ISRO

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Indian Space Research and Organization.,

Launch Vehicles are used to transport and put satellites or spacecrafts into space. In India, the launch vehicles development programme began in the early 1970s. The first experimental Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-3) was developed in 1980. An Augmented version of this, ASLV, was launched successfully in 1992. India has made tremendous strides in launch vehicle technology to achieve self-reliance in satellite launch vehicle programme with the operationalisation of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). PSLV represents ISRO's first attempt to design and develop an operational vehicle that can be used to orbit application satellites. While SLV-3 secured for India a place in the community of space-faring nations, the ASLV provided the rites of passage into launch vehicle technology for ISRO. And with PSLV, a new world-class vehicle has arrived. PSLV has repeatedly proved its reliability and versatility by launching 55satellites / spacecrafts ( 26 Indian and 29 Foreign Satellites) into a variety of orbits so far. ISRO also makes the Rohini series of sounding rockets used by the Indian and international scientific community to launch payloads to various altitudes for atmospheric research and other scientific investigations. These rockets are also used to qualify some of the critical systems used for advanced launch vehicles.
Landmark achievements in ISRO's Launch Vehicle Development
PSLV has 21 consecutively successful flights out of 22 launches PSLV used for launching a total of 27 satellites for foreign customers under commercial agreements, demonstrating its multi-satellite launch capability PSLV used to launch Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1), Chandrayaan-1 and ISRO's exclusive meteorological satellite, KALPANA-1, proving its versatility GSLV with four successful flights of seven launches can launch 2 to 2.5 tonne satellite into Geo-synchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) Successful testing of indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage on November 15, 2007.
ISRO's Launch Fleet at a Glance
ISRO developed two experimental satellite launch vehicles, SLV-3 and ASLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) commissioned in 1997 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk I) commissioned after second successful flight in May 2003 GSLV - MK II will use indigenously developed cryogenic Upper Stage GSLV - MK III is under development
SLV-3
Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3), India's first experimental satellite launch vehicle was successfully launched on July 18, 1980 from SHAR Centre Sriharikota, when Rohini satellite, RS-1, was placed in orbit. SLV-3 was a 22 m long, all solid, four stage vehicle weighing 17 tonnes capable of placing 40 kg class payloads in low earth orbit. It employed an open loop guidance (with stored pitch programme) to steer the vehicle in flight along pre-determined trajectory. The first experimental flight of SLV-3, in August 1979, was only partially successful. Apart from the July 1980 launch, there were two more launches held in May 1981 and April 1983, orbiting Rohini satellites carrying remote sensing sensors.
ASLV
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) was developed to act as a low cost intermediate vehicle to demonstrate and validate critical technologies. With a lift off weight of 40 tonnes, the 23.8 m tall ASLV was configured as a five stage, all-solid propellant vehicle, with a mission of orbiting 150 kg class satellites into 400 km circular orbits. The strap-on stage consisted of two identical 1m diameter solid propellant motors, Under the ASLV programme four developmental flights were conducted. The first developmental flight took place on March 24, 1987 and the second on July 13, 1988. ASLV-D3 was successfully launched on May 20, 1992, when SROSS-C (106 kg) was put into an orbit of 255 x 430 km. ASLV-D4, launched on May 4, 1994, orbited SROSS-C2 weighing 106 kg. It had two payloads, Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) Experiment and Retarding Potentio Analyser (RPA) and functioned for seven years. ASLV provided valuable inputs for further development.

 

Satellite Launch Date Launch Vehicle Type of Satellite GSAT-10 29.09.2012 Ariane-5 VA-209 Geo-Stationary Satellite RISAT-1 26.04.2012 PSLV-C19 Earth Observation Satellite Jugnu 12.10.2011 PSLV-C18 Experimental / Small Satellite SRMSat 12.10.2011 PSLV-C18 Experimental / Small Satellite Megha-Tropiques 12.10.2011 PSLV-C18 Earth Observation Satellite GSAT-12 15.07.2011 PSLV-C17 Geo-Stationary Satellite GSAT-8 21.05.2011 Ariane-5 VA-202 Geo-Stationary Satellite RESOURCESAT-2 20.04.2011 PSLV-C16 Earth Observation Satellite YOUTHSAT 20.04.2011 PSLV-C16 Experimental / Small Satellite GSAT-5P 25.12.2010 GSLV-F06 Geo-Stationary Satellite STUDSAT 12.07.2010 PSLV-C15 Experimental / Small Satellite CARTOSAT-2B 12.07.2010 PSLV-C15 Earth Observation Satellite GSAT-4 15.04.2010 GSLV-D3 Geo-Stationary Satellite Oceansat-2 23.09.2009 PSLV-C14 Earth Observation Satellite ANUSAT 20.04.2009 PSLV-C12 Experimental / Small Satellite RISAT-2 20.04.2009 PSLV-C12 Earth Observation Satellite Chandrayaan-1 22.10.2008 PSLV-C11 Space Mission CARTOSAT - 2A 28.04.2008 PSLV-C9 Earth Observation Satellite IMS-1 28.04.2008 PSLV-C9 Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-4B 12.03.2007 Ariane-5ECA Geo-Stationary Satellite CARTOSAT - 2 10.01.2007 PSLV-C7 Earth Observation Satellite SRE - 1 10.01.2007 PSLV-C7 Experimental / Small Satellite INSAT-4CR 02.09.2007 GSLV-F04 Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-4C 10.07.2006 GSLV-F02 Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-4A 22.12.2005 Ariane-5GS Geo-Stationary Satellite HAMSAT 05.05.2005 PSLV-C6 Experimental / Small Satellite CARTOSAT-1 05.05.2005 PSLV-C6 Earth Observation Satellite EDUSAT (GSAT-3) 20.09.2004 GSLV-F01 Geo-Stationary Satellite Resourcesat-1(IRS-P6) 17.10.2003 PSLV-C5 Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-3A 10.04.2003 Ariane-5G Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-3E 28.09.2003 Ariane-5G Geo-Stationary Satellite GSAT-2 08.05.2003 GSLV-D2 Geo-Stationary Satellite KALPANA-1(METSAT) 12.09.2002 PSLV-C4 Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-3C 24.01.2002 Ariane-42L H10-3 Geo-Stationary Satellite Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) 22.10.2001 PSLV-C3 Earth Observation Satellite GSAT-1 18.04.2001 GSLV-D1 Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-3B 22.03.2000 Ariane-5G Geo-Stationary Satellite Oceansat(IRS-P4) 26.05.1999 PSLV-C2 Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-2E 03.04.1999 Ariane-42P H10-3 Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-2DT January 1998 Ariane-44L H10 Geo-Stationary Satellite IRS-1D 29.09.1997 PSLV-C1 Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-2D 04.06.1997 Ariane-44L H10-3 Geo-Stationary Satellite IRS-P3 21.03.1996 PSLV-D3 Earth Observation Satellite IRS-1C 28.12.1995 Molniya Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-2C 07.12.1995 Ariane-44L H10-3 Geo-Stationary Satellite IRS-P2 15.10.1994 PSLV-D2 Earth Observation Satellite Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) 04.05.1994 ASLV Space Mission IRS-1E 20.09.1993 PSLV-D1 Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-2B 23.07.1993 Ariane-44L H10+ Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-2A 10.07.1992 Ariane-44L H10 Geo-Stationary Satellite Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C) 20.05.1992 ASLV Space Mission IRS-1B 29.08.1991 Vostok Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-1D 12.06.1990 Delta 4925 Geo-Stationary Satellite INSAT-1C 21.07.1988 Ariane-3 Geo-Stationary Satellite Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2) 13.07.1988 ASLV Earth Observation Satellite IRS-1A 17.03.1988 Vostok Earth Observation Satellite Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-1) 24.03.1987 ASLV Space Mission INSAT-1B 30.08.1983 Shuttle [PAM-D] Geo-Stationary Satellite Rohini (RS-D2) 17.04.1983 SLV-3 Earth Observation Satellite INSAT-1A 10.04.1982 Delta 3910 PAM-D Geo-Stationary Satellite Bhaskara-II 20.11.1981 C-1 Intercosmos Earth Observation Satellite Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE) 19.06.1981 Ariane-1(V-3) Geo-Stationary Satellite Rohini (RS-D1) 31.05.1981 SLV-3 Earth Observation Satellite Rohini (RS-1) 18.07.1980 SLV-3 Experimental / Small Satellite Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) 10.08.1979 SLV-3 Experimental / Small Satellite Bhaskara-I 07.06.1979 C-1 Intercosmos Earth Observation Satellite Aryabhata 19.04.1975 C-1 Intercosmos Experimental / Small Satellite