List of Indian satellites

Launch Launch ISRO

Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
u-11 Active technological experience in
19 April
Aryabhatta Interkosmo building and operating a satellite [1]
1975
s system. India's first satellite.
C-1 First experimental remote sensing
7 June
Bhaskara-I Interkosmo satellite. Carried TV and microwave [2]
1979
s cameras.
Intended for measuring in-flight
Rohini 10
performance of first experimental
Technology August SLV-3 [3]
flight of SLV-3, the first Indian
Payload 1979
launch vehicle. Did not achieve orbit.
Used for measuring in-flight
18 July performance of second experimental
Rohini RS-1 SLV-3 [4]
1980 launch of SLV-3. India's first
indigenous satellite launch.
Used for conducting some remote
sensing technology studies using a
31 May
Rohini RS-D1 SLV-3 landmark sensor payload.Launched [5]
1981
by the first developmental launch of
SLV-3.
First experimental communication
Ariane
satellite. Provided experience in
Passenger 19 June Ariane-1
building and operating a payload [6]
Payload 1981 (V-3)
experiment three-axis stabilised
Experiment
communication satellite.
Second experimental remote sensing
20 C-1 satellite; similar to Bhaskara-1.
Bhaskara -II Novemb Intercosmo Provided experience in building and [7]
er 1981 s operating a remote sensing satellite
system on an end-to-end basis.
INSAT-1A 10 April Delta 3910 First operational multipurpose [8]
1982 PAM-D communication and meteorology
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
satellite. Procured from USA.
Worked for only six months.
Identical to RS-D1. Launched by the
17 April
Rohini RS-D2 SLV-3 second developmental launch of [9]
1983
SLV-3.
30
Shuttle Identical to INSAT-1A. Served for
INSAT-1B August [10]
[PAM-D] more than design life of seven years.
1983
Stretched Carried payload for launch vehicle
24
Rohini performance monitoring and for
March ASLV [11]
Satellite Series gamma ray astronomy. Did not
1987
(SROSS-1) achieve orbit.
17
Earth observation satellite. First
IRS-1A March Vostok [12]
operational remote sensing satellite.
1988
Stretched Carried remote sensing payload of
Rohini 13 July German space agency in addition to
ASLV [13]
Satellite Series 1988 Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Did
(SROSS-2) not achieve orbit.
21 July Same as INSAT-1A. Served for only
INSAT-1C Ariane-3 [14]
1988 one-and-a-half years.
Identical to INSAT-1A. Still in
12 June service. A third stage motor landed
INSAT-1D Delta 4925 [15]
1990 from its launch, landed in Australia
in 2008.[2]
29
Earth observation satellite. Improved
IRS-1B August Vostok [16]
version of IRS-1A.
1991
26
Ariane-44L Launched as Arabsat 1C. Procured in
INSAT-2DT February [17]
H10 orbit from Arabsat in January 1998.
1992
Stretched
Rohini 20 May Carried gamma ray astronomy and
ASLV [18]
Satellite Series 1992 aeronomy payload.
(SROSS-C)
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
First satellite in the second-
10 July Ariane-44L generation Indian-built INSAT-2
INSAT-2A [19]
1992 H10 series. Has enhanced capability over
INSAT-1 series. Still in service.
Second satellite in INSAT-2 series.
23 July Ariane-44L
INSAT-2B Identical to INSAT-2A. Still in [20]
1993 H10+
service.
20
Earth observation satellite. Did not
IRS-1E Septemb PSLV-D1 [21]
achieve orbit.
er 1993
Stretched
Rohini 4 May Identical to SROSS-C. Still in
ASLV [22]
Satellite Series 1994 service.
(SROSS-C2)
Earth observation satellite. Launched
15
by second developmental flight of
IRS-P2 October PSLV-D2 [23]
PSLV.Mission accomplished after 3
1994
years of service in 1997.
Has additional capabilities such as
7 mobile satellite service, business
Ariane-44L
INSAT-2C Decembe communication and television [24]
H10-3
r 1995 outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
Still in service.
29
Earth observation satellite. Launched
IRS-1C Decembe Molniya [25]
from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
r 1995
Earth observation satellite. Carries
21
remote sensing payload and an X-ray
IRS-P3 March PSLV-D3 [26]
astronomy payload. Launched by
1996
third developmental flight of PSLV.
INSAT-2D 4 June Ariane-44L Same as INSAT-2C. Inoperable since [27]
1997 H10-3 1997-10-04 due to power bus
anomaly.
IRS-1D 29 PSLV-C1 Earth observation satellite. Same as [28]
Septemb IRS-1C.
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
er 1997
3 April Ariane-42P Multipurpose communication and
INSAT-2E [29]
1999 H10-3 meteorological satellite.
Earth observation satellite. Carries an
Oceansat-1 26 May Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a
PSLV-C2 [30]
(IRS-P4) 1999 Multifrequency Scanning Microwave
Radiometer (MSMR).
Multipurpose communication:
22
business communication,
INSAT-3B March Ariane-5G [31]
developmental communication, and
2000
mobile communication.
Experimental satellite for the first
18 April developmental flight of
GSAT-1 GSLV-D1 [32]
2001 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle, GSLV-D1.
Experimental satellite to test
Technology 22 technologies such as attitude and
Experiment October PSLV-C3 orbit control system, high-torque [33]
Satellite (TES) 2001 reaction wheels, new reaction control
system, etc.
Designed to augment the existing
24 INSAT capacity for communication
Ariane-42L
INSAT-3C January and broadcasting and provide [34]
H10-3
2002 continuity of the services of INSAT-
2C.
First meteorological satellite built by
12 ISRO. Originally named METSAT.
Kalpana-1
Septemb PSLV-C4 Renamed after Kalpana Chawla who [35]
(METSAT)
er 2002 perished in the Space Shuttle
Columbia.
INSAT-3A 10 April Ariane-5G Multipurpose satellite for [36]
2003 communication, broadcasting, and
meteorological services along with
INSAT-2E and Kalpana-1.
GSAT-2 8 May GSLV-D2 Experimental satellite for the second [37]
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
developmental test flight of
2003 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV)
28
Communication satellite to augment
INSAT-3E Septemb Ariane-5G [38]
the existing INSAT System.
er 2003
17 Earth observation/remote sensing
RESOURCES
October PSLV-C5 satellite. Intended to supplement and [39]
AT-1 (IRS-P6)
2003 replace IRS-1C and IRS-1D.
20
Also designated GSAT-3. India’s first
EDUSAT October GSLV-F01 [40]
exclusive educational satellite.
2004
Microsatellite (42.5 kilograms) for
5 May providing satellite-based amateur
HAMSAT PSLV-C6 [41]
2005 radio services to the national as well
as the international community.
Earth observation satellite. Provides
5 May
CARTOSAT-1 PSLV-C6 stereographic in-orbit images with a [42]
2005
2.5-meter resolution.
22
Advanced satellite for direct-to-home
INSAT-4A Decembe Ariane-5GS [43]
television broadcasting services.
r 2005
10 July Geosynchronous communications
INSAT-4C GSLV-F02 [44]
2006 satellite. Did not achieve orbit.
Advanced remote sensing satellite
10
carrying a panchromatic camera
CARTOSAT-2 January PSLV-C7 [45]
capable of providing scene-specific
2007
spot images.
Space Capsule 10 PSLV-C7 Experimental satellite intended to [46]
Recovery January demonstrate the technology of an
Experiment 2007 orbiting platform for performing
(SRE-1) experiments in microgravity
conditions. Launched as a co-
passenger with CARTOSAT-2. SRE-
1 was de-orbited and recovered
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
successfully after 12 days over Bay
of Bengal.
Identical to INSAT-4A. Further
augments the INSAT capacity for
direct-to-home (DTH) television
12 services and other communications.
Ariane-
INSAT-4B March On the night of 7 July INSAT-4B [47]
5ECA
2007 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).
Identical to INSAT-4C. It carried 12
2 high-power Ku-band transponders
INSAT-4CR Septemb GSLV-F04 designed to provide direct-to-home [48]
er 2007 (DTH) television services, Digital
Satellite News Gathering etc.
CARTOSAT- 28 April Earth observation/remote sensing
PSLV-C9 [49]
2A 2008 satellite. Identical to CARTOSAT-2.
IMS-1 (Third
Low-cost microsatellite imaging
World 28 April
PSLV-C9 mission. Launched as co-passenger [50]
Satellite – 2008
with CARTOSAT-2A.
TWsat)
Unmanned lunar probe. Carries 11
22
Chandrayaan- scientific instruments built in India,
October PSLV-C11 [51]
1 USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and
2008
Bulgaria.
Radar imaging satellite used to
monitor India's borders and as part of
20 April
RISAT-2 PSLV-C12 anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist [52]
2009
operations. Launched as a co-
passenger with ANUSAT.
ANUSAT 20 April PSLV-C12 Research microsatellite designed at [53]
2009 Anna University. Carries an amateur
radio and technology demonstration
experiments.
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
23 Gathers data for oceanographic,
Oceansat-2
Septemb PSLV-C14 coastal and atmospheric applications. [54]
(IRS-P4)
er 2009 Continues mission of Oceansat-1.
Communications satellite technology
15 April
GSAT-4 GSLV-D3 demonstrator. Failed to reach orbit [55]
2010
due to GSLV-D3 failure.
Earth observation/remote sensing
CARTOSAT- 12 July
PSLV-C15 satellite. Identical to CARTOSAT- [56]
2B 2010
2A.
First Indian pico-satellite (weighing
12 July less than 1 kg). Developed by a team
StudSat PSLV-C15 [57]
2010 from seven engineering colleges
from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
25 C-band communication satellite,
GSAT-5P /
Decembe GSLV-F06 failed to reach orbit due to GSLV- [58]
INSAT-4D
r 2010 F06 failure.
RESOURCESAT-2, ISRO's
eighteenth remote-sensing satellite,
followed RESOURCESAT-1. PSLV-
C16 placed three spacecraft with a
total payload mass of 1404 kg –
RESOURCES 20 April
PSLV-C16 RESOURCESAT-2 weighing [59]
AT-2 2011
1206 kg, the Indo-Russian
YOUTHSAT weighing 92 kg and
Singapore's X-SAT weighing 106 kg
– into an 822 km polar Sun
Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
Indo-Russian stellar and atmospheric
20 April
Youthsat PSLV-C16 satellite with the participation of [60]
2011
university students. It weighed 92 kg
GSAT-8 / 21 May Ariane-5 Communications satellite carries 24 [61]
INSAT-4G 2011 VA-202 Ku-band transponders and 2 channel
GAGAN payload operating in L1
and L5 band.
GSAT-12 15 July PSLV-C17 GSAT-12 communication satellite [62]
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
built by ISRO, weighs about 1410 kg
at lift-off. GSAT-12 is configured to
carry 12 Extended C-band
transponders to meet the country's
growing demand for transponders in
a short turn-around-time.The 12
2011 Extended C-band transponders of
GSAT-12 will augment the capacity
in the INSAT system for various
communication services like Tele-
education, Telemedicine and for
Village Resource Centres
(VRC).Mission life About 8 Years.
Megha-Tropiques weighs about
1000 kg Lift-off Mass, developed
jointly by ISRO and the French
Centre National d'Études Spatiales
12 (CNES). PSLV-C18 is configured to
Megha-
October PSLV-C18 carry four satellites in which, one [63]
Tropiques
2011 satellite, developed by India and
France, will track the weather, two
were developed by educational
institutions, and the fourth is from
Luxembourg.
12
Nano-satellite weighing 3 kg
Jugnu October PSLV-C18 [64]
developed by IIT Kanpur
2011
RISAT-1, first indigenous all-weather
Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1),
26 April
RISAT-1 PSLV-C19 whose images will facilitate [65]
2012
agriculture and disaster management
weighs about 1858 kg.
SRMSAT 26 April PSLV-C18 Nano-satellite weighing 10.9 kg [66]
2012 developed by SRM University.
GSAT-10[3] 29 Ariane-5 GSAT-10, India’s advanced [67]
Septemb VA-209 communication satellite, is a high
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
power satellite being inducted into
er 2012 the INSAT system. Weighing
3400 kg at lift-off.
SARAL, The Satellite with ARGOS
25
and ALTIKA (SARAL) is a joint
SARAL[4] February PSLV-C20 [68]
Indo-French satellite mission for
2013
oceanographic studies.
IRNSS-1A is launched on 24 Sep
2014 satellite in the Indian Regional
1 July Navigation Satellite System
IRNSS-1A[5] PSLV-C22 [69]
2013 (IRNSS). It is one of the seven
spacecraft constituting the IRNSS
space segment.
INSAT-3D is the meteorological
26 July
INSAT-3D[6] Ariane-5 Satellite with advanced weather [70]
2013
monitoring payloads.
30 GSAT-7 is the advanced multi-band
GSAT-7[7] August Ariane-5 communication satellite dedicated [71]
2013 for military use.
Mars Orbiter 5 The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),
Mission Novemb PSLV-C25 informally called Mangalyaan is [72]
(MOM) er 2013 India's first Mars orbiter.
GSAT-14 is the twenty third
5 geostationary communication
GSAT-14 January GSLV-D5 satellite of India to augment the In- [73]
2014 orbit capacity of Extended C and Ku-
band transponders.
IRNSS-1B is the second satellite in
4 April
IRNSS-1B[8] PSLV-C24 the Indian Regional Navigation [74]
2014
Satellite System (IRNSS).
IRNSS-1C[9] 16 PSLV-C26 IRNSS-1C is the third satellite in the [75]
October Indian Regional Navigation Satellite
2014 System (IRNSS).
GSAT-16 7 Ariane-5 GSAT-16 is twenty fourth [76]
Decembe communication satellite of India
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
configured to carry a total of 48
r 2014
communication transponders.
28 IRNSS-1D is the fourth satellite in
IRNSS-1D March PSLV-C27 the Indian Regional Navigation [77]
2015 Satellite System (IRNSS).
GSAT-6 is a communication satellite.
GSAT- 6 features an unfurlable
27 antenna, largest on board any
GSAT-6 August GSLV-D6 satellite. Launch of GSLV-D6 also [78]
2015 marks the success of indigenously
developed upper stage cryogenic
engine
28
ASTROSAT is India’s first dedicated
Astrosat Septemb PSLV-C30 [79]
multi wavelength space Observatory.
er 2015
Communications satellite, carries
communication transponders in Ku-
11
Ariane 5 band and a GPS Aided GEO
GSAT-15 Novemb [80]
VA-227 Augmented Navigation (GAGAN)
er 2015
payload operating in L1 and L5
bands. Weight 3164 Kg.
20 IRNSS-1E is the fifth satellite in the
IRNSS-1E January PSLV-C31 Indian Regional Navigation Satellite [81]
2016 System (IRNSS).
10 IRNSS-1F is the sixth satellite in the
IRNSS-1F March PSLV-C32 Indian Regional Navigation Satellite [82]
2016 System (IRNSS).
IRNSS-1G is the seventh and final
28 April satellite in the Indian Regional
IRNSS-1G PSLV-C33 [83]
2016 Navigation Satellite System
(IRNSS).
Cartosat-2C 22 June PSLV-C34 Earth observation/remote sensing [84]
2016 satellite. Identical to CARTOSAT-
2,2A and 2B.
INSAT-3DR 8 GSLV-F05 An advanced meteorological satellite [85]
 Launch Launch ISRO
Satellite Remarks
Date Vehicle Link
Septemb of India configured with an imaging
er 2016 System and an Atmospheric Sounder.
26 Miniature satellite to provide weather
SCATSAT-1 Septemb PSLV-C35 forecasting, cyclone prediction, and [86]
er 2016 tracking services to India.
5 Ariane 5 Communication satellite, will carry
GSAT-18 October ECA VA- 24 C-band, 12 extended C-band, and [87]
2016 231 12 Ku-band transponders.