Earth Observation Satellites from ISRO

Agency Name Full

Indian Space Research Organization

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

India

Agency Website

www.isro.org

Agency Mission Timeline

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Series	Missions
CARTOSAT	CARTOSAT-1, CARTOSAT-2, CARTOSAT-2A, CARTOSAT-2B, CARTOSAT-2E, CARTOSAT-3
INSAT	INSAT-1B, INSAT-1C, INSAT-1D, INSAT-2A, INSAT-2B, INSAT-2C, INSAT-2D, INSAT-2E, INSAT-3A, INSAT-3D, INSAT-3DR
IRS	IRS-1A, IRS-1B, IRS-P2, IRS-1C, IRS-P3, IRS-1D, IRS-P4, TES, IMS-1
METSAT	KALPANA-1, MEGHA-TROPIQUES, SARAL
OCEANSAT	OCEANSAT-2, OCEANSAT-3A
RESOURCESAT	RESOURCESAT-1, RESOURCESAT-2, RESOURCESAT-2A, RESOURCESAT-3, RESOURCESAT-3A, RESOURCESAT-3S, RESOURCESAT-3SA
RISAT	RISAT-1, RISAT-1A, RISAT-1B, RISAT-2

Current Missions

timeline

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
CARTOSAT-2A	28 Apr 2008	Dec 2025	PAN (Cartosat-2A/2B)
CARTOSAT-2B	12 Jul 2010	Dec 2025	PAN (Cartosat-2A/2B)
RESOURCESAT-2	20 Apr 2011	Dec 2025	AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV
SARAL	25 Feb 2013	Dec 2025	A-DCS3, AltiKa, DGXX
INSAT-3D	26 Jul 2013	Dec 2025	Imager (INSAT 3D), Sounder (INSAT)
CARTOSAT-2C	22 Jun 2016	Dec 2025	HRMX, PAN (Cartosat-2E)
INSAT-3DR	08 Sep 2016	Dec 2025	Imager (INSAT 3D), Sounder (INSAT)
RESOURCESAT-2A	07 Dec 2016	Dec 2025	AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV
CARTOSAT-2E	23 Jun 2017	Dec 2025	HRMX, PAN (Cartosat-2E)
NovaSAR-1	16 Sep 2018	Dec 2026	AIS, S-band SAR
CARTOSAT-3	27 Nov 2019	Dec 2025	MX (Cartosat-3), PAN (Cartosat-3)
RISAT-1A	14 Feb 2022	Feb 2027	SAR (RISAT)
OCEANSAT-3	26 Nov 2022	Nov 2027	A-DCS4, OCM (Oceansat-3), Scatterometer (Oceansat-3), SSTM-1 (Oceansat-3)
INSAT-3DS	17 Feb 2024	Dec 2030	Imager (INSAT 3D), Sounder (INSAT)

Approved Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
RISAT-1B	Mar 2025	Dec 2029	SAR (RISAT)
NISAR	Jun 2025	Feb 2028	L-band SAR (NISAR), S-band SAR (NISAR)
OCEANSAT-3A	Nov 2025	Nov 2030	OCM (Oceansat-3), SSTM-1 (Oceansat-3)
TRISHNA	Dec 2026	Dec 2031	SWIR, TIR, VNIR

Planned Missions

timeline

Considered Missions

None.

Completed Missions

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
INSAT-1A	10 Apr 1982	06 Sep 1983	-
INSAT-1B	30 Aug 1983	15 Jul 1993	-
IRS-1A	17 Mar 1988	01 Jan 1994	LISS-I, LISS-II
INSAT-1C	22 Jul 1988	22 Nov 1989	-
INSAT-1D	12 Jun 1990	14 May 2002	-
IRS-1B	29 Aug 1991	31 Aug 2002	LISS-I, LISS-II
INSAT-2A	10 Jul 1992	10 Jul 1999	VHRR
INSAT-2B	23 Jul 1993	01 Jul 2004	VHRR
IRS-P2	15 Oct 1994	31 Dec 1997	LISS-II
INSAT-2C	07 Dec 1995	15 Apr 2002	-
IRS-1C	28 Dec 1995	21 Sep 2007	LISS-III (IRS), PAN (IRS-1C/1D), WiFS
IRS-P3	21 Mar 1996	31 Dec 2003	MOS, WiFS, X-ray astronomy payload
INSAT-2D	04 Jun 1997	01 Jan 2003	-
IRS-1D	29 Sep 1997	02 Jan 2010	LISS-III (IRS), PAN (IRS-1C/1D), WiFS
INSAT-2E	03 Apr 1999	04 May 2011	CCD camera, VHRR
IRS-P4	26 May 1999	31 Dec 2010	MSMR, OCM (Oceansat-2), WiFS
TES	22 Oct 2001	31 May 2012	TES PAN
KALPANA-1	12 Sep 2002	01 Feb 2018	DRT-S&R, VHRR
INSAT-3A	10 Apr 2003	08 Nov 2016	CCD camera, DRT-S&R, VHRR
RESOURCESAT-1	17 Oct 2003	07 Dec 2013	AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV
CARTOSAT-1	05 May 2005	01 Jan 2019	PAN (Cartosat-1)
CARTOSAT-2	10 Jan 2007	10 Jan 2020	PAN (Cartosat-2)
IMS-1	28 Apr 2008	31 Jul 2013	HySI (IMS-1), MxT
RISAT-2	20 Apr 2009	30 Oct 2022	SAR-X
OCEANSAT-2	24 Sep 2009	31 May 2023	OCM (Oceansat-2), OSCAT, ROSA
YOUTHSAT	20 Apr 2011	19 Apr 2013	LiV HYSI, RaBIT
MEGHA-TROPIQUES	12 Oct 2011	15 Dec 2021	MADRAS, ROSA, SAPHIR, ScaRaB
RISAT-1	26 Apr 2012	26 Apr 2018	SAR (RISAT)
SCATSAT-1	26 Sep 2016	28 Feb 2021	Scatterometer (Scatsat-1)
GISAT	11 Aug 2021	11 Aug 2021	HRMX-TIR, HRMX-VNIR, HYSI-SWIR, HYSI-VNIR

Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
A-DCS4	NOAA-19, OCEANSAT-3, METOP-SG B1, METOP-SG B2, NPOESS-2, NPOESS-1, NPOESS-3, NPOESS-4, NPOESS-5, NPOESS-6, CDARS, Free Flyer-2, GOES-14, EWS-G, EWS-G1
AWiFS	AWiFSSAT, RESOURCESAT-1, RESOURCESAT-2, RESOURCESAT-2A
HRMX	CARTOSAT-2E, CARTOSAT-2C
Imager (INSAT 3D)	INSAT-3DR, INSAT-3DS, INSAT-3DS, INSAT-3D
LISS-III (Resourcesat)	RESOURCESAT-1, RESOURCESAT-2, RESOURCESAT-2A
LISS-IV	RESOURCESAT-1, RESOURCESAT-2, RESOURCESAT-2A
MX (Cartosat-3)	CARTOSAT-3, CARTOSAT-1A, CARTOSAT-1B
OCM (Oceansat-3)	OCEANSAT-3, OCEANSAT-3A
PAN (Cartosat-2A/2B)	CARTOSAT-2B, CARTOSAT-2A
PAN (Cartosat-2E)	CARTOSAT-2E, CARTOSAT-2C
PAN (Cartosat-3)	CARTOSAT-3
SAR (RISAT)	RISAT-1B, RISAT-1, RISAT-1A
Scatterometer (Oceansat-3)	OCEANSAT-3
Sounder (INSAT)	INSAT-3DR, INSAT-3DS, INSAT-3DS, INSAT-3D
SSTM-1 (Oceansat-3)	OCEANSAT-3, OCEANSAT-3A

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Instrument	Mission(s)
ALISS III	RESOURCESAT-3, RESOURCESAT-3A
APAN	RESOURCESAT-3S, RESOURCESAT-3SA
LISS-V	RESOURCESAT-3S, RESOURCESAT-3SA

Approved Instruments

Proposed Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
ATCOR	RESOURCESAT-3, RESOURCESAT-3A

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
CCD camera	INSAT-2E, INSAT-3A
DRT-S&R	KALPANA-1, INSAT-3A
HRMX-TIR	GISAT
HRMX-VNIR	GISAT
HySI (IMS-1)	IMS-1
HYSI-SWIR	GISAT
HYSI-VNIR	GISAT
LISS-I	IRS-1A, IRS-1B
LISS-II	IRS-1A, IRS-P2, IRS-1B
LISS-III (IRS)	IRS-1C, IRS-1D
LiV HYSI	YOUTHSAT
MADRAS	MEGHA-TROPIQUES
MOS	PRIRODA, IRS-P3
MSMR	IRS-P4
MxT	IMS-1
OCM (Oceansat-2)	IRS-P4, OCEANSAT-2
OSCAT	Scatsat-1, OCEANSAT-2
PAN (Cartosat-1)	CARTOSAT-1
PAN (Cartosat-2)	CARTOSAT-2
PAN (IRS-1C/1D)	IRS-1C, IRS-1D
RaBIT	YOUTHSAT
ROSA	OCEANSAT-2
ROSA	MEGHA-TROPIQUES
SAR-X	RISAT-2F, RISAT-2
Scatterometer (Scatsat-1)	SCATSAT-1
TES PAN	TES
VHRR	INSAT-2A, INSAT-2B, INSAT-2E, KALPANA-1, INSAT-3A
WiFS	IRS-1C, IRS-P3, IRS-P4, IRS-1D