List of foreign satellites launched by India
This is a list of all the foreign satellites launched by India. India has launched 342 satellites for 36 different countries as of 28 February 2021.[1] As of 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation, India's government space agency, is the only launch-capable agency in India, and launches all research and commercial projects.
Commercial launches for foreign nations are negotiated through NSIL (formerly through Antrix), the ISRO's commercial arm. Between 2013 and 2015, India launched 28 foreign satellites for nine different countries earning a total revenue of US$101 million.[2]
As of 2021, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has been the only launch vehicle utilized in international commercial launches. The newly operational GSLV Mk II and GSLV Mk III have yet to receive commercial orders, and the first international commercial launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle is due for 2020.
On February 15, 2017, ISRO launched 104 satellites on single launch by a PSLV-XL. 96 of them were from the United States, while the others were from Israel, the UAE, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.[3] It was the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency (with the previous record held by Russia's Dnepr launcher, which launched 37 in June 2014)[4] until 24 January 2021, when SpaceX launched the Transporter-1 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 143 satellites into orbit.[5]
1990s[]
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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1 | Taai
M an |
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26 May 1999 | 45 kg | PSLV-C2 | ISRO's 1st commercial launch with foreign satellites as payload. India's Oceansat-1 was also launched. This was PSLV's 3rd launch overall. |
2 | Kitsat-3 | ![]() |
110 kg |
2000s[]
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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3 | BIRD | ![]() |
22 October 2001 | 92 kg | PSLV-C3 | ISRO's 2nd commercial launch. |
4 | PROBA | ![]() |
94 kg | |||
5 | Lapan-TUBsat | ![]() |
10 January 2007 | 56 kg | PSLV-C7 | |
6 | Pehuensat-1 | ![]() |
6 kg | |||
7 | AGILE | ![]() |
23 April 2007 | 352 kg | PSLV-C8 | PSLV's 11th flight. |
8 | TecSAR | ![]() |
21 January 2008 | 295 kg | PSLV-C10 | PSLV's 12th launch. |
9 | CAN-X2 | ![]() |
28 April 2008 | 3.5 kg | PSLV-C9 | ISRO launched 10 satellites, of which 8 were foreign.[6] |
10 | NLS-5 | 6.5 kg | ||||
11 | Delfi-C3 | ![]() |
2.2 kg | |||
12 | AAUSAT-II | ![]() |
0.75 kg | |||
13 | COMPASS-1 | ![]() |
1 kg | |||
14 | Rubin-8 | 8 kg | ||||
15 | CUTE-1.7 | ![]() |
3 kg | |||
16 | SEEDS-2 | 1 kg | ||||
17 | UWE-2 | ![]() |
23 September 2009 | 1 kg | PSLV-C14 | ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign.[7] |
18 | BeeSat-1 | 1 kg | ||||
19 | RUBIN-9.1 | 8 kg | ||||
20 | RUBIN-9.2 | 8 kg | ||||
21 | ITUpSAT1 | ![]() |
1 kg | |||
22 | SwissCube-1 | ![]() |
1 kg |
2010s[]
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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23 | Alsat-2A | ![]() |
12 July 2010 | 116 kg | PSLV-C15 | ISRO launched 5 satellites, of which 3 were foreign.[8] |
24 | AISSat-1 | ![]() |
6.5 kg | |||
25 | TIsat-1 | ![]() |
1 kg | |||
26 | VESSELSAT-1 | ![]() |
12 January 2011 | 28.7 kg | PSLV-C18 | ISRO launched 4 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.[9] |
27 | X-SAT | ![]() |
20 April 2011 | 106 kg | PSLV-C16 | ISRO launched 3 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.[10] |
28 | SPOT-6 | ![]() |
9 September 2012 | 712 kg | PSLV-C21 | PSLV's 22nd flight. |
29 | PROITERES | ![]() |
15 kg | |||
30 | Sapphire | ![]() |
25 February 2013 | 148 kg | PSLV-C20 | ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign.[11] |
31 | NEOSSat | 74 kg | ||||
32 | TUGSAT-1 | ![]() |
14 kg each | |||
33 | UniBRITE-1 | |||||
34 | AAUSAT3 | ![]() |
3 kg | |||
35 | STRaND-1 | ![]() |
6.5 kg | |||
36 | SPOT-7 | ![]() |
30 June 2014 | 714 kg | PSLV-C23 | PSLV's 10th flight in 'core-alone' configuration (i.e. without the use of solid strap-on motors). |
37 | AISAT | ![]() |
14 kg | |||
38 | CanX-4 | ![]() |
15 kg each | |||
39 | CanX-5 | |||||
40 | VELOX-1 | ![]() |
7 kg | |||
41 | UK-DMC 3A | ![]() |
10 July 2015 | 447 kg | PSLV-XL C28[12] | India's first exclusive foreign satellites launch, all the 5 payloads were from ![]() |
42 | UK-DMC 3B | 447 kg | ||||
43 | UK-DMC 3C | 447 kg | ||||
44 | CBNT-1 | 91 kg | ||||
45 | De-OrbitSail | 7 kg | ||||
46 | ![]() |
28 September 2015 | 76 kg | PSLV-C30 | Commercial satellites from ![]() | |
47 | ![]() |
14 kg | ||||
48 | Lemur-2-Peter | ![]() |
28 kg together | |||
49 | Lemur-2-Jeroen | |||||
50 | Lemur-2-Joel | |||||
51 | Lemur-2-Chris | |||||
52 | TeLEOS-1 | ![]() |
16 December 2015 | 400 kg | PSLV-C29 | Exclusive commercial launch of 6 Singaporean satellites. |
53 | 123 kg | |||||
54 | 13 kg | |||||
55 | <5 kg | |||||
56 | (KR 1) | 78 kg | ||||
57 | 3.4 kg | |||||
58 | LAPAN A3 | ![]() |
22 June 2016 | 120 kg | PSLV-XL C34 | ISRO launched 20 satellites (including 3 Indian satellites) aboard PSLV-C34, the highest number of satellites that the agency has launched aboard a single flight.[14][15] |
59 | BIROS | ![]() |
130 kg | |||
60 | M3MSat | ![]() |
85 kg | |||
61 | 25.5 kg | |||||
62 | SkySat Gen2-1 | ![]() |
110 kg | |||
63-74 | 12 x Dove (satellite) | 4.7 kg each | ||||
75 | AlSAT-1N | ![]() |
26 September 2016 | 7 kg | PSLV-G C35 | ISRO launches 8 satellites in its 15th flight of the 'XL' version of the PSLV - 5 foreign satellites and 3 Indian satellites (SCATSAT-1, PRATHAM and PISAT).[16] |
76 | Alsat-1B | 103 kg | ||||
77 | Alsat-2B | 117 kg | ||||
78 | NLS-19 | ![]() |
8 kg | |||
79 | Pathfinder-1 | ![]() |
44 kg | |||
80-167 | 88 x Flock-3p | ![]() |
15 February 2017 | 4.7 kg each | PSLV-XL 37 | ISRO launched 104 satellites, of which 3 were Indian satellites. It was[17] the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency.[18] |
168-175 | 8 x Lemur-2 | 4.6 kg each | ||||
176 | Al Farabi-1 | ![]() |
1.7 kg | |||
177 | BGUSAT | ![]() |
4.3 kg | |||
178 | Nayif-1 | ![]() |
1.1 kg | |||
179 | DIDO-2 | ![]() ![]() |
4.2 kg | |||
180 | PEASS | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 kg | |||
181 | Pegasus | ![]() |
23 June 2017 | 2 kg | PSLV-C38 | ISRO launched 31 satellites, of which 29 were foreign.[19] |
182 | NUDTSat | ![]() |
2 kg | |||
183 | SUCHAI-1 | ![]() |
1 kg | |||
184 | VZLUSAT-1 | ![]() |
2 kg | |||
185 | Aalto-1 | ![]() |
3.9 kg | |||
186 | ROBUSTA-1B | ![]() |
1 kg | |||
187 | COMPASS-2/Dragsail | ![]() |
4 kg | |||
188 | URSAMAIOR | ![]() |
3 kg | |||
189 | D-SAT | 4.5 kg | ||||
190 | Max Valier | ![]() |
15 kg | |||
191 | CE-SAT1 | ![]() |
60 kg | |||
192 | Venta-1 | ![]() |
7.5 kg | |||
193 | LituanicaSAT-2 | ![]() |
4 kg | |||
194 | skCUBE | ![]() |
1 kg | |||
195 | InflateSail | ![]() |
3.2 kg | |||
196 | UCLSat | 2 kg | ||||
197-199 | 3 x Diamond Satellites | 18 kg | ||||
200 | CICERO-6 | ![]() |
1.2 kg | |||
201-208 | 8 x Lemur-2 | 4 kg each | ||||
209 | Tyvak-53b | ? | ||||
210 | Telesat Phase-1 LEO | ![]() |
12 January 2018 | 168 kg | PSLV-XL C40 | ISRO Launched 31 satellites, of which 28 were foreign.[21] |
211 | POC-1 | ![]() |
? | |||
212 | PicSat | ![]() |
3.5 kg | |||
213 | CBNT-2 | ![]() |
42.7 kg | |||
214 | CANYVAL-X | ![]() |
4 kg | |||
215 | CNUSAIL-1 | 4 kg | ||||
216 | KAUSAT-5 | 3.2 kg | ||||
217 | SIGMA | 3.8 kg | ||||
218 | STEP CUBE LAB | 1 kg | ||||
219-222 | 4 x Flock-3p | ![]() |
4.7 kg each | |||
223-226 | 4 x Lemur-2 | 4 kg each | ||||
227-230 | 4 x SpaceBEE | 1 kg each | ||||
231 | DemoSat-2 | ? | ||||
232 | Micromas-2 | 3.8 kg | ||||
233 | Tyvak-61C | ? | ||||
234 | Fox-1D | 1.5 kg | ||||
235 | Corvus BC3 | 10 kg | ||||
236 | Arkyd-6 | 10 kg | ||||
237 | CICERO-7 | 10 kg | ||||
238 | NovaSAR | ![]() |
16 September 2018 | 445 kg | PSLV-CA C42 | Exclusive commercial launch of two foreign satellites belonged to Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd (SSTL), ![]() |
239 | S1-4 | 444 kg | ||||
240 | Centauri -1 | ![]() |
29 November 2018 | 10 kg | PSLV-CA C43 | - |
241 | Kepler (CASE) | ![]() |
<15 kg | |||
242 | FACSAT-1 | ![]() |
4 kg | |||
243 | Reaktor Hello World | ![]() |
<1 kg | |||
244 | InnoSAT-2 | ![]() |
4 kg | |||
245 | HIBER-1 | ![]() |
? | |||
246 | 3Cat-1 | ![]() |
1.2 kg | |||
247 | CICERO-8 | ![]() |
10 kg | |||
248-263 | FLOCK 3R | 4 kg | ||||
264 | Global -1 | 56 kg | ||||
265 | HSAT-1 | 13 kg | ||||
266-269 | 4 x Lemur-2 | 4 kg each | ||||
270 | Bluewalker 1 | ![]() |
1 April 2019 | 10 kg | PSLV-QL C45 | |
271 | M6P | 6.8 kg | ||||
272 | Aistechsat-3 | ![]() |
2.3 kg | |||
273 | Astrocasr-2 | ![]() |
3.8 kg | |||
274-293 | 20 x Flock 4a (Doves) | ![]() |
5.7 kg each | |||
294-297 | 4 x Lemur-2 | 5.2 kg each | ||||
298 | Meshbed | ![]() |
27 November 2019 03:58 UTC | 4.5 kg | PSLV-XL C47 | |
299-310 | 12 x Flock 4p (Super Doves) | ? | ||||
311 | Izanagi (QPS-SAR) | ![]() |
11 December 2019, 09:55 UTC | ~100 kg | PSLV-QL C48 | |
312 | Duchifat-3 | ![]() |
2.3 kg | |||
313 | 1HOPSAT | ![]() |
22 kg | |||
314-317 | 4 x Lemur-2 | ? | ||||
318 | Tyvak-0129 (PTD 1) | 11 kg | ||||
319 | Tyvak-0092 (COMMTRAIL) | ![]() |
? |
2020s[]
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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320 | R2 | ![]() |
7 November 2020, 09:41 UTC | - | PSLV-DL C49 | Technology demonstration satellite. |
321-324 | Kleos (KSM-1A, 1B, 1C and 1D) |
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- | For maritime applications. | ||
325-328 | Lemur-1, 2, 3 and 4 | ![]() |
- | Remote sensing applications | ||
329 | Amazônia-1 | ![]() |
28 February 2021, 04:54 UTC | 637 kg | PSLV-DL C51 | First Earth observation satellite entirely developed by Brazil. |
330-341 | 12 x SpaceBEE | ![]() |
12 x 4 kg | |||
342 | SAI-1 Nanoconnect-2 | ![]() ![]() |
- |
Satellites launched from India by country[]
No. | Country | Total Number of Satellites |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
249* |
2 | ![]() |
14 |
3 | ![]() |
13* |
3 | ![]() |
13 |
5 | ![]() |
8 |
6 | ![]() |
6 |
7 | ![]() |
5* |
7 | ![]() |
5 |
7 | ![]() |
5 |
7 | ![]() |
5 |
11 | ![]() |
4* |
11 | ![]() |
4* |
11 | ![]() |
4 |
11 | ![]() |
4 |
15 | ![]() |
3* |
15 | ![]() |
3 |
15 | ![]() |
3 |
15 | ![]() |
3 |
15 | ![]() |
3 |
20 | ![]() |
2 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1* |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
21 | ![]() |
1 |
Total | 36 countries | 342 satellites |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "KickSat 1, 2". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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- ^ Edmond, Deepu Sebastian (12 January 2018). "ISRO workhorse PSLV-C40 puts 31 satellites in space". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
External links[]
- Lists of satellites
- Space programme of India
- India science and technology-related lists
- Foreign relations of India
- Indian Space Research Organisation