Vamsi
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Orbital launches undertook in 2023
Scheduled launch catalogue for 2023 in works
- 10th February - SSLV D2 - EOS02 (Microsat-2A)/AzaadiSAT (Both repeat payloads after D1 failure)
/Janus-1
- Success
- 26th March - LVM3 D2 - 36 x OneWeb internet
(Second lot) - Success
- 22nd April - PSLV-CA C55 - TeLEOS-2/LUMILITE-4
/POEM-2 (payloads from DOS, IIA & Indian private firms
- Success
Later in 2023
- 24 May 2023 - GSLV F12 - NVS01 (First L1 band satellite of NAVIC)
- June-July 2023 - PSLV-XL C56 - Aditya-L1 (First Indian mission to study solar Corona)
- June/July 2023 - LVM3 M4 - Chandryaan-3 - Lander and rover to the Lunar South Pole
Spacecraft which were planned this year but not mentioned above as no update or rescheduling data is there
- 2023 - PSLV-?? C57 - DS-SAR
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- 2023 - PSLV-?? C58 - DRDO ANVESHA (Hyperspectral payload/Space based Radar??)
- 2023 - PSLV-?? C59 - TDS01 (Technology demonstration mission to test electric propulsion, indigenous atomic clocks and Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA). Utilisee BN/SiO2 built EPS thrusters with a thrust of 300 mN for all operations including orbit raising manuevers).
- 2023 - PSLV-?? C60 - RISAT-1B
- 2023 - SSLV-D3 or PSLV-?? C?? - XPoSAT (X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite), first dedicated Indian mission to study cosmic X-rays
- End 2023 - Vikram-I - Unknown payload (First orbital launch of Skyroot Aerospace, first Indian private firm to develop launch vehicle).
- 2023 - GSLV F14 - INSAT3DS
2024
- 2023 - SSLV ??? - BlackSky Global-5, 6 and two other satellites
2025
- January 2024 - GSLV F1? - NISAR (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) - First space based radar in world with dual frequencies.
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- February 2024 - HLVM3 G1 - Gaganyaan-1 - First unammned orbital test of Gaganyaan
- Mid-2024 - GSLV F1? - INSAT-3DS
- 2024 - GSLV F1? - IDRSS-2
- 2024 - H3
(Japanese rocket) - Chandryaan-4 aka LUPEX or Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (Indo-Japanese lunar sampling mission)
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- 2024 - RLV-ORV - Undecided payload (First orbital flight of Indian RLV based on GSLV launch mechanism).
- Late 2024 or early 2025 - HLVM3 G2 - Gaganyaan-2 - Second unammned orbital test of Gaganyaan
- 2024 - PSLV-?? C?? - PROBA-3 (Twin European coronagraph satellites similar to Aditya L1 in function, with planned launch on PSLV).
- 2024 - GSLV F1? - IDRSS-1 aka CMS04 (Indian Data Relay Satellite System)
- 2023 - GSLV F1? - GISAT-2 aka EOS05 (Second Geo Imaging Satellite, India's GEO based multispectral satellite)
Undated/uncertain dates or long term programs:
- Early or mid 2025 - HLVM3 H1 - Gaganyaan-3 - First Indian manned mission to space
- Mangalyaan-2 (Second orbiter to Mars), around 2024-25
- Astrosat-2
- GSAT21 & 22 aka CMS03.
- GSAT-7B, 7C, 7R.
- GSAT-32
- Resourcesat-3A & 3B.
- HRSAT
- Cartosat-3A & 3B
- DISHA x 2 (Disturbed and quiet time Ionosphere-thermosphere System at High Altitudes)
- TRISHNA (Thermanl Infrared Imaging Satellite for High Resolution Natrural Resource Assessment)
- AHySiS (Advanced Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite)
- Chandrayaan-5 & 6 (Sampling and sample return missions), around 2030-35
- Pratush (India's moon based telescope)
- IAD based Mangalyaan-3 (First soft landing on Mars), around 2030
- Shukryaan-1 (First Indian orbiter and probably lander or drone to Venus), after 2031
- Indian mission to Jupiter+Venus Fly by - 2030s
- Indian missions to outerplanets (Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune), their satellites and asteroid Landers - Concept study
- Indian modular space station, after 2030
- INSIST, ExWorlds and other large space based telescopes
Notable suborbital flights this year (excludes ballistic missiles & ABMs and routine sounding rockets):
Executed:
Planned:
- 3 April - RLV-LEX (Landing Experiment) - Drop from helicopter and horizontal landing test of RLV spaceplane on runway. - Success
- H2 2023 - Agnibaan's suborbital version (might include a semi-cryo engine) - Unknown payload.
- June 2023 - TV-D1 based on GSLV's L40 stage - Unmanned crew module launch vehicle for high altitude pad abort test (max. altitude 15 km)
- Q3 or Q4 2023 - TV-D2 - Second crew module abort test
- 2024-25 - TV-D3 and TV-D4 - Third and fourth crew module abort test after launch of Gaganyaan-1.
- 2023-24 - 2 or 3 times RLV-LEX (Landing Experiment) - Precursor to first orbital flight of RLV-ORV in 2024.
TV-D3 & D4 are actually named as TV-A1 & TV-A2 as per the annual report