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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. 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.

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.

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. 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) until 24 January 2021, when SpaceX launched the Transporter-1 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 143 satellites into orbit.

1990s

No.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleRemarks
1DLR-Tubsat Germany26 May 199945 kgPSLV-C2ISRO's 1st commercial launch with foreign satellites as payload. India's Oceansat-1 was also launched. This was PSLV's 3rd launch overall.
2Kitsat-3 Republic of Korea110 kg

2000s

No.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleRemarks
3BIRD Germany22 October 200192 kgPSLV-C3ISRO's 2nd commercial launch.
4PROBA Belgium94 kg
5Lapan-TUBsat Indonesia10 January 200756 kgPSLV-C7
6Pehuensat-1 Argentina6 kg
7AGILE Italy23 April 2007352 kgPSLV-C8PSLV's 11th flight.
8TecSAR Israel21 January 2008295 kgPSLV-C10PSLV's 12th launch.
9CAN-X2 Canada28 April 20083.5 kgPSLV-C9ISRO launched 10 satellites, of which 8 were foreign.7
10NLS-56.5 kg
11Delfi-C3 Netherlands2.2 kg
12AAUSAT-II Denmark0.75 kg
13COMPASS-1 Germany1 kg
14Rubin-88 kg
15CUTE-1.7 Japan3 kg
16SEEDS-21 kg
17UWE-2 Germany23 September 20091 kgPSLV-C14ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign.8
18BeeSat-11 kg
19RUBIN-9.18 kg
20RUBIN-9.28 kg
21ITUpSAT1 Turkey1 kg
22SwissCube-1 Switzerland1 kg

2010s

No.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleRemarks
23Alsat-2A Algeria12 July 2010116 kgPSLV-C15ISRO launched 5 satellites, of which 3 were foreign.9
24AISSat-1 Norway6.5 kg
25TIsat-1  Switzerland1 kg
26VESSELSAT-1 Luxembourg12 January 201128.7 kgPSLV-C18ISRO launched 4 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.10
27X-SAT Singapore20 April 2011106 kgPSLV-C16ISRO launched 3 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.11
28SPOT-6 France9 September 2012712 kgPSLV-C21PSLV's 22nd flight.
29PROITERES Japan15 kg
30Sapphire Canada25 February 2013148 kgPSLV-C20ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign.12
31NEOSSat74 kg
32TUGSAT-1 Austria14 kg each
33UniBRITE-1
34AAUSAT3 Denmark3 kg
35STRaND-1 United Kingdom6.5 kg
36SPOT-7 France30 June 2014714 kgPSLV-C23PSLV's 10th flight in 'core-alone' configuration (i.e. without the use of solid strap-on motors).
37AISAT Germany14 kg
38CanX-4 Canada15 kg each
39CanX-5
40VELOX-1 Singapore7 kg
41UK-DMC 3A United Kingdom10 July 2015447 kgPSLV-XL C2813India'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.
42UK-DMC 3B447 kg
43UK-DMC 3C447 kg
44CBNT-191 kg
45De-OrbitSail7 kg
46LAPAN-A2 Indonesia28 September 201576 kgPSLV-C30Commercial 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
47NLS-14 (Ev9) Canada14 kg
48Lemur-2-Peter United States28 kg together
49Lemur-2-Jeroen
50Lemur-2-Joel
51Lemur-2-Chris
52TeLEOS-1 Singapore16 December 2015400 kgPSLV-C29Exclusive commercial launch of 6 Singaporean satellites.
53VELOX-C1123 kg
54VELOX-II13 kg
55Athenoxat-1<5 kg
56Kent Ridge 1 (KR 1)78 kg
57Galassia3.4 kg
58LAPAN A3 Indonesia22 June 2016120 kgPSLV-XL C34ISRO launched 20 satellites (including 3 Indian satellites) aboard PSLV-C34, the highest number of satellites that the agency has launched aboard a single flight.1516
59BIROS Germany130 kg
60M3MSat Canada85 kg
61GHGsat-D25.5 kg
62SkySat Gen2-1 United States110 kg
63-7412 x Dove (satellite)4.7 kg each
75AlSAT-1N Algeria26 September 20167 kgPSLV-G C35ISRO 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
76Alsat-1B103 kg
77Alsat-2B117 kg
78NLS-19 Canada8 kg
79Pathfinder-1 United States44 kg
80-16788 x Flock-3p United States15 February 20174.7 kg eachPSLV-XL 37ISRO launched 104 satellites, of which 3 were Indian satellites. It was18 the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency.19
168-1758 x Lemur-24.6 kg each
176Al Farabi-1 Kazakhstan1.7 kg
177BGUSAT Israel4.3 kg
178Nayif-1 United Arab Emirates1.1 kg
179DIDO-2 Switzerland*  Israel4.2 kg
180PEASS Netherlands*  Germany Israel Belgium3 kg
181Pegasus Austria23 June 20172 kgPSLV-C38ISRO launched 31 satellites, of which 29 were foreign.20
182NUDTSat China212 kg
183SUCHAI-1 Chile1 kg
184VZLUSAT-1 Czech Republic2 kg
185Aalto-1 Finland3.9 kg
186ROBUSTA-1B France1 kg
187COMPASS-2/Dragsail Germany4 kg
188URSAMAIOR Italy3 kg
189D-SAT4.5 kg
190Max Valier Italy*

 Germany

15 kg
191CE-SAT1 Japan60 kg
192Venta-1 Latvia7.5 kg
193LituanicaSAT-2 Lithuania4 kg
194skCUBE Slovakia1 kg
195InflateSail United Kingdom3.2 kg
196UCLSat2 kg
197-1993 x Diamond Satellites18 kg
200CICERO-6 United States1.2 kg
201-2088 x Lemur-24 kg each
209Tyvak-53b?
210Telesat Phase-1 LEO Canada12 January 2018168 kgPSLV-XL C40ISRO Launched 31 satellites, of which 28 were foreign.22
211POC-1 Finland?
212PicSat France3.5 kg
213CBNT-2 United Kingdom42.7 kg
214CANYVAL-X Republic of Korea4 kg
215CNUSAIL-14 kg
216KAUSAT-53.2 kg
217SIGMA3.8 kg
218STEP CUBE LAB1 kg
219-2224 x Flock-3p United States4.7 kg each
223-2264 x Lemur-24 kg each
227-2304 x SpaceBEE1 kg each
231DemoSat-2?
232Micromas-23.8 kg
233Tyvak-61C?
234Fox-1D1.5 kg
235Corvus BC310 kg
236Arkyd-610 kg
237CICERO-710 kg
238NovaSAR United Kingdom16 September 2018445 kgPSLV-CA C42Exclusive 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.
239S1-4444 kg
240Centauri -1 Australia29 November 201810 kgPSLV-CA C43-
241Kepler (CASE) Canada<15 kg
242FACSAT-1 Colombia4 kg
243Reaktor Hello World Finland<1 kg
244InnoSAT-2 Malaysia4 kg
245HIBER-1 Netherlands?
2463Cat-1 Spain1.2 kg
247CICERO-8 United States10 kg
248-26316x FLOCK 3R4 kg
264Global -156 kg
265HSAT-113 kg
266-2694 x Lemur-24 kg each
270Bluewalker 1 Lithuania1 April 201910 kgPSLV-QL C45
271M6P6.8 kg
272Aistechsat-3 Spain2.3 kg
273Astrocasr-2 Switzerland3.8 kg
274–29320 x Flock 4a (Doves) United States5.7 kg each
294–2974 x Lemur-25.2 kg each
298Meshbed United States27 November 2019 03:58 UTC4.5 kgPSLV-XL C47
299–31012 x Flock 4p (Super Doves)?
311Izanagi (QPS-SAR) Japan11 December 2019, 09:55 UTC~100 kgPSLV-QL C48
312Duchifat-3 Israel2.3 kg
3131HOPSAT United States22 kg
314–3174 x Lemur-2?
318Tyvak-0129 (PTD 1)11 kg
319Tyvak-0092 (COMMTRAIL) Italy?

2020s

No.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleRemarks
320R2 Lithuania7 November 2020, 09:41 UTC-PSLV-DL C49Technology demonstration satellite.
321–324Kleos(KSM-1A, 1B, 1C and 1D) Luxembourg-For maritime applications.
325–328Lemur-1, 2, 3 and 4 United States-Remote sensing applications
329Amazônia-1 Brazil28 February 2021, 04:54 UTC637 kgPSLV-DL C51First Earth observation satellite entirely developed by Brazil.
330–34112 x SpaceBEE United States12 x 4 kg
342SAI-1 Nanoconnect-2 United States* Mexico-
343DS-EO Singapore30 June 2022,

12:32 UTC

365 kgPSLV-CA C53
344NeuSAR155 kg
345SCOOB-I2.80 kg
346-38136 × OneWeb United Kingdom22 October 2022, 18:37 UTC5,796 kg (12,778 lb)LVM 3 M2First commercial launch of LVM 3.
382-3854 × Astrocast United States26 November 2022, 06:26 UTC17.92 kgPSLV-XL C54Satellites Developed by Spaceflight,United States For Astrocast,Switzerland
386Anand United States
387Janus-1 United States10 February 2023, 03:48 UTC11.5 kgSSLV-D2First Successful launch of SSLV
388-42336 × OneWeb United Kingdom26 March 2023, 03:30 UTC5,805 kg (12,798 lb)LVM 3 M3Second commercial launch of LVM 3.It is the heaviest payload that is launched by a LVM 3 and ISRO to date.
424TeLEOS-2 Singapore22 April 2023, 08:50 UTC741 kgPSLV-CA C5557th Mission of PSLV
425Lumelite-416 kg
426DS-SAR Singapore30 July 2023, 01:01 UTC352 kgPSLV-CA C5658th PSLV Mission. Commercial Launch for Singapore's DS-SAR Satellite and 6 Co-Passenger satellites from Singapore.
427Arcade24 kg
428Velox-AM23 kg
429SCOOB-II4 kg
430ORB-12 STRIDER13 kg
431Galassia-23.5 kg
432NuLIon3 kg
433PROBA-3 European Union5 December, 2024~ 550 kgPSLV-XL C59

Satellites launched from India by country

Data as of 2025, indicates inclusion of satellites developed in international collaboration by particular country
No.CountryTotal Number of Satellites
1 United States232
2 United Kingdom86
3 Singapore20
4 Germany13*
5 Canada12
6 Republic of Korea6
7 Israel5*
8 Italy5
9 Japan5
10 Luxembourg5
11 Algeria4
12 France4
13 Lithuania4
14 Switzerland4*
15 Netherlands3*
16 Austria3
17 Finland3
17 Indonesia3
18 Belgium2*
19 Denmark2
20 Spain2
22 Argentina1
23 Australia1
24 Brazil1
25 Chile1
26 Colombia1
27 Czech Republic1
28 China1
29 Kazakhstan1
30 Latvia1
31 Malaysia1
32 Mexico1*
33 Norway1
34 Slovakia1
35 Turkey1
36 United Arab Emirates1
 European Union1
Total36 countries + EU433 satellites

See also

References

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