India

Active spacefaring nation

ISRO's PSLV has launched satellites for dozens of foreign customers — income that helps fund deeper missions like Chandrayaan-3, the first spacecraft to land near the Moon's south pole, in August 2023. Gaganyaan, India's first crewed flight, is next.

We track every launch from India. Data updated 8 days ago.

Programme since 1979
1979 to 2028
  • PSLV since 1993
  • , GSLV since 2001
  • , Other (3 rockets)
  • , LVM since 2022
1979 first launch 2016 peak (7 launches)
launches
102
upcoming
26
success
81%

1 Spaceport

Where India’s launches lift off.

past launches
102
upcoming
+26
Satish
19782029
Satish
102 +26
19782029

Fleet Overview

6 rockets in India's fleet

PSLV
State-operated
6411
GSLV
State-operated
226
LVM
State-operated
57
SSLV
State-operated
32

Launch Activity

Past launches and what's coming up

  1. May 18 202500:29 UTC
    May 18 2025
    00:29 UTC
    Failed
  2. Jul 30 202512:10 UTC
    Jul 30 2025
    12:10 UTC
    Success
  3. Nov 02 202511:56 UTC
    Nov 02 2025
    11:56 UTC
    Success
  4. Dec 24 202503:25 UTC
    Dec 24 2025
    03:25 UTC
    Success
  5. Jan 12 202604:48 UTC
    Jan 12 2026
    04:48 UTC
    Failed
  6. Now Jul 08 · 2026
  7. Upcoming

  8. Jul 2026
    Jul 2026
    Next
  9. Q3 2026
    Q3 2026
  10. H2 2026
    H2 2026
  11. 2026
    2026
  12. 2026
    2026

Launch Providers

State-operated launches from India

Every launch from India has been state-operated. The programme has flown 102 launches across 6 different rockets.

State-operated launches

in 2026
1
past launches
102
upcoming
26
2021: 2 launches2022: 5 launches2023: 7 launches2024: 5 launches2025: 5 launches2026: 1 launchSteady peak 7 · 2023
Flies PSLV +5 next in 23d

Full Launch History

Select a year to explore the archive

1970s 1 flights
1980s 5 flights
1980119811198311987119881
1990s 7 flights
199211993119942199611997119991
2000s 16 flights

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