List of foreign satellites launched by India

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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. [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.

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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.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleRemarks
1 DLR-Tubsat Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26 May 199945 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 Flag of South Korea.svg  Republic of Korea 110 kg

2000s

No.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleRemarks
3 BIRD Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22 October 200192 kg PSLV-C3 ISRO's 2nd commercial launch.
4 PROBA Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 94 kg
5 Lapan-TUBsat Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 10 January 200756 kgPSLV-C7
6 Pehuensat-1 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6 kg
7 AGILE Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23 April 2007352 kgPSLV-C8PSLV's 11th flight.
8 TecSAR Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 21 January 2008295 kgPSLV-C10PSLV's 12th launch.
9 CAN-X2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28 April 20083.5 kgPSLV-C9 ISRO launched 10 satellites, of which 8 were foreign. [7]
10 NLS-5 6.5 kg
11 Delfi-C3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2.2 kg
12 AAUSAT-II Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0.75 kg
13 COMPASS-1 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1 kg
14 Rubin-8 8 kg
15 CUTE-1.7 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3 kg
16 SEEDS-2 1 kg
17 UWE-2 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23 September 20091 kgPSLV-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 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1 kg
22 SwissCube-1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1 kg

2010s

2020s

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
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 232
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 86
3Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 20
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13*
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12
6Flag of South Korea.svg  Republic of Korea 6
7Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5*
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5
10Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 5
11Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4
12Flag of France.svg  France 4
13Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4
14Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4*
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3*
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3
17Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
17Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2*
19Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2
20Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
22Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1
23Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
24Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
25Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1
26Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1
27Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1
28Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1
29Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1
30Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1
31Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 1
32Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1*
33Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
34Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1
35Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1
36Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union 1
Total36 countries + EU433 satellites

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