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NAME OF SATELLITE

DATE OF LAUNCHING

Wt. in Kg.

LAUNCHING STATION

ROCKET BY WHICH PROJECTED

PURPOSE (OUTCOME)

Aryabhatta

19-04-1975

360

Russian Rocket Launching Station Cosmodrome, Soviet Union

Intercosmos Rocket

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Scientific (S)

Bhaskar

07-06-1979

442

Russian Rocket Launching Station Cosmodrome, Soviet Union

Intercosmos Rocket

Earth Scanning

Rohini R.S.-1

10-08-1979

35

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, Andhra Pradesh, India

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SLV-3

Earth Scanning (US)

Rohini R.S.-2

18-07-1980

35

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

SLV-3

Earth Scanning (US)

Rohini RSD-1

31-05-1981

38

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Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

SLV-3

Scientific (US)

Apple

19-06-1981

670

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane

Communication (S)

Bhaskar-2

20-11-1981

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436

Russian Rocket Launching Station Cosmodrome, Soviet Union

Intercosmos Rocket

Earth Scanning (S)

INSAT-1A

10-04-1982

1160

American Rocket Launching Station Cape Canaveral; America

Delta Rocket

Multi Purpose (S)

Rohini RSD-2

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17-04-1983

41.5

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

SLV-3

Scientific (S)

INSAT-1B

30-08-1983

1193

Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, America

Shuttle Challenger

Multi Purpose (S)

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SROSS-1

24-03-1987

150

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

ASLV-D1

Remote Sensing (US)

IRS-1A

17-03-1988

980

Russian Space Station, Baikanour, Soviet Union

Vostok

Remote Sensing (S)

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SROSS-B

13-07-1988

150

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

ASLV-D2

Remote Sensing (US)

INSAT-1C

22-07-1998

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane

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Multi Purpose (US)

INSAT-1D

12-06-1990

650

Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, America

Shuttle Challenger

Multi Purpose (US)

IRS-1B

29-08-1991

985

Russian Space Station, Baikanour, Soviet Union

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Vostok

Remote Sensing (S)

SROSS-C1

20-05-1992

106

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

ASLV-D3

Remote Sensing (S)

INSAT-2A

10-07-1992

1416

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European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

PSLV-C2

Remote Sensing (S)

INSAT-2B

23-07-1993

1906

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane

Multi Purpose (S)

IRS-P1

20-09-1993

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850

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

PSLV-D1

Remote Sensing (US)

SROSS C-2

04-04-1994

113

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

ASLV-D4

Remote Sensing (S)

IRS-P2

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15-10-1994

870

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

PSLV-D2

Remote Sensing (S)

INSAT-2C

07-12-1995

2050

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane

Multi Purpose

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IRS-1C

28-12-1995

1250

Baikanour Launching Station, Kazakhastan

Molniya

Remote Sensing (S)

IRS-P3

21-03-1996

930

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

PSLV-C1

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Remote Sensing (S)

INSAT-2D

04-07-1997

2070

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane-4

Multi Purpose

IRS-1D

29-09-1997

1200

Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

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PSLV-C1

Remote Sensing (S)

INSAT-2E

03-04-1999

2250

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane 42P

Multi Purpose

IRS-P4

26-05-1999

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Rocket Launching Centre, Sriharikota Range, AP, India

PSLV-C2

Remote Sensing (S)

INSAT-3B

22-03-2000

2070

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane

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GSAT-1

28-03-2001

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1540

Sriharikota High Altitude, Range, (SHAR) AP, India

GSLV-D1

Commercial Communication (US)

GSAT-1

18-04-2001

1540

Sriharikota High Altitude, Range, (SHAR) AP, India

GSLV-D1

Commercial Communication (US)

TES

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22-10-2001

1109

Sriharikota High Altitude, Range, (SHAR) AP, India

PSLV-C3

Technology Experiments (S)

INSAT-3C

24-01-2002

--

European Rocket Launching Station Kourou, French Guiana South America

Arine-4

Communication

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METSAT*

12-09-2002

1060

Sriharikota High Altitude, Range, (SHAR) AP, India

PSLV-C4

Exclusively Meteorological (S)

INSAT-3A

10-04-2003

2958

Aliane Launching Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana South America

Ariane-5

Communication Meteorological and telecasting (S)

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GSAT-2

08-05-2003

1600

Sriharikota

GSLV-2

Communication (S)

INSAT-3E

28-09-2003

2795

Kourou

Ariane-5

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Communication (S)

RESOURCE SAT-1

17-10-2003

1360

Sriharikota

PSLV-C5

Remote Sensing (S)

ROHINI-200

21-11-2003

--

Trivendrum

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Sounding Rocket (S)

EDUSAT

20-09-2004

1950

Sriharikota

GSLV-F01

Education (S)

CARTOSATI

05-05-2005

1560

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Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, AP

PSLV-C6

Mapping Satellite (S)

HAMSAT

05-05-2005

--

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, AP

PSLV-C6

Radio Communication (S)

INSAT-4A

22-12-2005

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3080

Kouru

Ariane

Communication (S)

INSAT-4C

10-07-2006

2168

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, AP

GSLV-F02

Communication (US)

INAT-4B

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12-03-2007

3025

Ariane Spaces Ariane

5-ECA

To facilitate the DTH Services and other Communication Services (S)

INSAT-4CR

02-09-2007

2130

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, AP

GSLV-F04

Communication (S)

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To facilitate the DTH Services, Digital New Gathering (DNGS), V-SAT etc.

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