Latest Space Missions of India – Indian Space Research Organisation
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has submitted a plan for 58 space missions to be undertaken as a part of 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-17.
- A Plan outlay of Rs. 39,750 crore in 12th Five Year Plan period has been provisionally earmarked under the Plan budget for Space Programme. During the current year 2012-13, a sum of Rs. 5,615 crore has been allocated and the amount spent up to End October, 2012 is Rs.1,871.53 crore.
- The Missions planned for 12th Five Year plan also encompasses 33 Satellite missions and 25 Launch Vehicles missions. The details and the objectives of each mission are as under:
| Sl No | Mission | Objective | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATELLITE MISSIONS | |||
| 1 | SARAL | Satellite with Argos and Altimeter for Oceanography studies. | |
| 2 | CARTOSAT-2C | High resolution Cartography satellite for mapping applications for special users. | |
| 3 | CARTOSAT-2D | ||
| 4 | RESOURCESAT-2A | Satellite for Natural Resource Survey applications. | |
| 5 | OCEANSAT-3 | Satellite for Ocean and Coastal studies. | |
| 6 | CARTOSAT-3 | Advanced very high resolution cartography satellite. | |
| 7 | GISAT | Geo Imaging Satellite for monitoring and Disaster Management applications. | |
| 8 | GSAT-9 | Communication satellite to augment the INSAT system with C band Transponders | |
| 9 | GSAT-10 | Communication satellites to augment the INSAT system with C and Ku band Transponders | |
| 10 | GSAT-15 | ||
| 11 | GSAT-16 | ||
| 12 | GSAT-17 | ||
| 13 | GSAT-18 | ||
| 14 | GSAT-14 | Experimental Communication Satellites | |
| 15 | GSAT-11S | ||
| 16 | GSAT-6 | Multi-media Mobile communication satellites for strategic applications. | |
| 17 | GSAT-6A | ||
| 18 | GSAT-7 | Communication satellite for special users. | |
| 19 | GSAT-Ka | Advanced Ka band satellite for VSAT communications. | |
| 20 | GSAT-11 | ||
| 21 | GSAT-19E | New generation experimental communication satellite. | |
| 22 | INSAT-3D | Advanced Meteorological Satellite | |
| 23 | IRNSS-1 | Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) for satellite based positioning services – The constellation consists of Seven IRNSS satellites. | |
| 24 | IRNSS-2 | ||
| 25 | IRNSS-3 | ||
| 26 | IRNSS-4 | ||
| 27 | IRNSS-5 | ||
| 28 | IRNSS-6 | ||
| 29 | IRNSS-7 | ||
| 30 | ASTROSAT | Multi-wavelength Space Astronomy Observatory for scientific investigations. | |
| Sl No | Mission | Objective | |
| 31 | MARS ORBITER | Technological mission to reach Martian orbit and studying the surface and atmospheric features of Mars. | |
| 32 | CHANDRAYAAN-2 | Scientific investigations of Lunar surface with in-situ measurements. | |
| 33 | ADITYA | Scientific Satellite for study of Sun and Solar Corona phenomena. | |
| LAUNCH VEHICLE MISSIONS | |||
| 34 | PSLV – C20 | Launching of SARAL Satellite into Polar Orbit. | |
| 35 | PSLV – C 21 | Launching of French satellite SPOT-6 on commercial basis. | |
| 36 | PSLV – C22 | For launching of IRNSS-1 satellite. | |
| 37 | PSLV – C23 | For launching of IRNSS-2 satellite | |
| 38 | PSLV – C24 | For launching of IRNSS-3 satellite | |
| 39 | PSLV – C25 | For launching of MARS orbiter. | |
| 40 | PSLV – C26 | For launching of Astrosat into near earth orbit. | |
| 41 | PSLV – C27 | For launching of Cartosat-2C into Polar orbit. | |
| 42 | PSLV – C28 | For launching of IRNSS-4 satellite. | |
| 43 | PSLV – C29 | For launching of IRNSS-5 satellite. | |
| 44 | PSLV – C30 | For launching of IRNSS-6 satellite. | |
| 45 | PSLV – C31 | For launching of Resourcesat-2A into polar orbit. | |
| 46 | PSLV – C32 | For launching of Cartosat-2D in to polar orbit. | |
| 47 | PSLV – C33 | Commercial Launch Service | |
| 48 | PSLV – C34 | For launching of IRNSS-7 satellite. | |
| 49 | PSLV – C35 | For launching of Oceansat-3 satellite into polar orbit. | |
| 50 | PSLV- C36 | For launching of Cartosat-3 satellite into Polar orbit. | |
| 51 | GSLV – D5 | Development flight with indigenous cryogenic stage for launching GSAT-14satellite. | |
| 52 | GSLV – D6 | For launching of GSAT-6 into Geosynchronous transfer orbit. | |
| 53 | GSLV – F8 | For launching of Chandrayaan-2 | |
| 54 | GSLV – F09 | For launching of GSAT-9 communication satellite. | |
| 55 | GSLV – F10 | For launching of GISAT satellite into Geosynchronous transfer orbit. | |
| 56 | GSLV – F11 | For launching of GSAT-6A satellite. | |
| 57 | GSLV – Mk III-X1 | Experimental test flight. | |
| 58 | GSLV – Mk III D1 | First developmental flight of GSLV Mk III for launching GSAT-19E satellite | |
