| Name |
Year of Launch |
Purpose |
| Aryabhata |
19 April 1975 |
- India’s first satellite.
- It was build to gain experience in building and operating a satellite in space.
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| Bhaskar |
7 June 1979 |
- First experimental remote sensing satellite.
- Carried TV and microwave cameras.
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| Rohini Technology Payload |
10 August 1979 |
- Intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian launch vehicle.
|
| Rohini RS-1 |
18 July 1980 |
- India’s first indigenous satellite launch.
|
| Rohini RS-D1 |
31 May 1981 |
- Conducts remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
|
| Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment |
19 June 1981 |
- First experimental communication satellite.
|
| Bhaskara –II |
20 November 1981 |
- Second experimental remote sensing satellite.
|
| INSAT-1A |
10 April 1982 |
- First operational multi purpose communication and meteorology satellite.
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| Rohini RS-D2 |
17 April 1983 |
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| INSAT-1B |
30 August 1983 |
- Earth observation satellite.
|
| Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-1) |
24 March 1987 |
- Carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy.
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| IRS-1A |
17 March 1988 |
- First operational remote sensing satellite
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| Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2) |
13 July 1988 |
- Carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray Astronomy payload.
|
| INSAT-1C |
21 July 1988 |
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| INSAT-1D |
12 June 1990 |
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| IRS-1B |
29 August 1991 |
- Earth observation satellite.
- Improved version of IRS-1A
|
| INSAT-2DT |
26 February 1992 |
- It was a communications Satellite, earlier called as Arabsat.
- After its retirement, it was placed in the Graveyard orbit
|
| Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C) |
20 May 1992 |
- Carried gamma ray astronomy and astronomy payload.
|
| INSAT-2A |
10 July 1992 |
- First satellite in the second-generation Indian-built INSAT-2 series.
|
| INSAT-2B |
23 July 1993 |
- Second satellite in INSAT-2 series.
|
| IRS-1E |
20 September 1993 |
- Earth observation satellite
|
| Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) |
4 May 1994 |
|
| IRS-P2 |
15 October 1994 |
- Earth observation satellite
|
| INSAT-2C |
7 December 1995 |
- Has an additional capability such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
|
| IRS-1C |
29 December 1995 |
- Earth observation satellite
|
| IRS-P3 |
21 March 1996 |
- Carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload.
|
| INSAT-2D |
4 June 1997 |
|
| IRS-1D |
29 September 1997 |
- Earth observation satellite.
|
| INSAT-2E |
3 April 1999 |
- Multipurpose communication and meteorological satellite.
|
| Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) |
26 May 1999 |
- Carries an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR).
|
| INSAT-3B |
22 March 2000 |
- Multipurpose communication: business communication, developmental communication, and mobile communication.
|
| GSAT-1 |
18 April 2001 |
- Experimental satellite for the first developmental flight of Geosynchronous Satellite.
|
| Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) |
22 October 2001 |
- Experimental satellite to test technologies such as attitude and orbit control system, high-torque reaction wheels, new reaction control system, etc.
|
| INSAT-3C |
24 January 2002 |
- Designed to augment the existing INSAT capacity for communication and broadcasting and provide continuity of the services of INSAT-2C.
|
| Kalpana-1 (METSAT) |
12 September 2002 |
- First meteorological satellite built by ISRO. Originally named METSAT.
- Renamed after Kalpana Chawla.
|
| INSAT-3A |
10 April 2003 |
- Multipurpose satellite for communication, broadcasting, and meteorological services along with INSAT-2E and Kalpana-1.
|
| GSAT-2 |
10 April 2003 |
- Experimental satellite for the second developmental test flight of Geosynchronous Satellite.
|
| INSAT-3E |
28 September 2003 |
- Communication satellite to augment the existing INSAT System.
|
| RESOURCE SAT-1 (IRS-P6) |
17 October 2003 |
- Earth observation/remote sensing satellite.
- Intended to supplement and replace IRS-1C and IRS-1D.
|
| EDUSAT |
20 October 2004 |
- India’s first exclusive educational satellite.
|
| HAMSAT |
5 May 2005 |
- Micro satellite for providing satellite-based amateur radio services to the national as well as the international community.
|
| CARTOSAT-1 |
22 December 2005 |
- Provides stereographic in-orbit images with a 2.5-meter resolution.
|
| INSAT-4A |
10 July 2006 |
- Advanced satellite for direct-to-home television broadcasting services.
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| INSAT-4C |
10 January 2007 |
- Geosynchronous communications satellite.
|
| CARTOSAT-2 |
10 January 2007 |
- Advanced remote sensing satellite carrying a panchromatic camera capable of providing scene-specific spot images.
|
| Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1) |
10 January 2007 |
- Experimental satellite intended to demonstrate the technology of an orbiting platform for performing
experiments in micro gravity conditions.
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| INSAT-4B |
12 March 2007 |
- Augments the INSAT capacity for direct-to-home (DTH) television services and other communications.
|
| INSAT-4CR |
2 September 2007 |
- It carried 12 high-power Ku-band transponders designed to provide direct-to-home (DTH) television services.
|
| CARTOSAT-2A |
28 April 2008 |
- Earth observation/remote sensing satellite.
|
| IMS-1 (Third World Satellite – TWsat) |
28 April 2008 |
- Low-cost micro satellite imaging mission.
|
| Chandrayaan-1 |
22 October 2008 |
- Carries 11 scientific instruments built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.
|
| RISAT-2 |
20 April 2009 |
- Radar imaging satellite used to monitor India’s borders and as part of anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations.
|
| ANUSAT |
20 April 2009 |
- Carries an amateur radio and technology demonstration experiments.
- Research micro satellite designed at Anna University.
|
| Oceansat-2(IRS-P4) |
23 September 2009 |
- Gathers data for oceanographic, coastal and atmospheric applications.
- Continues mission of Oceansat-1.
|
| GSAT-4 |
15 April 2010 |
- Communications satellite technology demonstrator.
|
| CARTOSAT-2B |
12 July 2010 |
- Earth observation/remote sensing satellite.
|
| StudSat |
12 July 2010 |
- First Indian pico-satellite (weighing less than 1 kg).
- Developed by a team from seven engineering colleges from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
|
| GSAT-5P / INSAT-4D |
25 December 2010 |
- C-band communication satellite.
|
| RESOURCESAT-2 |
20 April 2011 |
- ISRO’s eighteenth remote-sensing satellite
|
| Youthsat |
20 April 2011 |
- Indo-Russian stellar and atmospheric satellite with the participation of university students.
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| GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G |
21 May 2011 |
- Communications satellite carries 24 Ku-band transponders and 2 channel GAGAN payloads operating in L1 and L5 band.
|
| GSAT-12 |
15 July 2011 |
- Extended C-band transponders to meet the country’s growing demand for transponders in a short turn-around-time.
|
| Megha-Tropiques |
12 October 2011 |
- Developed by India and France to track the weather.
|
| Jugnu |
12 October 2011 |
- Nano-satellite weighing 3 kg developed by IIT Kanpur.
|
| RISAT-1 |
26 April 2012 |
- First indigenous all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), whose images will facilitate agriculture and disaster management.
|
| SRMSAT |
26 April 2012 |
- Nano-satellite developed by SRM University.
|
| GSAT-10 |
26 April 2012 |
- India’s advanced communication satellite is a high power satellite being inducted into the INSAT system.
|
| SARAL |
25 February 2013 |
- The Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA (SARAL) is a joint Indo-French satellite mission for oceanographic studies.
|
| IRNSS-1A |
1 July 2013 |
- It is one of the seven spacecraft constituting the IRNSS space segment.
|
| INSAT-3D |
26 July 2013 |
- Meteorological Satellite with advanced weather monitoring payloads.
|
| GSAT-7 |
30 August 2013 |
- Advanced multi-band communication satellite dedicated for military use.
|
| Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) |
5 November 2013 |
- Also known as Mangalyaan is India’s first Mars orbiter.
|
| GSAT-14 |
5 January 2014 |
- Twenty-third geostationary communication satellite of India to augment the In-orbit capacity of Extended C and Ku-band transponders.
|
| IRNSS-1B |
4 April 2014 |
- Second satellite of the IRNSS.
|
| IRNSS-1C |
16 October 2014 |
- Third satellite of the IRNSS.
|
| GSAT-16 |
7 December 2014 |
- Twenty-fourth communication satellite of India configured to carry a total of 48 communication transponders.
|
| IRNSS-1D |
28 March 2015 |
- Fourth satellite of the IRNSS
|
| GSAT-6 |
27 Augus 2015 |
|
| Astrosat |
28 September 2015 |
- India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space Observatory.
|
| GSAT-15 |
11 November 2015 |
- Communications satellite carries communication transponders in Ku-band and a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.
|
| IRNSS-1E |
20 January 2016 |
- Fifth satellite of the IRNSS.
|
| IRNSS-1F |
10 March 2016 |
- Sixth satellite of the IRNSS.
|
| IRNSS-1G |
28 April 2016 |
- Seventh and final satellite of the IRNSS.
|
| Cartosat-2C |
22 June 2016 |
- Earth observation/remote sensing satellite.
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