List of satellites from India from 1975 to 2023
A satellite is an object that orbits or circles around a bigger object in space. Usually, artificial satellites are objects or machines that are launched into space for different purposes. In India, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the biggest space agency which is responsible for designing, manufacturing as well as launching, and operating Indian satellites.
First Satellite Launched by India
The first satellite was The Aryabhata spacecraft. This satellite was named after the great ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer known as Aryabhata.
It was launched on 19 April,1975 using a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from the Kapustin Yar launch site. The launch of this satellite was very important for India because this launch marked the beginning of India’s space exploration program.
| Launching year | Indian Satellite Name | Importance of Indian Satellites |
| 1975 | Aryabhata | India’s first satellite. |
| 1979 | Bhaskara Sega-1 | India’s first experimental remote sensing satellite which was responsible for TV and microwave cameras. |
| Rohini Technology Payload | The First Indian launch vehicle Which was Failed to achieve its target orbit. | |
| 1980 | Rohini RS-1 | India’s first indigenous satellite launch was used for measuring the flight performance and more. |
| 1981 | Rohini RS-D1 | It was launched as the first developmental launch of SLV-3, which had been using for sen |
| Apple | It was first experimental communication satellite. | |
| Bhaskara-II | Second experimental remote sensing satellite by India. | |
| 1982 | INSAT-1A | First operational multipurpose communication and meteorology satellite launched by India. |
| 1983 | Rohini RS-D2 | Identical to RS-D1 but slight different. |
| INSAT-1B | Identical to INSAT-1A with slight different in design. | |
| 1987 | SROSS-1 | It was designed for carrying a payload for launch vehicle for performance monitoring and for gamma-ray astronomy. unfortunately It was Failed to reach orbit. |
| 1988 | IRS-1A | It was India’s first operational remote sensing satellite. |
| SROSS-2 | It Carried remote sensing payload of the German space agency as well as gamma-ray astronomy payload. | |
| INSAT-1C | Similarity with INSAT-1A. | |
| 1990 | INSAT-1D | |
| 1991 | IRS-1B | Improved version of IRS-1A. |
| 1992 | INSAT-2DT | Launched as Arabsat 1C |
| SROSS-C | It was built to carry gamma-ray astronomy and aeronomy payload. | |
| INSAT-2A | The first satellite in the second-generation Indian-built INSAT-2 series. | |
| 1993 | INSAT-2B | It was the second satellite in the INSAT-2 series. |
| IRS-1E | Earth observation satellite. Failed to achieve orbit. | |
| 1994 | SROSS-C2 | same as to SROSS-C. |
| IRS-P2 | It was Launched by the second developmental flight of PSLV. | |
| 1995 | INSAT-2C | It has capabilities Like mobile satellite service, business communication as well as television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. |
| IRS-1C | It was Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome from India. | |
| 1996 | IRS-P3 | It was built to carry a remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. |
| 1997 | INSAT-2D | Similarity with INSAT-2C. |
| IRS-1D | Similarity with IRS-1C. | |
| 1999 | INSAT-2E | It was unique Multipurpose communication and meteorological satellite. |
| OceanSat-1 | It carried an OCM and MSMR. | |
| 2000 | INSAT-3B | Multipurpose communication satellite. |
| 2001 | GSAT-1 | Experimental satellite for the first developmental flight of GSLV-D1. Failed to complete its mission. |
| TES | It is considered a prototype for future Indian spy satellites. | |
| 2002 | INSAT-3C | Augmented the INSAT capacity for communication and broadcasting |
| Kalpana-1 | First meteorological satellite built by ISRO. | |
| 2003 | INSAT-3A | Multipurpose communication satellite, similar to INSAT-2E and Kalpana-1. |
| GSAT-2 | Experimental satellite for the second developmental test flight of GSLV. | |
| INSAT-3E | Communication satellite to augment the existing INSAT System. | |
| ResourceSat-1 | Intended to supplement and replace IRS-1C and IRS-1D. | |
| 2004 | GSAT-3 | India’s first exclusive educational satellite. |
| 2005 | CartoSat-1 | Earth observation satellite. |
| HamSat | Micro-satellite built in collaboration with Indian and Dutch researchers. | |
| INSAT-4A | Advanced satellite for direct-to-home television broadcasting services. | |
| 2006 | INSAT-4C | Geosynchronous communications satellite. Failed to achieve orbit. |
| 2007 | CartoSat-2 | Advanced remote sensing satellite |
| SRE-1 | An experimental satellite that was launched as a co-passenger with CARTOSAT-2. | |
| INSAT-4B | Identical to INSAT-4A. | |
| INSAT-4CR | Identical to INSAT-4C. | |
| 2008 | CartoSat-2A | Identical to CARTOSAT-2. |
| IMS-1 | It was a Low-cost microsatellite imaging mission. which was Launched as co-passenger with CARTOSAT-2A. | |
| Chandrayaan-1 | India’s first unmanned lunar probe. | |
| 2009 | RISAT-2 | It was a Radar imaging satellite. which was Launched as a co-passenger with ANUSAT. |
| AnuSat-1 | Research micro-satellite. It has since been retired. | |
| OceanSat-2 | Continues mission of OceanSat-1. | |
| 2010 | GSAT-4 | Communications satellite with technology demonstrator features. Failed to achieve orbit. |
| CartoSat-2B | It has similarity with CartoSat-2A. | |
| StudSat | It was India’s first pico-satellite meaning lass than 1 kg in weight | |
| GSAT-5P | C-band communication satellite. unfortunately It Failed to reach the destination. | |
| 2011 | ResourceSat-2 | Identical to ResourceSat-1. |
| YouthSat | Indo-Russian stellar and atmospheric mini-satellite. | |
| GSAT-8 or INSAT-4G | Communications Satellite | |
| GSAT-12 | Augmented the capacity of the INSAT system for various communication services. | |
| Megha-Tropiques | Jointly developed by ISRO and the French CNES. | |
| Jugnu | Nano-satellite developed by IIT Kanpur. | |
| SRMSat | Nano-satellite developed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology. | |
| 2012 | RISAT-1 | India’s first indigenous all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite. |
| GSAT-10 | India’s advanced communication satellite. | |
| 2013 | SARAL | Joint Indo-French satellite mission for oceanographic studies. |
| IRNSS-1A | The first of seven satellites in the IRNSS navigational system. | |
| INSAT-3D | It is a meteorological Satellite with advanced weather monitoring payloads. | |
| GSAT-7 | It is the advanced multi-band communication satellite dedicated to military use. | |
| Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan-1 | India’s first Mars orbiter. | |
| 2014 | GSAT-14 | Intended to replace GSAT-3, and to augment the in-orbit capacity of Extended C and Ku-band transponders. |
| IRNSS-1B | It is the second of seven satellites in the IRNSS system. | |
| IRNSS-1C | It is the third satellite in the IRNSS. | |
| GSAT-16 | It has the highest number of transponders in a single satellite at that time (48 transponders). | |
| 2015 | IRNSS-1D | It is the fourth satellite in the IRNSS. |
| GSAT-6 | Communication satellite that marks the success of indigenously developed upper stage cryogenic engine. | |
| Astrosat | India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory. | |
| GSAT-15 | Communications satellite. | |
| 2016 | IRNSS-1E | It was the fifth satellite in the IRNSS. |
| IRNSS-1F | It was the sixth satellite in the IRNSS. | |
| IRNSS-1G | It was the seventh satellite in the IRNSS. | |
| Cartosat-2C | Identical to CARTOSAT-2,2A and 2B. | |
| SathyabamaSat | It was a micro-satellite which was built by Sathyabama University, Chennai. | |
| Swayam-1 | It was a A 1-U pico-satellite designed It was actually built by the engineering students of pune. | |
| INSAT-3DR | An advanced meteorological satellite | |
| Pratham | It was A mini-satellite built by researchers at IIT Mumbai. | |
| PISat | A micro-satellite designed and built by the students of PES Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. | |
| ScatSat-1 | Miniature satellite to provide weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to India. | |
| GSAT-18 | The heaviest satellite owned by India at the time of its launch. | |
| ResourceSat-2A | Identical to Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2. | |
| 2017 | CartoSat-2D | ISRO made a world record for launching the highest number of satellites by a single launch vehicle. that was phenomeal |
| INS-1A | It was One of the 2 nano-satellites designed and manufactured by ISRO, which was part of the constellation of 104 satellites launched in a single go. | |
| INS-1B | One of 2 nano-satellites designed and manufactured by ISRO, as part of the constellation of 104 satellites launched in a single go. | |
| South Asia Satellite | ||
| GSAT-19 | It was the heaviest rocket (and the heaviest satellite) to be launched by ISRO from Indian soil. | |
| NIUSat | It is built by the students of Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari. | |
| CartoSat-2E | 7th satellite in the Cartosat series to be built by ISRO. | |
| GSAT-17 | India’s 18th communication (and to date, its heaviest) satellite | |
| IRNSS-1H | First satellite to be co-designed and built-in collaboration with private sector assistance. Failed to achieve orbit. | |
| 2018 | CartoSat-2F | 6th satellite in the Cartosat series to be built by ISRO. |
| MicroSat-TD | It is a technology demonstrator and the forerunner for future satellites in this series. | |
| INS-1C | Third satellite in the Indian Nanosatellite series. It will carry MMX-TD Payload from SAC. | |
| GSAT-6A | A high power S-band communication satellite. It will also provide a platform for developing technologies. | |
| IRNSS-II | Eighth satellite of IRNSS. | |
| GSAT-29 | High-throughput Communication Satellite | |
| HySIS | Hyperspectral imaging services for agriculture, forestry, resource mapping, geographical assessment and military applications. | |
| ExseedSat-1 | India’s first privately funded and built satellite. | |
| GSAT-11 | Heaviest Indian spacecraft in orbit to date. | |
| GSAT-7A | Services for IAF and Indian Army. | |
| 2019 | Microsat-R | Suspected to have been destroyed in the 2019 Indian anti-satellite missile test. |
| PS4 Stage attached with KalamSAT-V2 | Used PSLV’s 4th stage as an orbital platform. | |
| GSAT-31 | Replacement of the ageing INSAT-4CR. | |
| EMISAT | Electromagnetic intelligence to track any enemy radars for IAF. | |
| PS4 Stage attached with ExseedSat-2, AMSAT, ARIS and AIS payloads | Utilization of the fourth stage directly as a satellite for experiments. | |
| RISAT-2B | Successor to old RISAT-2. | |
| Orbiter of Chandrayaan-2 | India’s second lunar exploration mission. | |
| Cartosat-3 | One of the optical satellites with the highest resolutions in the world. | |
| RISAT-2BR1 | Improved resolution of 0.35 metres. | |
| 2020 | GSAT-30 | Replacement of INSAT-4A. |
| EOS-01 | Space-based synthetic aperture imaging radar. | |
| CMS-01 | Extended C-band coverage for mainland India, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | |
| 2021 | Sindhu Netra | Earth observation satellite used by Indian Navy for surveillance over the Indian Ocean. |
| SDSat | This Nanosatellite was developed by Space Kidz India to study radiations. It carried 25,000 names and a copy of Bhagavad Gita into space. | |
| JITSat | Developed by JIT as part of UNITYSat constellation. | |
| GHRCESat | Developed by GHRCE as part of UNITYSat constellation. | |
| Sri Shakthi Sat | Developed by SIET as part of UNITYSat constellation. | |
| EOS-03 | India’s first real-time Earth observation satellite and first satellite of the GISAT constellation. | |
| Upcoming Satellites | ||
| 2022 | RISAT-1A | Radar imaging satellite to facilitate high-quality images and additional security to Indian borders. |
| OCEANSAT-3 | Earth observation satellite for oceanographic and atmospheric studies. | |
| GSAT-20 | Communication satellite to add data transmission capacity required by Smart Cities Mission of India. | |
| GISAT-2 | Multispectral and hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellite. | |
| Aditya-L1 | Solar coronal observation spacecraft. | |
| GSAT-32 | Communications satellite. | |
| TDS-01 | A technology demonstrator for TWTA and atomic clock. | |
| SPADEX x 2 | Demonstration of rendezvous space docking and berthing of spacecraft. | |
| GSAT-7R | Military communications satellite. | |
| DRSS-1 | Communications satellite comprising two satellites in the initial stage– CMS-04 and IDRSS-2 in GEO. | |
| DRSS-2 | ||
| X-ray Polarimeter Satellite | Space observatory to study polarization of cosmic X-rays Investigation. | |
| INSAT 3DS | Military purposes | |
| 2022-23 | GSAT-7C | Military Purposes. |
| AstroSat-2 | It is a space telescope and successor of AstroSat-1. | |
| 2023 | NISAR | A joint mission between ISRO and NASA is a dual-frequency synthetic aperture on an Earth observation satellite from India. |
| 2024 | Lunar Polar Exploration Mission | Joint lunar exploration mission between ISRO and JAXA. |
| 2024-25 | Mangalyaan-2 | It will be India’s second Mars exploration mission. |
| 2025 | DISHA | Twin aeronomy satellite mission. |
| 2024-26 | Shukrayaan-1 | Venus exploration satellite. |
List of Artificial Satellites Launched by India (1975-2023)
The following is the list of Artificial satellites launched by India:
1. Indian Satellites from 1975-1995
- Aryabhata (1975): This was India’s first satellite which was named after the famous & ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer called Aryabhata. The successful launch of this satellite marked the beginning of India’s space program.
- Rohini Series (1980-1994): Different satellites of these types were produced and designed mainly to do scientific and technological research purposes.
- INSAT Series (1983 onwards): The Indian National Satellite System is a formation of many geostationary satellites which has completely changed the communication domain, television broadcasting, and the science of meteorology in India.
2. Satellites of India from 1995-2023
1995-2000
- IRS Series (1995 onwards): The Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites have been significant in observation of the earth, natural resource management, and disaster surveillance.
- GSAT Series (2001 onwards): The GSAT series of communication satellites have enhanced telecommunication and broadband services throughout the country.
2000-2011
- CARTOSAT Series (2005 onwards): These are high-resolution earth observation satellites, which are used for cartography, urban planning, and development of infrastructure.
- RISAT Series (2009 onwards): The Radar imaging satellites are mainly used for all-weather, day-and-night earth observation.
- Chandrayaan-1 (2008): India’s first lunar probe, which made prominent discoveries about the surface of the Moon.
2011-2020
- Astrosat (2015): It is the first multi-wavelength space observatory in India for cosmic research.
- Chandrayaan-2 (2019): It was the second lunar exploration mission that had an orbiter, lander, and rover.
- NavIC (2018): It stands for Navigation with Indian Constellation, it is a regional navigation satellite system. It functions just like a GPS.
2021-2023
- GSAT-24 (2021): This is basically a communication satellite. The main function or responsibility of this type of satellite is to provide better connectivity.
- EOS-04 (2021): It is basically an earth observation satellite, used to observe the earth from above. It consists of a synthetic aperture radar which is very helpful in carrying out its operations.
- Gaganyaan (In Work): By this mission India is aiming to send its astronauts into space. This will be India’s human spaceflight mission.
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