Missions

In orbit, in transit, in build.

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2019Operational

Chandrayaan-2

Lunar Orbit

India's second lunar mission. The lander was lost on descent in 2019, but the orbiter remains healthy and continues science from a 100 km polar orbit.

planetary
2023Completed

Chandrayaan-3

Lunar South Polar Region

The soft landing that made India the fourth nation to reach the lunar surface, and the first to touch down near the Moon's south pole.

planetary
In development

Gaganyaan

Low Earth Orbit

India's first crewed spaceflight programme: a three-person capsule qualified to carry Gaganyatris to low Earth orbit and return them safely.

human
2023Operational

Aditya-L1

Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1

India's first solar observatory, parked 1.5 million kilometres sunward where it can watch the Sun without interruption.

science
2025Operational

NISAR

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

A joint NASA-ISRO radar satellite that maps the deformation of nearly all of Earth's land and ice every twelve days.

earth
Operational

NavIC

Regional Geosynchronous Constellation

India's regional navigation constellation (formerly IRNSS). Designed for seven spacecraft; as of mid-2026 only three provide full PNT, with replenishment underway.

navigation
2013Completed

Mars Orbiter Mission

Mars Orbit

Mangalyaan reached Mars on the first attempt, something no other space agency had managed, on a budget smaller than the film Gravity.

planetary
2015Operational

AstroSat

Low Earth Orbit

India's first dedicated astronomy observatory, and one of very few able to observe the same object in ultraviolet, visible and X-ray simultaneously.

science
2024Completed

SpaDeX

Low Earth Orbit

Two small satellites that found each other in orbit, docked, transferred power, and undocked: the capability every station and sample return needs.

science

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