Lok Sabha Question No. 27 (STARRED), answered on 2015-07-22
Subject: Launch of Satellites
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 27

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

## LAUNCH OF SATELLITES

- DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI: SHRI P.K. BIJU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- a) the  number  of  indigenous  satellites  successfully  launched by  India  along  with  the  number  of  satellites  failed  during launch period;
- b) the details of proposed launches of indigenous satellites in near future;
- c) whether the Government proposes to make available in the global market the images and data received from satellites and if  so, the details thereof; and
- d) the  details  of  the  commercial  launch  of  foreign  satellites undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) to (d)   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 27 REGARDING "LAUNCH OF SATELLITES' ASKED BY DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI AND SHRI P.K. BIJU FOR ANSWER

ON WEDNESDAY JULY 22, 2015.

- (a) As  on  date,  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  has launched 72 indigenous satellites. Out of these, 45 satellites were launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota using  Indigenous  Launch  Vehicles  and  27  satellites  were launched  using  Foreign  Launchers.  In  addition,  ISRO  has successfully  launched  4  micro  &  nano  satellites  built  by students of Indian Universities.

Out  of  these,  seven  satellites  namely  Rohini  Technology Payload,  SROSS-1,  SROSS-2,  IRS-1E,  INSAT-4C,  GSAT-4  and GSAT-5P did not reach orbit due to failure of launch vehicle.

- (b) Six indigenous satellites are proposed to be launched in near future  i.e.  by  March  2016.  These  are  two  Communication satellites GSAT-6  &  GSAT-15;  three Navigation satellites IRNSS-1E,  IRNSS-1F  &  IRNSS-1G;  and  one  Space  science satellite ASTROSAT.
- (c) The  images  received  from  the  Indian  Remote  Sensing  (IRS) satellites  (RESOURCESAT-2,  RISAT-1  and  CARTOSAT-1)  are marketed globally  by  Antrix  Corporation  Limited  (Antrix),  the commercial arm of Department of Space, through International Ground Stations established outside India. The IRS images of region outside India received and processed at ISRO's Ground Station are also marketed to global customers through Antrix.

- (d) As on date, 45 foreign satellites from 19 countries have been successfully  launched  into  orbit  from  Satish  Dhawan  Space Centre, Sriharikota using ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle under  a  commercial  arrangement  with  Antrix  Corporation Limited (Antrix). The details are enclosed in Annexure-1.

Antrix  also  has  signed  agreements  for  launching  28  more foreign satellites from 6 countries viz. Algeria, Canada, Germany,  Indonesia,  Singapore  and  USA.  The  launches  of these  foreign  satellites  are  envisaged  during  2015-2017  time period. The details are enclosed in Annexure-2.

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## Annexure-1

| FOREIGN SATELLITES LAUNCHED BY ISRO (ASON DATE)   | FOREIGN SATELLITES LAUNCHED BY ISRO (ASON DATE)   | FOREIGN SATELLITES LAUNCHED BY ISRO (ASON DATE)   | FOREIGN SATELLITES LAUNCHED BY ISRO (ASON DATE)   | FOREIGN SATELLITES LAUNCHED BY ISRO (ASON DATE)   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S. N.                                             | Satellite Name                                    | Country                                           | Date of Launch                                    | Remarks                                           |
| 1                                                 | DLR-TUBSAT                                        | Germany                                           | 26-05-1999                                        | Successful                                        |
| 2                                                 | KITSAT-3                                          | Republic of Korea                                 | 26-05-1999                                        | Successful                                        |
| 3                                                 | BIRD                                              | Germany                                           | 22-10-2001                                        | Successful                                        |
| 4                                                 | PROBA                                             | Belgium                                           | 22-10-2001                                        | Successful                                        |
| 5                                                 | LAPAN-TUBSAT                                      | Indonesia                                         | 10-01-2007                                        | Successful                                        |
| 6                                                 | PEHUENSAT-1                                       | Argentina                                         | 10-01-2007                                        | Successful                                        |
| 7                                                 | AGILE                                             | Italy                                             | 23-04-2007                                        | Successful                                        |
| 8                                                 | TECSAR                                            | Israel                                            | 21-01-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 9                                                 | CAN-X2                                            | Canada                                            | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 10                                                | CUTE-1.7                                          | Japan                                             | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 11                                                | DELFI-C3                                          | The Netherlands                                   | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 12                                                | AAUSAT-II                                         | Denmark                                           | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 13                                                | COMPASS-I                                         | Germany                                           | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 14                                                | SEEDS                                             | Japan                                             | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 15                                                | NLS-5                                             | Canada                                            | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 16                                                | RUBIN-8                                           | Germany                                           | 28-04-2008                                        | Successful                                        |
| 17                                                | CUBESAT-1                                         | Germany                                           | 23-09-2009                                        | Successful                                        |
| 18                                                | CUBESAT-2                                         | Germany                                           | 23-09-2009                                        | Successful                                        |
| 19                                                | CUBESAT-3                                         | Turkey                                            | 23-09-2009                                        | Successful                                        |
| 20                                                | CUBESAT-4                                         | Switzerland                                       | 23-09-2009                                        | Successful                                        |
| 21                                                | Rubin-9.1                                         | Germany                                           | 23-09-2009                                        | Successful                                        |
| 22                                                | Rubin-9.2                                         | Germany                                           | 23-09-2009                                        | Successful                                        |
| 23                                                | ALSAT-2A                                          | Algeria                                           | 12-07-2010                                        | Successful                                        |
| 24                                                | NLS 6.1                                           | Canada                                            | 12-07-2010                                        | Successful                                        |
| 25                                                | NLS 6.2                                           | Switzerland                                       | 12-07-2010                                        | Successful                                        |

|   26 | X-SAT        | Singapore      | 20-04-2011   | Successful   |
|------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|   27 | VESSELSAT-1  | Luxembourg     | 12-10-2011   | Successful   |
|   28 | SPOT-6       | France         | 09-09-2012   | Successful   |
|   29 | PROITERES    | Japan          | 09-09-2012   | Successful   |
|   30 | SAPPHIRE     | Canada         | 25-02-2013   | Successful   |
|   31 | NEOSSAT      | Canada         | 25-02-2013   | Successful   |
|   32 | NLS-8.1      | Austria        | 25-02-2013   | Successful   |
|   33 | NLS-8.2      | Austria        | 25-02-2013   | Successful   |
|   34 | NLS-8.3      | Denmark        | 25-02-2013   | Successful   |
|   35 | STRAND-1     | UK             | 25-02-2013   | Successful   |
|   36 | SPOT-7       | France         | 30-06-2014   | Successful   |
|   37 | AISAT        | Germany        | 30-06-2014   | Successful   |
|   38 | NLS 7.1      | Canada         | 30-06-2014   | Successful   |
|   39 | NLS 7.2      | Canada         | 30-06-2014   | Successful   |
|   40 | VELOX-1      | Singapore      | 30-06-2014   | Successful   |
|   41 | DMC3-1       | United Kingdom | 10-07-2015   | Successful   |
|   42 | DMC3-2       | United Kingdom | 10-07-2015   | Successful   |
|   43 | DMC3-3       | United Kingdom | 10-07-2015   | Successful   |
|   44 | CBNT-1       | United Kingdom | 10-07-2015   | Successful   |
|   45 | De-orbitsail | United Kingdom | 10-07-2015   | Successful   |

## Annexure - 2

| FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                     | Satellite                                                   | Country                                                     | Mass (kg)                                                   | Tentative Launch schedule                                   |
| 1                                                           | NLS-14                                                      | Canada                                                      | 14                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 2                                                           | LAPAN-A2                                                    | Indonesia                                                   | 70                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 3                                                           | LEMUR-2/1                                                   | USA                                                         | 28                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 4                                                           | LEMUR-2/2                                                   | USA                                                         | 28                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 5                                                           | LEMUR-2/3                                                   | USA                                                         | 28                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 6                                                           | LEMUR-2/4                                                   | USA                                                         | 28                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 7                                                           | TeLEOS-1                                                    | Singapore                                                   | 425                                                         | 2015                                                        |
| 8                                                           | VELOX-C1 (NTU)                                              | Singapore                                                   | 135                                                         | 2015                                                        |
| 9                                                           | Kent Ridge-1 (NUS)                                          | Singapore                                                   | 80                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 10                                                          | VELOX-II (NTU)                                              | Singapore                                                   | 18                                                          | 2015                                                        |
| 11                                                          | Athenoxat-1 (NTU)                                           | Singapore                                                   | 8                                                           | 2015                                                        |
| 12                                                          | Galassia (NUS)                                              | Singapore                                                   | 5                                                           | 2015                                                        |
| 13                                                          | BIROS                                                       | Germany                                                     | 135                                                         | 2016                                                        |
| 14                                                          | SkySat-Gen2-1                                               | USA                                                         | 110                                                         | 2016                                                        |
| 15                                                          | LAPAN-A3                                                    | Indonesia                                                   | 120                                                         | 2016                                                        |
| 16                                                          | M3M                                                         | Canada                                                      | 85                                                          | 2016                                                        |
| 17                                                          | Maxvalier                                                   | Germany                                                     | 20                                                          | 2016                                                        |
| 18                                                          | Venta-1                                                     | Germany                                                     | 20                                                          | 2016                                                        |
| 19                                                          | GHGSat-D                                                    | Canada                                                      | 28                                                          | 2016                                                        |
| 20                                                          | NLS-19                                                      | Canada                                                      | 7                                                           | 2016                                                        |
|                                                             | DOVE-6                                                      |                                                             |                                                             | 2016                                                        |
| 21 22                                                       | DOVE-7                                                      | USA                                                         | 20                                                          | 2016                                                        |
| 23                                                          | DOVE-8                                                      | USA                                                         | 20                                                          | 2016                                                        |

| FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   | FOREIGN SATELLITES PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED DURING 2015-17   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                     | Satellite                                                   | Country                                                     | Mass (kg)                                                   | Tentative Launch schedule                                   |
| 24                                                          | Pathfinder-1                                                | USA                                                         | 50                                                          |                                                             |
| 25                                                          | ALSAT-2B                                                    | Algeria                                                     | 120                                                         |                                                             |
| 26                                                          | ALSAT-1B                                                    | Algeria                                                     | 110                                                         |                                                             |
| 27                                                          | ALSAT-1N                                                    | Algeria                                                     | 7                                                           |                                                             |
| 28                                                          | EnMAP                                                       | Germany                                                     | 950                                                         | 2017                                                        |