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Updated list considering launch manifesto and announcements.
Orbital launches undertook in 2024
Planned in Q1 2024-25 (April-June 2024)
Executed:
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Planned:
Orbital launches undertook in 2024
- 1st January - PSLV-DL C58 - RRI XpoSat (First dedicated mission to study cosmic X-rays)/POEM-3
[*]Radiation Shielding Experimental Module (RSEM) by TakeMe2Space to evaluate effectiveness of Tantalum coating for radiation shielding.
[*]Women Engineered Satellite (WESAT) by LBS Institute of Technology for Women to compare and measure UV radiation in space and on Earth's surface in real-time.
[*]BeliefSat-0: Amateur Band UHF to VHF FM voice repeater, and VHF APRS Digipeater satellite by K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology.
[*]Green Impulse TrAnsmitter (GITA): Green bipropellant CubeSat propulsion unit by Inspecity Space Labs Pvt. Ltd.
[*]Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Technologies-Technology Demonstrator (LEAP-TD): P-30 nanosatellite platform subsystems validation by Dhruva Space.
[*]RUDRA 0.3 HPGP: Green Monopropellant Thruster by Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
[*]ARKA200: Xenon based Hall-effect thruster (HET) by Bellatrix Aerospace.
[*]Dust Experiment (DEX): Interplanetary dust count measurement by Physical Research Laboratory.
[*]Fuel cell Power System (FCPS): Demonstration of 100 watt fuel cell power system by VSSC.
[*]Si based High Energy cell: Demonstration of Silicon based High Energy cells by VSSC
[*]VSSC's 100 W class Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell based Power System (FCPS)
[*]10 Ah SiliconโGraphite anode based high energy density Li-ion cell.
[*]Configured payload for testing SiliconโGraphite anode based Li-ion cell.- Success
- 17 February 2024 - GSLV F14 - INSAT-3DS
- Success
- March 2024 (or later??) - SSLV D3 - Unnamed payload/Space Rickshaw/IITMSat
Planned in Q1 2024-25 (April-June 2024)
- April? - PSLV-XL C59 - DRDO ANVESHA (Hyperspectral payload/Space based Radar??)/CGUSat/LEAP-1 (Dhruvaspace)
/SCOT
- ?? - Vikram-1 - Flight no.?? - Undetermined payload. - India's first privately developed orbital rocket.
- Mid-2024? - HLVM3 G1 - Gaganyaan- 1, first unmanned Gaganyaan.
- ?? - LVM3-M5 - GSAT-22
or foreign commercial satellite?
- ?? - Vikram-1 - Flight no.?? - Vikram's second orbital flight. Unknown commercial payload.
- October? - PSLV-XL C62 - PROBA-3 (Twin European coronagraph satellites similar to Aditya L1 in function, with planned launch on PSLV).
- H2 2024 - PSLV-?? N1 - TDS01 (Technology demonstration mission to test electric propulsion, indigenous atomic clocks and Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA). Utilises BN/SiO2 built EPS thrusters with a thrust of 300 mN for all operations including orbit raising manuevers).
(N1 denotes first fully privately built PSLV rocket).
- ?? - SSLV S1 - Undetermined commercial payload, PARIKSHIT
- ?? - Vikram-1 - Flight no.?? - Vikram's third orbital flight. Unknown commercial payload.
- ?? - Agnibaan - Flight no.?? - First orbital flight of Agnikul's rocket Agnibaan. Undetermined payload.
- ?? - PSLV-?? N2 - Second private PSLV. Undetermined commercial payload, Adayah, Drishti, Sanskardhaam, DS P30 x 2
- ?? - SSLV S2 - Undetermined commercial payload, Azista60ยฐ
- ?? - Vikram-1 - Flight no.?? - Vikram's fourth orbital flight. Unknown commercial payload.
- ?? - Agnibaan - Flight no.?? - Second flight of Agnikul's rocket Agnibaan. Undetermined payload.
- Early 2025 - HLVM3 G2 - Gaganyaan-2, second unmanned Gaganyaan.
- April-May? - PSLV-XL C60 - RISAT-1B/POEM-4
[*]Quantum Entanglement Studies in Space (QuantESS) by SAC/PRL.
[*]Atomic Oxygen Sensor (ATOXS) by SPL/VSSC
[*]PlasDEM (Plasmaspheric electron Density Measurements)
[*]Near Ultraviolet Transient Surveyor (NUTS)
[*]Smart Space Robot Experiment
[*]Potential experiments related to space robotics, proximity operations etc. - April/May? - GSLV F16 - NISAR (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) - First space based radar in world with dual frequencies.
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- ?? - PSLV-?? C61 - Unnamed ISRO spacecraft
- ?? - GSLV F15 - NVS-02 (Second L1 band satellite of NAVIC)
- ?? - PSLV-XL? C63 - Unnamed ISRO spacecraft. Likely SPADEX x 2 (Space Docking Experiment)
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- ?? - GSLV F17 - IDRSS-1 aka CMS04 (First Data Relay Satellite for Gaganyaan) or GISAT-2 aka EOS05?
- mid-2025 - HLVM3 G3 - Gaganyaan-3, third unmanned Gaganyaan.
- Late 2025 - HLVM3 G4 - Gaganyaan-4, first Indian manned mission to space.
(One or two crew, both Indians).
- Mid-2024? - RLV-ORV - First orbital flight of Indian RLV based on GSLV rocket.
- 2023 - SSLV ??? - BlackSky Global-5, 6 and two other satellites
- 2026 - H3
(Japanese rocket) - LUPEX or Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (Indo-Japanese lunar sampling mission)
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- ~2028 - Chandryaan-4 - First sample return mission to Moon (Will be launched in two parts on PSLV-XL + LVM3)
- Bharatiya Antariskha Station (orbital assembly planned between 2028-2035) - India's mini modular space space station of size of Salyut-2
; LVM3 (First module and Vyomanauts + NGLV (Cargo supplies)
- Shukryaan-1 (First Indian orbiter and probably lander or drone to Venus), 2028
- Mangalyaan-2
(Second orbiter to Mars)(Indian Mars Landing Mission - MLM-1) 2030, first Indian soft landing on Mars (IAD mechanism?) - NET 2030 - Mangalyaan-3 (Orbiter/Lander/Drones (Indian Mars Helicopter))
- Astrosat-2
- GISAT-1R
- GSAT21 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) around 2024-25
- TRISHNA (Thermanl Infrared Imaging Satellite for High Resolution Natrural Resource Assessment), around 2025-26.
- AHySiS (Advanced Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite)
- Chandrayaan-5 & 6 (Advanced sampling and sample return missions), around 2030-35
- Pratush (India's moon based telescope)
- Indian mission to Jupiter+Venus Fly by - 2030s
- Indian missions to outerplanets (Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune), their satellites - In study
- Indian Asteroid Landing Mission - Concept
- INSIST, ExWorlds and other large space based telescopes
- India's manned moon soft landing - No earlier than 2040
Executed:
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Planned:
- 22 March 2024 - Agnibaan SORTed (suborbital version) (might include a semi-cryo engine) - Unknown payload.
- March 2024 - 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.
- 2024 - 2 or 3 times RLV-LEX (Landing Experiment) - Precursor to first orbital flight of RLV-ORV in 2024.