List of foreign satellites launched by India

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]

1990s

No. Satellite Country Launch date Launch mass Launch vehicle Remarks
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  Republic of Korea 110 kg

2000s

No. Satellite Country Launch date Launch mass Launch vehicle Remarks
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

2010s

No. Satellite Country Launch date Launch mass Launch vehicle Remarks
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 Indian 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  Republic of 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 ?

2020s

No. Satellite Country Launch date Launch mass Launch vehicle Remarks
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

Satellites launched from India by country

Data as of 22 July 2023, * indicates inclusion of satellites developed in international collaboration by particular country
No. Country Total Number of Satellites
1  United States 231
2  United Kingdom 86
3  Singapore 20
4  Germany 13*
5  Canada 12
6  Republic of 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

See also

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