ISRO has successfully launched numerous satellites over the years.

On this very date back in 1975, India's first unmanned satellite, the Aryabhata, was launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia, using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. The event marked a revolutionary step in the country's history, paving way for the launch of many other satellites along the way.

The main objective of ‘Aryabhata’ was to perform various experiments in X-Ray astronomy and solar physics. Upon launching it, India became the 11th nation to send a satellite into orbit.

Since then, ISRO has successfully launched numerous unmanned satellites, taking solar exploration to a whole new level.

To mark the 48th anniversary of Aryabhata, let's have a look at the major unmanned satellites (apart from Aryabhata) launched by ISRO so far.

A list of ISRO's major unmanned satellites since 'Aryabhata'

Bhaskara Sega-I (1979)

 

Rohini TechnologyPayload (1979)

Rohini RS-1 (1980)

Rohini RS-D1 (1981)

Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (1981)

Bhaskara-II (1981)

INSAT-1A (1982)

Rohini RS-D2 (1983)

INSAT-1B (1983)

CROSS-1 (1987)

IRS-1A (1988)

SROSS-2 (1988)

INSAT-1C (1988)

INSAT-1D (1990)

IRS-1B (1991)

SROSS-C (1992)

INSAT-2DT (1992)

INSAT-2B (1993)

IRS-1E (1993)

SROSS-C2 (1994)

IRS-P2 (1994)

INSAT-2C (1995)

IRS-1C (1995)

IRS-P3 (1996)

INSAT-2D (1997)

IRS-1D (1997)

INSAT-2E (1999)

IRS-P4 OCEANS (1999)

INSAT-3B (2000)

GSAT-1 (2001)

Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) (2001)

INSAT-3C (2001)

Kalpana-1 (METSAT) (2002)

INSAT-3A (2003)

GSAT-2 (2003)

INSAT-3E (2003)

RESOURCES-1 (IRS-P6) (2003)

EDUSAT (GSAT-3) (2004)

HAMSA (2005)

CARTOSAT-1 (2005)

INSAT-4A (2005)

INSAT-4A (2005)

INSAT-4C (2006)

CARTOSAT-2 (2007)

SRE-1 (Space Capsule Recovery Experiment) (2007)

INSAT-4B (2007)

INSAT-4CR (2007)

CARTOSAT-2A (2008)

RISAT-2 (2009)

ANUSAT (2009)

Oceans-2 (2009)

CARTOSAT-2B (2010)

GSAT-5P /INSAT-4D (2010)

RESOURCES-2 (2011)

INSAT-4G (2011)

Youths (2011)

GSAT-12 (2011)

Megha-Tropiques (2011)

RISAT-1 (2012)

SARAL (2013)

IRNSS-1A (2013)

INSAT-3 (2013)

GSAT-7 (2013)

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) (2013)

GSAT-14 (2014)

IRNSS-1B (2014)

IRNSS- 1C (2014)

GSAT-16 (2014)

IRNSS-1D (2014)

GSAT-6 (2014)

Astrosat (2015)

GSAT-15 (2015)

IRNSS-1E (2016)

IRNSS-1G (2016)

CARTOSAT-2C (2016)

INSAT-3DR (2016)

SCATSAT-1 (2016)

CARTOSAT-2D (2017)

MICROSAT- TD (2018)

INS -1C (2018)

GSAT- 6A (2018)

IRNSS -1I (2018)

GSAT-29 (2018)

HySYS (2018)

ExseedSat-1 (2018)

GSAT-11 (2018)

GSAT-7A (2018)

Microsat-R (2019)

KalamSAT-V2 (2019)

GSAT-31 (2019)

EMISAT (2019)

Chandrayaan-2 (2019)

Cartosat-3 (2019)

EOS-01 (2020)

CMS-01 (2020)

About ISRO

ISRO (The Indian Space Research Organization) is the national space agency of India.

 

The agency performs tasks related to space-based applications, space exploration, and the development of related technologies.