandrayaan-1 | |||||||||||
33405 | ~ (initial)§ ~ (final)§[165] | ~ (initial)§ ~ (final)§ | – | – | – | Not Applicable | – | 22 October 2008, 2:22:00 IST | – | |||||||||
53 |
| [167] | – | 20 April 2009, 6:45:00 IST[168] | PSLV-C12 | Radar imaging satellite used to monitor India's borders and as part of anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations. Launched as a co-passenger with ANUSAT | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c12-risat-2http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/risat-2 | |||||||||||
34807 | – | [169] | 93.9 mins | 41.2° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
54 | AnuSat-1 |
| – | This was a research micro-satellite designed at Anna University that carries an amateur radio and technology demonstration experiments. It has since been retired | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/anusat-1 | |||||||||||||
34808 | – | – | – | – | 90 mins[171] | – | Not Applicable | – | – | 18 April 2012 | ||||||||
55 |
| 1360 W[173] | PSLV-C14[174] | Gathers data for oceanographic, coastal and atmospheric applications. Continues mission of Oceansat-1 | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c14-oceansat-2http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/oceansat-2 | |||||||||||||
35931 | – | [175] | 99.3 mins | 98.3° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
While India had to face failure in launching relatively heavier satellites early on in the decade, it did end up launching 27 geosynchronous/geostationary satellites (17 with indigenous, and 10 with European launchers). In 2010s, it managed to launch most of its geosynchronous/geostationary satellites successfully on its own. This period also saw India enter the exclusive club of nations capable of launching probes to Mars. ISRO also improved upon its student/university outreach by launching multiple pico-, nano- and mini-satellites from various Indian universities. This period was also marked by multiple bilateral collaborations with foreign universities and research organizations. The same decade saw completion of NAVIC, India's regional navigation system.
Increased subcontracting to private vendors across the nation improved launch frequency by a factor of more than 2. India was able to fix glitches and operationalise its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle with an indigenous upper stage and operationalise next generation launch vehicle LVM3 with nearly double payload capacity, enabled the country to launch nearly all of its communication satellites. India launched its delayed Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 in 2019 which however failed to conduct soft landing on lunar surface. India also demonstrated capability to destroy "enemy" satellites in orbit. Increased application of India's space capabilities in strengthening its national security was observed.
Substantial increase in budget over the decade, increased payload capacity with increased reliability, increased launch frequency and many "firsts" in this decade had made Indian space program far more visible to world with significant coverage from international media and its hyphenation with leading spacefaring nations. The last launch of the decade marked with completion of 50 launches of PSLV rocket.[176]
Payload Details | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Details | Refs (Official portal) | |||||||||||||
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Name | Discipline | COSPAR ID | Launch Mass | On-board Power | Periapsis | Apoapsis | Semi-Major Axis | Period | Inclination | Longitude‡ | Eccentricity | Epoch Start | Decay Date | |||||
SatCat # | Dry Mass | |||||||||||||||||
56 |
| Not Applicable | – | 15 April 2010 | GSLV-D3 | Communications satellite with technology demonstrator features (electric propulsion, Li-ion battery, bus management unit). Failed to reach orbit due to GSLV-D3 failure | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-d3-gsat-4http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-4 | |||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||||||||
57 |
| [179] | 930 W | 12 July 2010, 9:22:00 IST[180] | PSLV-C15[181] | Earth observation/remote sensing satellite (Identical to CartoSat-2A) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c15-cartosat-2bhttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2b | |||||||||||
36795 | – | [182] | 97.4 mins | 97.9° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
58 | StudSat (STUDent SATellite[183]) |
| < | – | India's first pico-satellite (weighing less than 1 kg). It was designed and developed by a team from seven Engineering colleges in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/studsat-1 | ||||||||||||
36796 | – | [184] | 96.8 mins | 98.0° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
59 | GSAT-5P (INSAT-4D) |
| Not Applicable | – | 25 December 2010 | GSLV-F06[186] | C-band communication satellite, failed to reach orbit due to GSLV-F06 failure | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f06-gsat-5phttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-5p | ||||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||||||||
60 |
| 1250 W[188] | 20 April 2011, 10:12:00 IST[189] | PSLV-C16[190] | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c16-resourcesat-2http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/resourcesat-2 | |||||||||||||
37387 | – | [191] | 101.3 mins | 98.7° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
61 | YouthSat (IMS-2[192]) |
| – | Indo-Russian stellar and atmospheric mini-satellite with the participation of university students | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/youthsat-0 | |||||||||||||
37388 | – | [194] | 101.1 mins | 98.6° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
62 | GSAT-8 (GramSat-8, or INSAT-4G) |
| [196] | 6242 W | 21 May 2011, 2:08:00 IST[197] | Ariane-5 VA-202 | Communications satellite carries 24 Ku-band transponders and 2 channel GAGAN payload operating in L1 and L5 band | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-8 | ||||||||||
37605 | [198] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 55° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
63 | GSAT-12 (GramSat-12) |
| 1430 W[200] | 15 July 2011, 16:48:00 IST[201] | PSLV-C17[202] | The GSAT-12 is configured to carry 12 Extended C-band transponders to augment the capacity in the INSAT system for various communication services like Tele-education, Telemedicine and for Village Resource Centres (VRC). Mission life is expected to be about 8 years | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c17-gsat-12http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-12 | |||||||||||
37746 | [203] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 83° E | – | 15 July 2011, 12:48:00 IST | – | |||||||||||
64 |
| [205] | 1325 W | 12 October 2011, 11:00:00 IST[206] | PSLV-C18[207] | Megha-Tropiques was developed jointly by ISRO and the French CNES | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c18-megha-tropiqueshttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/megha-tropiques | |||||||||||
37838 | – | [208] | 102.2 mins | 20.0° | Not Applicable | – | 12 October 2011, 7:00:00 IST | – | ||||||||||
65 |
| – | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/jugnu-0 | |||||||||||||||
37839 | – | [210] | 101.9 mins | 20.0° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
66 |
| – | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/srmsat-1 | |||||||||||||||
37841 | – | [212] | 102.1 mins | 20.0° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
67 |
| 2200 W | 26 April 2012, 5:47:00 IST[214] | PSLV-C19[215] | RISAT-1 was India's first indigenous all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite, whose images facilitated agriculture and disaster management | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c19-risat-1http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/risat-1 | ||||||||||||
38248 | – | [216] | 95.4 mins | 97.6° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
68 | PS4 With mRESINS Payload | Avionics | 2012-047C | 9 September 201204:23 | PSLV-C21 | |||||||||||||
38757 | 97.4 minutes | 98.3 ° | Not applicable | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
69 | GSAT-10[217] |
| 6474 W[219] | 28 September 2012, 2:48:00 IST[220] | Ariane-5 VA-209 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | GSAT-10, India's advanced communication satellite, is a high power satellite being inducted into the INSAT system | https://web.archive.org/web/20141229171428/http://www.isro.org/Spacecraft/gsat-10 | ||||||||||
38779 | [221] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 83° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
70 | SARAL[222] |
| [224] | 906 W | 25 February 2013, 18:01:00 IST[225] | PSLV-C20[226] | The Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA (SARAL) is a joint Indo-French satellite mission for oceanographic studies | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c20-saralhttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/saral | ||||||||||
39086 | – | [227] | 100.6 mins | 98.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
71 |
| [229] | 1660 W | 1 July 2013, 23:41:00 IST[230] | PSLV-C22[231] | IRNSS-1A is the first of seven satellite in the IRNSS navigational system | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c22-irnss-1ahttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1a | |||||||||||
39199 | [232] | 1436.0 mins | 28.8° | 55.0° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
72 | INSAT-3D[233] |
| [235] | 1164 W | 26 July 2013, 1:23:00 IST[236] | Ariane-5 ECA VA-214 | INSAT-3D is the meteorological Satellite with advanced weather monitoring payloads (6-channel multi-spectral imager, 19-channel sounder, data relay transponder and search-and-rescue transponder) | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3d | ||||||||||
39216 | – | [237] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 82.0° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
73 | GSAT-7 (INSAT-4F)[238] [239] |
| [240] | 3000 W | 30 August 2013, 2:00:00 IST[241] | Ariane-5 ECA VA-215 | GSAT-7 is the advanced multi-band communication satellite dedicated for military use. It is currently being exclusively by the navy | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-7 | ||||||||||
39234 | – | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 74.0° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
74 | Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)[242] (Mangalyaan-1) |
| 840 W[244] | 5 November 2013, 14:38:00 IST[245] | PSLV-C25[246] | The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called Mangalyaan is India's first Mars orbiter | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c25 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/mars-orbiter-mission-spacecraft | |||||||||||
39370 | ~ § | ~ § | – | 4602 mins§ | 150°§ | Not Applicable | – | – | – | |||||||||
75 |
| 2600 W[248] | 5 January 2014, 16:18:00 IST[249] | GSLV Mk.II-D5[250] | GSAT-14 is the twenty third geostationary communication satellite of India. It is intended to replace GSAT-3, and to augment the In-orbit capacity of Extended C and Ku-band transponders | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-d5-gsat-14http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-14-0 | ||||||||||||
39498 | – | [251] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 74.0° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
76 |
| [253] | 1660 W | 4 April 2014, 17:14:00 IST[254] | PSLV-C24[255] | IRNSS-1B is the second of seven satellite in the IRNSS system | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c24-irnss-1bhttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1b-0 | |||||||||||
39635 | – | [256] | 1436.0 mins | 29.1° | 55.0° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
77 |
| [258] | 1660 W | 16 October 2014 | PSLV-C26[259] | IRNSS-1C is the third satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c26-irnss-1chttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1c-0 | |||||||||||
40269 | – | [260] | 1436.1 mins | 3° | 83° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
78 |
| [262] | 6000 W | 7 December 2014, 2:10:00 IST[263] | GSAT-16 is the twenty fourth communication satellite of India configured to carry a total of 48 transponders (12 Ku, 24 C and 12 Cue, each with a bandwidth of 36 MHz), which was the highest number of transponders in a single satellite at that time | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-16 | ||||||||||||
40332 | – | [264] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 55.0° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
79 | Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment | • Re-entry Experiment | 3775 kg | 18 December 2014, 04:00 UTC | LVM3-X | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||
80 |
| [266] | 1660 W | 28 March 2015, 17:19:00 IST[267] | PSLV-C27 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | IRNSS-1D is the fourth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c27-irnss-1dhttp://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1d | ||||||||||
40547 | [268] | 1436.2 mins | 29.1° | 112° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
81 | GSAT-6 (INSAT-4E)[269] |
| [270] | 3100 W | 27 August 2015, 16:52:00 IST[271] | GSLV Mk.II-D6[272] | GSAT-6 is a communication satellite. GSAT- 6 features an unfurlable antenna, largest on board any satellite. Launch of GSLV-D6 also marks the success of indigenously developed upper stage cryogenic engine | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-d6 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-6 | ||||||||||
40880 | [273] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 83° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
82 | Astrosat[274] |
| – | 28 September 2015 | PSLV-C30 | ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c30-astrosat-mission http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/astrosat | |||||||||||
40930 | – | [276] | 97.6 mins | 6.0° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
83 |
| [278] | 6200 W | 11 November 2015, 3:04:00 IST[279] | Ariane 5 VA-227 | Communications satellite, carries communication transponders in Ku-band and a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1 and L5 bands. Weight 3164 kg | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-15 | |||||||||||
41028 | [280] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 93.5° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
84 |
| [282] | 1660 W[283] | 20 January 2016, 9:31:00 IST[284] | PSLV-C31 | IRNSS-1E is the fifth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c31-irnss-1e http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1e | |||||||||||
41241 | [285] | 1436.0 mins | 28.8° | 111.75° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
85 |
| 1660 W[287] | 10 March 2016, 16:01:00 IST[288] | PSLV-C32[289] | IRNSS-1F is the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c32-irnss-1f http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1f | ||||||||||||
41384 | [290] | 1436.2 mins | 4.1° | 32.5° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
86 |
| [292] | 1660 W[293] | 28 April 2016, 12:59 IST[294] | PSLV-C33 | IRNSS-1G is the seventh and final satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c33-irnss-1g http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1g | |||||||||||
41469 | [295] | 1436.1 mins | 4.2° | 129° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
87 |
| [297] | 986 W | 22 June 2016, 9:26:00 IST[298] | PSLV-C34[299] | Earth observation/remote sensing satellite. Identical to CARTOSAT-2,2A and 2B | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c34-cartosat-2-series-satellite http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-series-satellite | |||||||||||
41599 | – | [300] | 94.8 mins | 97.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
88 |
| – | A micro-satellite designed and built by the students of Sathyabama University, Chennai, India. This satellite collect data on green house gases in the LEO atmosphere | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/sathyabamasat | ||||||||||||||
41600 | – | [302] | 94.7 mins | 97.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
89 | Swayam-1 |
| [304] | – | A 1-U pico-satellite[305] designed and built by the students of College of Engineering, Pune. This satellite provides point-to-point communications for the HAM community. A second version of the satellite is now being planned[306] | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/swayam | ||||||||||||
41607 | – | 94.7 mins | 97.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | |||||||||||
90 |
| 1700 W[308] | 8 September 2016, 16:40:00 IST[309] | GSLV-F05[310] | An advanced meteorological satellite of India configured with an imaging System and an Atmospheric Sounder | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f05-insat-3dr http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3dr | ||||||||||||
41752 | [311] | 1436.1 mins | 0.0° | 74.0° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
91 |
| – | 26 September 2016, 9:12:00 IST[313] | PSLV-C35[314] | A mini-satellite build by students and researchers at IIT, Mumbai to study electrical characteristics of the earth's atmosphere | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c35-scatsat-1 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/pratham | ||||||||||||
41783 | – | [315] | 98.4 mins | 98.2° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
92 |
| – | A micro-satellite designed and built by the students of PES Institute of Technology, Bengaluru at their Crucible of Research and Innovation Laboratory (CRIL) to develop remote sensing applications | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/pisat | ||||||||||||||
41784 | – | [317] | 98.4 mins | 98.2° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
93 |
| – | Miniature satellite to provide weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to India | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/scatsat-1 | ||||||||||||||
41790 | [319] | 99.3 mins | 98.1° | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
94 |
| 6474 W[321] | 6 October 2016, 2:00:00 IST[322] | Ariane-5 ECA | At 3.4 tons, this was the heaviest satellite owned/being operated by India at the time of its launch | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-18 | ||||||||||||
41793 | [323] | [324] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 74.0° E | – | – | – | ||||||||||
95 |
| – | 7 December 2016, 10:24:00 IST[326] | PSLV-C36[327] | Its mission is identical to its predecessors (Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c36-resourcesat-2a http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/resourcesat-2a | ||||||||||||
41877 | – | [328] | 101.3 mins | 98.7° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
96 |
| [330] | – | 15 February 2017, 9:28:00 IST[331] | PSLV-C37[332] | ISRO holds the world record for launching the highest number of satellites by a single launch vehicle (104 satellites, including the CartoSat-2D and 2 indigenously designed nano-satellites, INS-1A and INS-1B) | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c37-cartosat-2-series-satellite http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-series-satellite-0 | |||||||||||
41948 | – | [333] | 94.8 mins | 97.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
97 | INS-1A[334] (ISRO Nano-Satellite 1A)[335] |
| [336] | – | This is one of 2 nano-satellites designed and manufactured by ISRO, are part of the constellation of 104 satellites launched in a single go | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/ins-1a | ||||||||||||
41949 | – | [337] | 94.6 mins | 97.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
98 | INS-1B (ISRO Nano-Satellite 1B)[338] |
| [339] | – | This is one of 2 nano-satellites designed and manufactured by ISRO, are part of the constellation of 104 satellites launched in a single go | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/ins-1b | ||||||||||||
41954 | – | [340] | 94.6 mins | 97.5° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
99 | South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) |
| 3500 W[342] | 5 May 2017, 16:57:00 IST[343] | GSLV Mk.II[344] | This satellite is being offered by India as a diplomatic initiative to its neighboring countries (SAARC region) for communication, remote sensing, resource mapping and disaster management applications | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f09-gsat-9 http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-9 | |||||||||||
42695 | [345] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 97.5° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
100 | GSAT-19 (GSAT-19E) |
| [347] | 4500 W[348] | 5 June 2017, 5:28:00 IST[349] | GSLV Mk.III-D1 | Maiden orbital flight of GSLV Mk.III. This is the heaviest rocket (and the heaviest satellite) to be launched by ISRO from Indian soil | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19-mission http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-19 | ||||||||||
42747 | [350] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 82.5° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
101 | NIUSat[351] |
| 40 W[353] | 23 June 2017, 9:29:00 IST[354] | PSLV-C38 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | This is a satellite designed for remote sensing applications, and built by the students of Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/niusat | ||||||||||
42766 | – | [355] | 94.8 mins | 97.4° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
102 |
| 986 W | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c38-cartosat-2-series-satellite http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-series-satellite-1 | |||||||||||||||
42767 | – | [357] | 94.8 mins | 97.4° | Not Applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||
103 |
| [359] | 6200 W[360] | 29 June 2017, 2:45:00 IST[361] | This is India's 18th communication (and to date, its heaviest) satellite | http://www.isro.gov.in/gsat-17-0 | ||||||||||||
42815 | [362] | 1436.1 mins | 0.1° | 93.5° E | – | – | – | |||||||||||
104 |
| Not Applicable | [364] | – | 2 September 2017 | PSLV-C39 | First satellite to be co-designed and built with private sector assistance. Failed to reach orbit | http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c39-irnss-1h-mission http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1h | ||||||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |||||||||
105 |
| [366] | – | PSLV-C40 | ISRO sent 32 satellites, including 3 indigenous ones – CartoSat-2F (the 6th satellite in the Cartosat series to be built by ISRO), MicroSat-TD and INS-1C, on this mission | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-series-satellite-2 | ||||||||||||
43111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
106 |
| – | This is a technology demonstrator, and the forerunner for future satellites in this series. The satellite bus is modular in design and can be fabricated and tested independently of payload | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/microsat-0 | ||||||||||||||
43128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
107 | INS-1C (ISRO Nano-Satellite 1C) |
| TBA | – | INS-1C, the third satellite in the Indian Nanosatellite series, will be carrying a Miniature Multispectral Technology Demonstration (MMX-TD) Payload from Space Applications Centre (SAC). Data sent by this camera can be utilised for topographical mapping, vegetation monitoring, aerosol scattering studies and cloud studies[367] | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/ins-1c | ||||||||||||
TBA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
108 | GSAT-6A[368] |
| 2018-027A | 3119 W | GSLV-F08 | Similar to GSAT-6 it is a high power S-band communication satellite configured around I-2K bus. The satellite will also provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of 6 m S-Band Unfurlable Antenna, handheld ground terminals and network management techniques that could be useful in satellite based mobile communication applications. Communication was lost with satellite before final orbit raising maneuver. | http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-6a | |||||||||||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
109 |
| 2018-035A | 1671 W[370] | 12 April 2018, 04:04:00 | PSLV-C41 | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c41-irnss-1i https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1i | ||||||||||||
43286 | – | – | – | 1450.9 minutes | 29° | 55.0° E | – | – | – | |||||||||
110 | 2018-089A | 1 November 2018, 11:38 | GSLV Mk III D2 | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-29 https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-mk-iii-d2-gsat-29-mission | ||||||||||||||
43698 | – | 13 hours | 8.9° | – | – | |||||||||||||
111 |
| 2018-096A | 29 November 2018, 04:27:30 UTC | PSLV-C43 | Hyperspectral imaging services for agriculture, forestry, resource mapping, geographical assessment and military applications. | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c43-hysis-mission https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/hysis | ||||||||||||
43719 | 97 minutes 26 seconds | 97.95° | Not applicable | – | – | |||||||||||||
112 | ExseedSat-1[371] |
| 2018-099 | 1 W | 3 December 2018, 18:34:05 UTC | India's first privately funded and built satellite | ||||||||||||
Not applicable | – | – | ||||||||||||||||
113 | 2018-100B | 13.6 kW | 5 December 2018, 18:16 UTC | Heaviest Indian spacecraft in orbit till date. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-11-mission | |||||||||||||
43824 | 1,436.1 minutes | 0.0° | 74.0° E | – | – | |||||||||||||
114 | 2018-105A | 3.3 kW | 19 December 2018, 10:40 UTC | GSLV Mk.II-F11 | Services for Indian Air Force and Indian Army. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-7a https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f11-gsat-7a-mission | ||||||||||||
43864 | 1,436.1 minutes | 0.1° | 63.0° E | – | – | |||||||||||||
115 |
| 2019-006A | – | 23 January 2019, 19:37 IST | Suspected to have been destroyed in 2019 Indian anti-satellite missile test. | – | ||||||||||||
43947 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | – | 27 March 2019 | |||||||||
116 | PS4 Stage attached with KalamSAT-V2 |
| – | – | 23 January 2019, 19:37 IST | Used PSLV's 4th stage as orbital platform. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/kalamsat-v2 | |||||||||||
– | – | – | – | – | – | Not applicable | – | – | – | |||||||||
117 | 2019-007B | 4.7 kW | 6 February 2019, 02:31 IST | Replacement of the aging INSAT-4CR. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-31 | |||||||||||||
44035 | 1,436.1 minutes | 0.1° | 48.0° E | – | – | |||||||||||||
118 |
| 2019-018A | 800 W | 1 April 2019, 09:27 IST | Electromagnetic intelligence to track any enemy radars for Indian Armed Forces. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/emisat https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission | ||||||||||||
44078 | – | 99.7 minutes | 98.38° | Not applicable | – | – | ||||||||||||
119 | PS4 Stage attached with ExseedSat-2, AMSAT, ARIS and AIS payloads |
| – | Utilization of fourth stage directly as a satellite for experiments. | ||||||||||||||
– | – | – | Not applicable | – | – | |||||||||||||
120 | RISAT-2B |
| 2019-028A | 22 May 2019, 05:30:00 IST | PSLV-CA C46 | Successor to old RISAT-2. | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c46-mission https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/risat-2b | |||||||||||
44233 | 95.7 minutes | 37.0° | Not applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
121 | Chandrayaan-2 •Orbiter •Vikram Lander •Pragyan Rover | Lunar Exploration | 2019-042A | 3850 kg | 1 kW | 22 July 2019, 09:13:12 UTC | GSLV Mk III M01 | India's second lunar exploration mission. Orbital insertion successful, soft landing failed. First operational flight of GSLV Mk III. | https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan2-home-0 | |||||||||
44441 | - | 90.0° | Not applicable | 20 August 2019, 09:02 IST (03:32 UTC) | – | |||||||||||||
122 |
| 2019-081A | 2000 W | 27 November 2019, 09:28:00 IST | PSLV-XL C47 | 13 American nano-satellites to be piggybacked along. Cartosat-3 is among optical satellites with highest resolutions in world. | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c47-cartosat-3-mission https://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c47-cartosat-3-mission/launch-kit-glance | |||||||||||
44804 | 94.8 minutes | 97.5° | Not applicable | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
123 | 2019-089F | 11 December 2019 09:55 UTC | PSLV-QL C48 | Has an improved resolution of 0.35 meters. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/risat2br1https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c48-risat-2br1 | |||||||||||||
44857 | 37.0° | Not applicable | – | – | – |
ISRO aims to conduct 50 launches between 2020 and 2024.[372] Besides increasing the launch frequency to 12+ a year,[373] a number of extraterrestrial exploration missions including Aditya L1, Chandrayaan-3, Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Shukrayaan-1 and Mars Orbiter Mission 2 are planned for this decade. A mission to Jupiter after Shukrayaan and a mission to explore beyond Solar System have also been proposed.[374] [375] PSLV is expected to undergo its 100th flight mission in middle of the decade.[176] India's new low cost Small Satellite Launch Vehicle is expected to make its maiden flight in January 2020 while SCE-200 which is expected to be the powerplant of India's upcoming heavy and super heavy launch systems, is expected to make first flight sometimes in middle of the decade.[376] [377] [378] Conducting an orbital human spaceflight before August 2022 is the highest priority for the agency while the long term goals of the programme include human-occupied space stations and crewed lunar landing.
Payload Details | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Details | Refs (Official portal) | |||||||||||||
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Name | Discipline | COSPAR ID | Launch Mass | Power | Periapsis | Apoapsis | Semi-Major Axis | Period | Inclination | Longitude‡ | Eccentricity | Epoch Start | Decay Date | |||||
SatCat # | Dry Mass | |||||||||||||||||
124 | GSAT-30 | Communications | 2020-005A | 6000 W | 16 January 2020, 21:05 UTC | Ariane 5 ECA VA-251 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | Replacement of INSAT-4A | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-30 | |||||||||
45026 | 1436.1 minutes | 0.0° | 83.0° E | |||||||||||||||
125 | EOS-01 (RISAT-2BR2) | Earth observation | 2020-081A | [379] | 7 November 2020, 09:42 UTC | PSLV-DL C49 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Space based synthetic aperture imaging radar. | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c49-eos-01 https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/eos-01 | |||||||||
46905 | 96.1 minutes | 36.9° | - | |||||||||||||||
126 | CMS-01 (GSAT-12R) | Communications | 2020-099A | 1500 W | 17 December 2020, 10:11 UTC | PSLV-XL C50 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Extended C-band coverage for mainland India as well as Lakshadweep and A&N Islands.[380] | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cms-01 https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c50-cms-01 | |||||||||
47256 | 1436.1 minutes | 0.0° | 83.0° E | |||||||||||||||
127 | Sindhu Netra | Earth observation | 28 February 2021, 03:54 UTC | PSLV-DL C51 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | For use by Indian Navy to keep surveillance over Indian Ocean.[381] | ||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||
128 | Satish Dhawan Satellite (SDSat) | Studying space radiations and magnetosphere | 2021-015W | Nanosatellite developed by Space Kidz India to study radiations. Carried 25,000 names and a copy of Bhagvad Gita into space.[382] | https://www.spacekidzindia.in/sdsat/ https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/satish-dhawan-sat-sdsat | |||||||||||||
47721 | 91.3 minutes | 97.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
129 | JITSat | Student satellite | Developed by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology as a part of UNITYSat constellation.[383] | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/unitysat | ||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||
130 | GHRCESat | Student satellite | Developed by G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur as a part of UNITYSat constellation. | |||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||
131 | Sri Shakthi Sat | Student satellite | Developed by Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology as a part of UNITYSat constellation. | |||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||
132 | EOS-03 (GISAT-1) | Earth observation | Not Applicable | 2280 W | 12 August 2021, 12:13 UTC | GSLV Mk II F10 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | First satellite of GISAT constellation and first Indian real-time earth observation satellite intended in geostationary orbit. Failed to reach orbit as upper-stage of rocket did not ignite. | https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/gslv-f10-eos-03 https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/eos-03 | |||||||||
Not Applicable | – | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||||||||
133 | EOS-04 (RISAT-1A) | Earth observation | 2022-013A | 2280 W | 14 February 2022, 00:29 UTC | PSLV-XL C52 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | ISRO Radar Imaging Satellite designed to provide high quality images under all weather conditions for applications such as Agriculture, Forestry & Plantations, Soil Moisture & Hydrology and Flood mapping.[384] | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/eos-04 https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c52-eos-04-mission | |||||||||
51656 | 95.2 minutes | 97.6° | - | |||||||||||||||
134 | INSPIRESAT-1 | Student cubesat | 2022-013B | Developed jointly by Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) of India, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics from the US and National Central University of Taiwan. It is equipped with a compact ionosphere probe to study earth's Ionosphere. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/inspiresat-1 https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c52-eos-04-mission | |||||||||||||
51657 | 95.2 minutes | 97.6° | - | |||||||||||||||
135 | INS-2TD | Experimental | 2022-013C | Joint Indo-Bhutanese technology demonstration satellite which is a precursor to INS-2B, first Bhutanese satellite. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/ins-2td https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c52-eos-04-mission | |||||||||||||
51658 | 95.2 minutes | 97.6° | - | |||||||||||||||
136 | Shakuntala (TD-2) | Earth observation | 2022-033S | 1 April 2022, 16:24 (UTC) | Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061.7 | Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40, Brevard County, Florida | First fully private earth imaging satellite from India by Pixxel. | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pixxel-td-2.htm#:~:text=Weighing%20less%20than%2015%20kg,more%20than%2020%20larger%20satellites. | ||||||||||
52173 | 93.3 minutes | 97.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
137 | CMS-02 (GSAT-24) | Communications | 2022-067A | 12000 W | 22 June 2022, 21:03 UTC | Ariane 5 ECA VA-257 | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou | First demand driven satellite of NSIL. Operated by M/s Tata Play. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-24 https://www.isro.gov.in/gsat-24/gsat-24-brochure | |||||||||
52903 | 1432 minutes | 0.1° | - | |||||||||||||||
138 | PS4 with POEM-I (PSLV Orbital Experimental Module) Payload | Experimental rocket stage with payloads | 2022-072E | 30 June 2022, 12:32 (UTC) | PSLV-XL C53 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | POEM hosts six payloads.The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) also known as PS4 Orbital Platform (PS4-OP) utilizes the spent PSLV fourth stage (PS4) to provide a long duration in-orbit platform for hosting payloads. | https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_PSLV_C53.html https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/PSLV_C53.pdf | ||||||||||
52939 | 95.6 minutes | 10.0 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
139 | EOS 02 (Microsat-2A) | Earth observation | 350 W | 7 August 2022, 03:48 UTC | SSLV-D1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | EOS02 was an optical earth observation satellite with a transmission speed of 32 mpps in x band. Due to sensor failure coupled with shortcomings of onboard software, the SSLVs VTM stage as well as the two satellite payloads were injected into an unstable transatmospheric Earth orbit measuring 356×76 km and subsequently destroyed upon reentry. | https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_SSLV_D1.html https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/sslv_brochure/sslvd1-eos2_-_mission_brochure.pdf | ||||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
140 | AzaadiSAT | Student satellite (Earth observation) | 8U CubeSat by SpaceKidz India. | |||||||||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
141 | EOS-06 (Oceansat-3) | Oceanography | 2022-158A | 26 November 2022,06:26 UTC | PSLV-XL C54 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | India's third generation oceanography satellite. | https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_PSLV_C54.html https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/PSLVC54/PSLVC54_EOS6_Brochure.pdf | ||||||||||
54361 | 99.5 minutes | 98.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
142 | INS-2B (India-BhutanSat) | Earth observation | 2022-158E | Multispectral optical imaging satellite jointly developed and operated by India and Bhutan. | ||||||||||||||
54365 | 94.2 minutes | 97.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
143 | TD-1 Anand | Experimental | 2022-158F | Earth observation satellite by Pixxel. | ||||||||||||||
54366 | 94.3 minutes | 97.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
144 | Thybolt-1 | Communications | 2022-158D | Communication technology demonstrator by Dhruva Space. | ||||||||||||||
54364 | 94.2 minutes | 97.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
145 | Thybolt-2 | Communications | 2022-158D | Communication technology demonstrator by Dhruva Space. | ||||||||||||||
54363 | 94.2 minutes | 97.4 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
146 | EOS-07 | Earth observation | 2023-019A | 357 W | 10 February 2023 03:48 (UTC) | SSLV-D2 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Equipped with mm-Wave humidity sounder and spectrum monitoring payload. | https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_SSLV_D2.html https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/SSLV/SSLV_D2_EOS_07_DigitalBrochure.pdf | |||||||||
55562 | 93.2 minutes | 37.2 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
147 | AzaadiSAT-2 | Student satellite (Earth observation) | 2013-019B | Students satellite by SpaceKidz India for amateur radio communication. | ||||||||||||||
55563 | 92.7 minutes | 37.2 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
148 | PS4 with POEM-II (PSLV Orbital Experimental Module) | Experimental rocket stage with payloads | 2023-057A | 22 April 2023, 08:50 (UTC) | PSLV-CA C55 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | Included research payloads from private Indian space industries namely, ARIS 2, PiLoT, ARKA200, DSOL-DU, DSOD-3U & 6U | https://www.isro.gov.in/PSLV_C55MissionLandingPage.html https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/PSLVC55/PSLVC55TeLEOS.pdf | ||||||||||
56308 | 96.7 minutes | 9.9 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
149 | NVS-01 (IRNSS-1J) | Navigation satellite | 2023-076A | 2400 W | 29 May 2023, 10:42 (UTC) | GSLV Mk II F12 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | First of second generation navigation satellites in India's NavIC constellation. Includes payloads operating in L1, L5 & S bands and works on indigenous rubidium atomic clock. | https://www.isro.gov.in/GSLV_F12_Landingpage.html https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/GSLVF12/GSLVF12_NVS01_Mission.pdf | |||||||||
56759 | 1436.1 minutes | 4.9 ° | - | |||||||||||||||
150 | Chandrayaan-3 •Orbiter •Vikram Lander •Pragyan Rover | Lunar Exploration | 2023-098C | 3900 kg | 1 kW | 14 July 2023, 09:05:17 (UTC) | LVM3 M04 | India's third lunar exploration mission. Orbital insertion successful, soft landing successful, roving successful, hop experiment successful, return to earth successful. First operational flight of GSLV Mk III. | https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3.html | |||||||||
57320 | - | 90.0° | Not applicable | 5 August 2023 | - | |||||||||||||
151 | Solar coronal observation spacecraft | 2023-132A | 2 September 2023, 06:20 (UTC) | PSLV-XL, PSLV-C57 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | First solar observation satellite of India. Designed to operate on a Halo orbit around L1 point | ||||||||||||
57754 | Halo orbit around L1 point | 177.86 days | - | |||||||||||||||
152 | XPoSat | X-ray astronomy | 2024-001A | 1260 W | 1 January 2024, 03:40 (UTC) | PSLV-DL C58 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | First dedicated X-ray satellite of the nation dedicated to study X-ray polarization. | https://www.isro.gov.in/XPoSat.html | |||||||||
58694 | 144 kg (317 lb) | 90.0 minutes | 3° | - | ||||||||||||||
153 | INSAT-3DS | Earth Observation | 1164 W | 17 February 2024, 12:05(UTC) | GSLV-F14 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh | The satellite is a follow on of INSAT-3DR mission. | https://www.isro.gov.in/GSLV-F14_INSAT-3DS_mission.html | ||||||||||
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Following table lists Indian satellites in development and due for launch in near future.
Following statistics are on the basis of number of satellites launched that were built-in or were to be operated by India. It does not account number of launch vehicles used or special orbital missions like re-entry that aren't taken into account as satellites. It also does not account foreign satellites launched by India.
The following bar chart lists number of Indian satellites launched decade-wise.
Decade | Country of origin of launch vehicle | Total | |||||||||
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/ | |||||||||||
Success | Failure | Success | Failure | Success | Failure | Success | Failure | Success | Failure | ||
1970s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
1980s | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
1990s | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
2000s | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
2010s | 54 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 3 | |
2020s | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
Total | 103 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 134 | 11 |
The following bar chart lists the number of satellites launched based on the origin of the launch vehicle
Country of origin of launch system | Number of Indian satellites launched | |||
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Success | Failure | Total | ||
103 | 11 | 114 | ||
26 | 0 | 26 | ||
/ | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
5 | 0 | 5 | ||
Total | 134 | 11 | 145 |
ISRO satellites which have been launched by foreign space agencies (of Europe, USSR / Russia, and United States) are enlisted in the given tables below.[404]
Launch vehicle family | Satellites launched | |||||
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Communication | Earth observation | Experimental | Other | Total | ||
Europe | ||||||
20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | ||
USSR / Russia | ||||||
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
USA | ||||||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
No. | Satellite's name | Launch vehicle | Launch agency | Country / region of launch agency | Launch date | Launch mass | Power | Orbit type | Mission life | Other information | Reference(s) | |
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1. | Aryabhata | Kosmos-3M | USSR | 19 April 1975 | 360 kg | 46 W | Low Earth orbit | [405] | ||||
2. | Bhaskara-1 | Kosmos-3M | USSR | 7 June 1979 | 442 kg | 47 W | Low Earth orbit | 1 year | [406] | |||
3. | Apple | Ariane 1L-03 | Arianespace | Europe | 19 June 1981 | 670 kg | 210 W | Geosynchronous | 2 years | [407] [408] | ||
4. | Bhaskara-2 | Kosmos-3M | USSR | 20 November 1981 | 444 kg | 47 W | Low Earth orbit | 1 year | [409] | |||
5. | INSAT-1A | Delta 3910 | McDonnell-Douglas | USA | 10 April 1982 | 1,152 kg with propellants (550 kg dry mass) | 1000 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [410] | ||
6. | INSAT-1B | STS-8 | USA | 30 August 1983 | 1,152 kg with propellants (550 kg dry mass) | 1000 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [411] | |||
Soyuz T-11 | Soyuz-U | USSR | 3 April 1984 | Low Earth orbit | Carrying India's first Astronaut Rakesh Sharma. The Mission was Organised By USSR. It was launched from Baikonur 31/6 on a Soyuz-U Launch vehicle on 3 April 1984 at 13:08:00 UTC. | [412] | ||||||
7. | IRS-1A | Vostok-2 | USSR | 17 March 1988 | 975 kg | 620 W | Sun-synchronous | 7 years | [413] | |||
8. | INSAT-1C | Ariane 3 V-24/L-23 | Arianespace | Europe | 22 July 1988 | 1,190 kg with propellants (550 kg dry mass) | 1000 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [414] | ||
9. | INSAT-1D | Delta 4925 | McDonnell-Douglas | USA | 12 June 1990 | 1,190 kg with propellants (550 kg dry mass) | 1000 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | [415] | ||
10. | IRS-1B | Vostok-2 | USSR | 29 August 1991 | 975 kg | 600 W | Sun-synchronous | 12 years | [416] | |||
11. | INSAT-2A | Ariane 4 V-51/423 | Arianespace | Europe | 10 July 1992 | 1,906 kg with propellants (905 kg dry mass) | 1000 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [417] | ||
12. | INSAT-2B | Ariane 4 V-58/429 | Arianespace | Europe | 22 July 1993 | 1,906 kg with propellants (916 kg dry mass) | 1000 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [418] | ||
13. | INSAT-2C | Ariane 4 V-81/453 | Arianespace | Europe | 6 December 1995 | 2,106 kg with propellants (946 kg dry mass) | 1450 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [419] | ||
14. | IRS-1C | Molniya-M | Russia | 28 December 1995 | 1250 kg | 813 W | Sun-synchronous | 7 years | [420] | |||
15. | INSAT-2D | Ariane 4 V-97/468 | Arianespace | Europe | 3 June 1997 | 2,079 kg with propellants (995 kg dry mass) | 1540 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | [421] | ||
16. | INSAT-2E | Ariane 4 V-117/486 | Arianespace | Europe | 2 April 1999 | 2,550 kg with propellants (1,150 kg dry mass) | 2150 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | [422] | ||
17. | INSAT-3B | Ariane 5 V-128 | Arianespace | Europe | 21 March 2000 | 2,070 kg with propellants (970 kg dry mass) | 1712 W | Geosynchronous | 10 years | [423] | ||
18. | INSAT-3C | Ariane 4 V-147 | Arianespace | Europe | 23 January 2002 | 2,750 kg with propellants (1,220 kg dry mass) | 2765 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | [424] | ||
19. | INSAT-3A | Ariane 5 V-160 | Arianespace | Europe | 9 April 2003 | 2,950 kg with propellants (1,350 kg dry mass) | 3100 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | [425] | ||
20. | INSAT-3E | Ariane 5 V-162 | Arianespace | Europe | 27 September 2003 | 2,778 kg with propellants (1,218 kg dry mass) | 3100 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | [426] | ||
21. | INSAT-4A | Ariane 5V169 | Arianespace | Europe | 22 December 2005 | 3081 kg with propellants (1386.55 kg dry mass) | 5922 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | Communication satellite | [427] | |
22. | INSAT-4B | Ariane 5 ECA | Arianespace | Europe | 12 March 2007 | 3,025 kg with propellants | 5859 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | Communication satellite | [428] | |
23. | GSAT-8 | Ariane-5 VA-202 | Arianespace | Europe | 21 May 2011 | 3,093 kg with propellants (1,426 kg dry mass) | 6242 W | Geosynchronous | More than 12 years | Communication satellite | [429] | |
24. | INSAT-3D | Ariane-5 VA-214 | Arianespace | Europe | 26 July 2013 | 2,061 kg with propellants (937.8 kg dry mass) | 1164 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | Weather satellite | [430] | |
24. | GSAT-7 | Ariane-5 VA-215 | Arianespace | Europe | 30 August 2013 | 2,650 kg with propellants (1,211 kg dry mass) | 2915 W | Geosynchronous | 7 years | Communication satellite | [431] | |
26. | GSAT-10 | Ariane-5 VA-209 | Arianespace | Europe | 29 September 2010 | 3,400 kg with propellants (1,498 kg dry mass) | 6474 W | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite | [432] | |
27. | GSAT-16 | Ariane-5 VA-221 | Arianespace | Europe | 7 December 2014 | 3,181.6 kg with propellants | 6000 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | Communication satellite, carries 48 transponders, the most in any ISRO communication satellite so far. | [433] | |
28. | GSAT-15 | Ariane-5 VA-227 | Arianespace | Europe | 11 November 2015 | 3,164 kg with propellants | 6000 W | Geosynchronous | 12 years | Communication satellite, carries 24 transponders. | [434] | |
29. | GSAT-18 | Ariane-5 VA-231 | Arianespace | Europe | 6 October 2016 | 3,404 kg | 6474 W | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite, carries 48 transponders. | [435] | |
30. | GSAT-17 | Ariane-5 VA-238 | Arianespace | Europe | 28 June 2017 | 3,477 kg | 6474 W | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite, carries 42 transponders. | [436] | |
31. | GSAT-11 | Ariane-5 VA-246 | Arianespace | Europe | 5 December 2018 | 5,854 kg | 13.4 kW | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite | [437] | |
32. | GSAT-31 | Ariane-5 VA-247 | Arianespace | Europe | 5 February 2019 | 2,536 kg | 4.7 kW | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite | [438] [439] [440] | |
33. | GSAT-30 | Ariane-5 VA-251 | Arianespace | Europe | 16 January 2020 | 3,547 kg | 6 kW | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite | [441] [442] | |
34. | CMS-02 (GSAT-24) | Ariane-5 VA-257 | Arianespace | Europe | 22 June 2022 | 4,181.3 kg | 12 kW | Geosynchronous | 15 years | Communication satellite | [443] [444] [445] |