Archive
Fifty years of launches, spanning Aryabhata to today — newest first.
December 24, 2025
A commercial launch for AST SpaceMobile (USA) — LVM3 placed the 6,100 kg BlueBird Block-2 satellite into low Earth orbit, the largest commercial communications satellite it has flown.
November 2, 2025
India's heaviest communication satellite, the 4,410 kg CMS-03, launched aboard LVM3 to deliver multi-band services across Indian and oceanic regions.
July 30, 2025
A joint ISRO–NASA Earth-observation satellite using dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar to track ground deformation, ice movement, and vegetation — imaging the planet's land and ice every 12 days.
December 30, 2024
Space Docking Experiment — twin small satellites launched to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and docking, making India the fourth nation with the capability.
December 5, 2024
A commercial launch for the European Space Agency carrying twin formation-flying satellites to study the Sun's corona.
August 16, 2024
The third and final development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, confirming SSLV as operational while placing the EOS-08 Earth observation satellite in orbit.
February 17, 2024
Deployed the INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite, strengthening India's weather monitoring and disaster-warning capability.
September 2, 2023
India's first dedicated solar observatory, placed in a halo orbit around the Sun–Earth L1 point in January 2024 for uninterrupted study of the Sun.
July 14, 2023
Vikram lander touched down near the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023 — the first nation to land there, and the fourth to achieve a soft Moon landing. That day is now observed across India as National Space Day.
July 22, 2019
India's second lunar mission — an orbiter, lander, and rover launched together. The orbiter succeeded and still operates today; the Vikram lander lost contact during its final descent.
November 5, 2013
India's first interplanetary mission entered Mars orbit on its very first attempt in September 2014, making ISRO the fourth space agency to reach Mars.
October 22, 2008
India's first mission to the Moon — an orbiter and impactor whose instruments helped confirm the presence of water molecules on the lunar surface.
April 19, 1975
India's first satellite, named after the 5th-century mathematician-astronomer — launched aboard a Soviet rocket, marking the country's entry into space.
