This is a list of all the foreign satellites launched by India. India has launched 431 satellites for 34 countries as of 30 July 2023.[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 countries, earning revenue of US$101 million.[2]
As of October 2022, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and GSLV Mk III are the launch vehicles utilized for international commercial launches. In addition, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle is currently in development for international commercial launches of small satellites the vehicle made its first successful flight on 10 February 2023.[3]
On 15 February 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.[4] 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)[5] until 24 January 2021, when SpaceX launched the Transporter-1 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 143 satellites into orbit.[6]
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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1 | DLR-Tubsat | Germany | 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 | South Korea | 110 kg |
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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3 | BIRD | Germany | 22 October 2001 | 92 kg | PSLV-C3 | ISRO's 2nd commercial launch. |
4 | PROBA | Belgium | 94 kg | |||
5 | Lapan-TUBsat | Indonesia | 10 January 2007 | 56 kg | PSLV-C7 | |
6 | Pehuensat-1 | Argentina | 6 kg | |||
7 | AGILE | Italy | 23 April 2007 | 352 kg | PSLV-C8 | PSLV's 11th flight. |
8 | TecSAR | Israel | 21 January 2008 | 295 kg | PSLV-C10 | PSLV's 12th launch. |
9 | CAN-X2 | Canada | 28 April 2008 | 3.5 kg | PSLV-C9 | ISRO launched 10 satellites, of which 8 were foreign.[7] |
10 | NLS-5 | 6.5 kg | ||||
11 | Delfi-C3 | Netherlands | 2.2 kg | |||
12 | AAUSAT-II | Denmark | 0.75 kg | |||
13 | COMPASS-1 | Germany | 1 kg | |||
14 | Rubin-8 | 8 kg | ||||
15 | CUTE-1.7 | Japan | 3 kg | |||
16 | SEEDS-2 | 1 kg | ||||
17 | UWE-2 | Germany | 23 September 2009 | 1 kg | PSLV-C14 | ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign.[8] |
18 | BeeSat-1 | 1 kg | ||||
19 | RUBIN-9.1 | 8 kg | ||||
20 | RUBIN-9.2 | 8 kg | ||||
21 | ITUpSAT1 | Turkey | 1 kg | |||
22 | SwissCube-1 | Switzerland | 1 kg |
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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23 | Alsat-2A | Algeria | 12 July 2010 | 116 kg | PSLV-C15 | ISRO launched 5 satellites, of which 3 were foreign.[9] |
24 | AISSat-1 | Norway | 6.5 kg | |||
25 | TIsat-1 | Switzerland | 1 kg | |||
26 | VESSELSAT-1 | Luxembourg | 12 January 2011 | 28.7 kg | PSLV-C18 | ISRO launched 4 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.[10] |
27 | X-SAT | Singapore | 20 April 2011 | 106 kg | PSLV-C16 | ISRO launched 3 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.[11] |
28 | SPOT-6 | France | 9 September 2012 | 712 kg | PSLV-C21 | PSLV's 22nd flight. |
29 | PROITERES | Japan | 15 kg | |||
30 | Sapphire | Canada | 25 February 2013 | 148 kg | PSLV-C20 | ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign.[12] |
31 | NEOSSat | 74 kg | ||||
32 | TUGSAT-1 | Austria | 14 kg each | |||
33 | UniBRITE-1 | |||||
34 | AAUSAT3 | Denmark | 3 kg | |||
35 | STRaND-1 | United Kingdom | 6.5 kg | |||
36 | SPOT-7 | France | 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 | Germany | 14 kg | |||
38 | CanX-4 | Canada | 15 kg each | |||
39 | CanX-5 | |||||
40 | VELOX-1 | Singapore | 7 kg | |||
41 | UK-DMC 3A | United Kingdom | 10 July 2015 | 447 kg | PSLV-XL C28[13] | India's first exclusive foreign satellites launch, all the 5 payloads were from United Kingdom. At the time it was the heaviest commercial mission (1439 kg) successfully accomplished using a launch vehicle assembled by ISRO. |
42 | UK-DMC 3B | 447 kg | ||||
43 | UK-DMC 3C | 447 kg | ||||
44 | CBNT-1 | 91 kg | ||||
45 | De-OrbitSail | 7 kg | ||||
46 | LAPAN-A2 | Indonesia | 28 September 2015 | 76 kg | PSLV-C30 | Commercial satellites from United States were launched on an Indian rocket for the first time. Astrosat, India's first dedicated astronomy satellite, was also launched on this flight.[14] |
47 | NLS-14 (Ev9) | Canada | 14 kg | |||
48 | Lemur-2-Peter | United States | 28 kg together | |||
49 | Lemur-2-Jeroen | |||||
50 | Lemur-2-Joel | |||||
51 | Lemur-2-Chris | |||||
52 | TeLEOS-1 | Singapore | 16 December 2015 | 400 kg | PSLV-C29 | Exclusive commercial launch of 6 Singaporean satellites. |
53 | VELOX-C1 | 123 kg | ||||
54 | VELOX-II | 13 kg | ||||
55 | Athenoxat-1 | <5 kg | ||||
56 | Kent Ridge 1 (KR 1) | 78 kg | ||||
57 | Galassia | 3.4 kg | ||||
58 | LAPAN A3 | Indonesia | 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.[15][16] |
59 | BIROS | Germany | 130 kg | |||
60 | M3MSat | Canada | 85 kg | |||
61 | GHGsat-D | 25.5 kg | ||||
62 | SkySat Gen2-1 | United States | 110 kg | |||
63-74 | 12 x Dove (satellite) | 4.7 kg each | ||||
75 | AlSAT-1N | Algeria | 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).[17] |
76 | Alsat-1B | 103 kg | ||||
77 | Alsat-2B | 117 kg | ||||
78 | NLS-19 | Canada | 8 kg | |||
79 | Pathfinder-1 | United States | 44 kg | |||
80-167 | 88 x Flock-3p | United States | 15 February 2017 | 4.7 kg each | PSLV-XL 37 | ISRO launched 104 satellites, of which 3 were India n satellites. It was[18] the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency.[19] |
168-175 | 8 x Lemur-2 | 4.6 kg each | ||||
176 | Al Farabi-1 | Kazakhstan | 1.7 kg | |||
177 | BGUSAT | Israel | 4.3 kg | |||
178 | Nayif-1 | United Arab Emirates | 1.1 kg | |||
179 | DIDO-2 | Switzerland* Israel |
4.2 kg | |||
180 | PEASS | Netherlands* Germany Israel Belgium |
3 kg | |||
181 | Pegasus | Austria | 23 June 2017 | 2 kg | PSLV-C38 | ISRO launched 31 satellites, of which 29 were foreign.[20] |
182 | NUDTSat | China[21] | 2 kg | |||
183 | SUCHAI-1 | Chile | 1 kg | |||
184 | VZLUSAT-1 | Czech Republic | 2 kg | |||
185 | Aalto-1 | Finland | 3.9 kg | |||
186 | ROBUSTA-1B | France | 1 kg | |||
187 | COMPASS-2/Dragsail | Germany | 4 kg | |||
188 | URSAMAIOR | Italy | 3 kg | |||
189 | D-SAT | 4.5 kg | ||||
190 | Max Valier | Italy*
Germany |
15 kg | |||
191 | CE-SAT1 | Japan | 60 kg | |||
192 | Venta-1 | Latvia | 7.5 kg | |||
193 | LituanicaSAT-2 | Lithuania | 4 kg | |||
194 | skCUBE | Slovakia | 1 kg | |||
195 | InflateSail | United Kingdom | 3.2 kg | |||
196 | UCLSat | 2 kg | ||||
197-199 | 3 x Diamond Satellites | 18 kg | ||||
200 | CICERO-6 | United States | 1.2 kg | |||
201-208 | 8 x Lemur-2 | 4 kg each | ||||
209 | Tyvak-53b | ? | ||||
210 | Telesat Phase-1 LEO | Canada | 12 January 2018 | 168 kg | PSLV-XL C40 | ISRO Launched 31 satellites, of which 28 were foreign.[22] |
211 | POC-1 | Finland | ? | |||
212 | PicSat | France | 3.5 kg | |||
213 | CBNT-2 | United Kingdom | 42.7 kg | |||
214 | CANYVAL-X | South Korea | 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 | United States | 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 | United Kingdom | 16 September 2018 | 445 kg | PSLV-CA C42 | Exclusive commercial launch of two foreign satellites belonged to Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd (SSTL), United Kingdom. The satellites were put into Sun-synchronous orbit under a commercial arrangement with Antrix Corp Ltd, the commercial arm of the ISRO. |
239 | S1-4 | 444 kg | ||||
240 | Centauri -1 | Australia | 29 November 2018 | 10 kg | PSLV-CA C43 | - |
241 | Kepler (CASE) | Canada | <15 kg | |||
242 | FACSAT-1 | Colombia | 4 kg | |||
243 | Reaktor Hello World | Finland | <1 kg | |||
244 | InnoSAT-2 | Malaysia | 4 kg | |||
245 | HIBER-1 | Netherlands | ? | |||
246 | 3Cat-1 | Spain | 1.2 kg | |||
247 | CICERO-8 | United States | 10 kg | |||
248-263 | 16x 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 | Lithuania | 1 April 2019 | 10 kg | PSLV-QL C45 | |
271 | M6P | 6.8 kg | ||||
272 | Aistechsat-3 | Spain | 2.3 kg | |||
273 | Astrocasr-2 | Switzerland | 3.8 kg | |||
274-293 | 20 x Flock 4a (Doves) | United States | 5.7 kg each | |||
294-297 | 4 x Lemur-2 | 5.2 kg each | ||||
298 | Meshbed | United States | 27 November 2019 03:58 UTC | 4.5 kg | PSLV-XL C47 | |
299-310 | 12 x Flock 4p (Super Doves) | ? | ||||
311 | Izanagi (QPS-SAR) | Japan | 11 December 2019, 09:55 UTC | ~100 kg | PSLV-QL C48 | |
312 | Duchifat-3 | Israel | 2.3 kg | |||
313 | 1HOPSAT | United States | 22 kg | |||
314-317 | 4 x Lemur-2 | ? | ||||
318 | Tyvak-0129 (PTD 1) | 11 kg | ||||
319 | Tyvak-0092 (COMMTRAIL) | Italy | ? |
No. | Satellite | Country | Launch date | Launch mass | Launch vehicle | Remarks |
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320 | R2 | Lithuania | 7 November 2020, 09:41 UTC | - | PSLV-DL C49 | Technology demonstration satellite. |
321-324 | Kleos (KSM-1A, 1B, 1C and 1D) |
Luxembourg | - | For maritime applications. | ||
325-328 | Lemur-1, 2, 3 and 4 | United States | - | Remote sensing applications | ||
329 | Amazônia-1 | Brazil | 28 February 2021, 04:54 UTC | 637 kg | PSLV-DL C51 | First Earth observation satellite entirely developed by Brazil. |
330-341 | 12 x SpaceBEE | United States | 12 x 4 kg | |||
342 | SAI-1 Nanoconnect-2 | United States* Mexico |
- | |||
343 | DS-EO | Singapore | 30 June 2022,
12:32 UTC |
365 kg | PSLV-CA C53 | |
344 | NeuSAR | 155 kg | ||||
345 | SCOOB-I | 2.80 kg | ||||
346-381 | 36 × OneWeb | United Kingdom | 22 October 2022, 18:37 UTC | 5,796 kg (12,778 lb) | LVM 3 M2 | First commercial launch of LVM 3. |
382-385 | 4 × Astrocast | United States | 26 November 2022, 06:26 UTC | 17.92 kg | PSLV-XL C54 | Satellites Developed by Spaceflight,United States For Astrocast,Switzerland |
386 | Janus-1 | United States | 10 February 2023, 03:48 UTC | 11.5 kg | SSLV-D2 | First Successful launch of SSLV |
387-422 | 36 × OneWeb | United Kingdom | 26 March 2023, 03:30 UTC | 5,805 kg (12,798 lb) | LVM 3 M3 | Second commercial launch of LVM 3.It is the heaviest payload that is launched by a LVM 3 and ISRO to date. |
423 | TeLEOS-2 | Singapore | 22 April 2023, 08:50 UTC | 741 kg | PSLV-CA C55 | 57th Mission of PSLV |
424 | Lumelite-4 | 16 kg | ||||
425 | DS-SAR | Singapore | 30 July 2023, 01:01 UTC | 352 kg | PSLV-CA C56 | 58th PSLV Mission. Commercial Launch for Singapore's DS-SAR Satellite and 6 Co-Passenger satellites from Singapore. |
426 | Arcade | 24 kg | ||||
427 | Velox-AM | 23 kg | ||||
428 | SCOOB-II | 4 kg | ||||
429 | ORB-12 STRIDER | 13 kg | ||||
430 | Galassia-2 | 3.5 kg | ||||
431 | NuLIon | 3 kg |
No. | Country | Total Number of Satellites |
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1 | United States | 231 |
2 | United Kingdom | 86 |
3 | Singapore | 20 |
4 | Germany | 13* |
5 | Canada | 12 |
6 | South Korea | 6 |
7 | Israel | 5* |
8 | Italy | 5 |
9 | Japan | 5 |
10 | Luxembourg | 5 |
11 | Algeria | 4 |
12 | France | 4 |
13 | Lithuania | 4 |
14 | Switzerland | 4* |
15 | Netherlands | 3* |
16 | Austria | 3 |
17 | Finland | 3 |
17 | Indonesia | 3 |
18 | Belgium | 2* |
19 | Denmark | 2 |
20 | Spain | 2 |
22 | Argentina | 1 |
23 | Australia | 1 |
24 | Brazil | 1 |
25 | Chile | 1 |
26 | Colombia | 1 |
27 | Czech Republic | 1 |
28 | China | 1 |
29 | Kazakhstan | 1 |
30 | Latvia | 1 |
31 | Malaysia | 1 |
32 | Mexico | 1* |
33 | Norway | 1 |
34 | Slovakia | 1 |
35 | Turkey | 1 |
36 | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Total | 36 countries | 431 satellites |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of foreign satellites launched by India.
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