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