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 14 hours 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 01 · 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 ~1mo

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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