Satellite A Satellite is an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object. There are two types of satellites: i ) Natural ; such as the Moon and Earth , and ii ) Artificial ; such as the Landsat SPOT IRS Quickbard Aster Ikonnos Sputnik 1
Man-made (Artificial) Satellite are used mainly for Earth Observation, like; Land research, Natural resource management, Disester, Coastal management, and many more. Other uses for, Communications, such as TV signals and phone calls etc. A group of more than 20 satellites make up the Global Positioning System (GPS
Landsat SPOT Sentinel Terra EnviSAT RADARSAT ResourceSAT CartoSAT METEOSAT CloudSAT IceSAT KOMPSAT SkySAT SciSAT ACRIMSAT IKONOS Quickbird NOAA Worldview GeoEye RapidEye Pleiades Megha-Tropique PlanetScope (Dove) DMC GNSS SRTM GRACE GOCE ALOS MMS TerraSAR (TanDEM-X) MOLA SeaStar (Orbview-2) JASON QuickSCAT SMOS TRMM GOES Aqua Aura Suomi CALIPSO TIROS POES SMAP Corona CBERS PROBA Earth Observing-1 Mission (EO-1) Geostationary Orbit Satellite (Year 2000-2022)Satellite Name Launch Date End of Life Programme Altitude COMS 26 Jun 2010 01 Apr 2021 Communication, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite 35786 km GEO-KOMPSAT-2A 04 Dec 2018 ≥2029 Communication, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite 35786 km GEO-KOMPSAT-2B 18 Feb 2020 ≥2031 Communication, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite 35786 km Electro-GOMS 31 Oct 1994 15 Nov 2000 Electro 35786 km Electro-L N1 20 Jan 2011 2016 Electro 35786 km Electro-L N2 11 Dec 2015 ≥2025 Electro 35786 km FY-2B 25 Jun 2000 Sep 2004 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-2C 19 Oct 2004 23 Nov 2009 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-2D 08 Dec 2006 Jul 2015 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-2E 23 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2018 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-2F 13 Jan 2012 ≥2022 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-2G 31 Dec 2014 ≥2022 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-2H 05 Jun 2018 ≥2022 Feng-Yun – 2 35786 km FY-4A 10 Dec 2016 ≥2023 Feng-Yun – 4 35786 km FY-4B 02 Jun 2021 ≥2028 Feng-Yun – 4 35786 km GOES-8 13 Apr 1994 05 May 2004 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-9 23 May 1995 22 May 2003 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-10 25 Apr 1997 01 Dec 2006 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-11 03 May 2000 05 Dec 2011 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-12 23 Jul 2001 10 May 2010 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-13 24 May 2006 Oct 2019 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-14 27 Jun 2009 ≥2022 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-15 04 Mar 2010 ≥2022 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 2nd generation 35786 km GOES-16 19 Nov 2016 ≥2027 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – 3rd generation 35786 km Himawari-4 (GMS-4) 06 Sep 1989 24 Feb 2000 Himawari 1st generation (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite) 35786 km Himawari-5 (GMS-5) 18 Mar 1995 22 May 2003 Himawari 1st generation (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite) 35786 km Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R) 26 Feb 2005 04 Dec 2015 Himawari 2nd generation (Multifunction Transport Satellite) 35786 km Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2) 18 Feb 2006 10 May 2016 Himawari 2nd generation (Multifunction Transport Satellite) 35786 km Himawari-8 07 Oct 2014 ≥2030 Himawari 3rd generation 35786 km INSAT-1D 12 Jun 1990 14 May 2002 Indian National Satellite – 1 35786 km INSAT-2A 10 Jul 1992 30 May 2002 Indian National Satellite – 2 35786 km INSAT-2B 23 Jul 1993 01 Jul 2004 Indian National Satellite – 2 35786 km INSAT-2C 07 Dec 1995 15 Apr 2002 Indian National Satellite – 2 35786 km INSAT-2E 03 Apr 1999 15 Apr 2012 Indian National Satellite – 2 35786 km INSAT-3A 10 Apr 2003 Sep 2016 Indian National Satellite – 3 35786 km INSAT-3B 22 Mar 2000 02 Nov 2010 Indian National Satellite – 3 35786 km INSAT-3C 24 Jan 2002 2014 Indian National Satellite – 3 35786 km INSAT-3D 25 Jul 2013 ≥2022 Indian National Satellite – 3 35786 km INSAT-3DR 08 Sep 2016 ≥2026 Indian National Satellite – 3 35786 km Kalpana-1 12 Sep 2002 Sep 2017 Kalpana 35786 km MTG-I1 Dec 2022 ≥2030 Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) – “I” imaging, “S” sounding 35786 km Meteosat-6 20 Nov 1993 27 Apr 2007 Meteosat First Generation 35786 km Meteosat-7 (IODC) 05 Dec 2006 01 Feb 2017 Meteosat First Generation 35786 km Meteosat-8 28 Aug 2002 04 Jul 2016 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) 35786 km Meteosat-9 21 Dec 2005 01 Apr 2022 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) 35786 km Meteosat-10 05 Jul 2012 ≥2030 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) 35786 km Meteosat-11 15 Jul 2015 ≥2033 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) 35786 km Electro-L N3 24 Dec 2019 ≥2029 Electro 35786 km GEO-CAPE Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events 35786 km PATH Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity 35786 km
Geo-synchronous Orbit Satellite (Year 2000-2022)Satellite Name Launch Date End of Life Programme Altitude SDO 11 Feb 2010 ≥2022 Solar Dynamics Observatory 35756 km
Polar Orbit Satellite (Year 2000-2022)Satellite Name Launch Date End of Life Programme Altitude ACRIMSat 20 Dec 1999 14 Dec 2013 Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite 696 km ADEOS-2 14 Dec 2002 25 Oct 2003 Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 812 km Aeolus 22 Aug 2018 ≥2023 Aeolus 320 km ALOS 24 Jan 2006 22 Apr 2011 Advanced Land Observing Satellite 692 km ALOS-2 24 May 2014 ≥2022 Advanced Land Observing Satellite 640 km ALOS-3 ≥2022 ≥2028 Advanced Land Observing Satellite 669 km AlSat-1 28 Nov 2002 15 Aug 2010 Algeria Satellite 700 km AlSat-2 12 Jul 2010 2019 Algeria Satellite 686 km AlSat-2B 26 Sep 2016 ≥2022 Algeria Satellite 680 km Amazônia-1 28 Feb 2021 ≥2026 Amazônia 752 km ASCENDS Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons 450 km BILSat 27 Sep 2003 15 Aug 2006 BILTEN Satellte 686 km BIRD 22 Oct 2001 01 Jul 2007 Bi-spectral Infra-Red Detection 572 km Beijing-1 27 Oct 2005 2010 Beijing 699 km CALIPSO 28 Apr 2006 ≥2023 Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations 689 km CartoSat-1 (IRS-P5) 05 May 2005 05 May 2019 Satellite for Cartography 618 km CartoSat-2 10 Jan 2007 13 Aug 2019 Satellite for Cartography 635 km CartoSat-2A 28 Apr 2008 ≥2022 Satellite for Cartography 635 km CartoSat-2B 12 Jul 2010 ≥2022 Satellite for Cartography 640 km CartoSat-3 27 Nov 2019 ≥2024 Satellite for Cartography 450 km CBERS-1 14 Oct 1999 12 Oct 2003 China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 778 km CBERS-2 21 Oct 2003 15 Nov 2007 China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 778 km CBERS-2B 19 Sep 2007 16 May 2010 China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 778 km CBERS-3 09 Dec 2013 09 Dec 2013 China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 778 km CBERS-4 07 Dec 2014 ≥2022 China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 778 km CloudSat 28 Apr 2006 ≥2023 CloudSat 689 km Coriolis 06 Jan 2003 Dec 2020 Coriolis 838 km CryoSat 08 Oct 2005 08 Oct 2005 CryoSat 717 km CSG-1 18 Dec 2019 ≥2026 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 619 km CSG-2 31 Jan 2022 ≥2029 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 619 km CSK-1 08 Jun 2007 ≥2022 COSMO-SkyMed 629.5 km CSK-2 09 Dec 2007 ≥2022 COSMO-SkyMed 629.5 km CSK-3 25 Oct 2008 ≥2022 COSMO-SkyMed 629.5 km CSK-4 06 Nov 2010 ≥2022 COSMO-SkyMed 629.5 km Deimos-1 29 Jul 2009 2019 Deimos 660 km DESDynI Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice 400 km DMSP-F08 18 Jun 1987 01 Oct 2006 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-2 856 km DMSP-F11 28 Nov 1991 07 Aug 2000 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-2 853 km DMSP-F12 29 Aug 1994 13 Oct 2008 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-2 850 km DMSP-F13 24 Mar 1995 03 Feb 2015 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-2 850 km DMSP-F14 04 Apr 1997 2017 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-2 852 km DMSP-F15 12 Dec 1999 Dec 2020 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-3 850 km DMSP-F16 18 Oct 2003 2019 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-3 848 km DMSP-F17 04 Nov 2006 ≥2022 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-3 848 km DMSP-F18 18 Oct 2009 ≥2022 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-3 850 km DMSP-F19 03 Apr 2014 11 Feb 2016 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – Block 5D-3 850 km DubaiSat-1 29 Jul 2009 09 May 2016 DubaiSat 686 km EnMAP 01 Apr 2022 ≥2027 Environmental Mapping and Analysis Programme 653 km Envisat 01 Mar 2002 08 Apr 2012 Environmental Satellite 774 km Aqua 04 May 2002 ≥2023 Earth Observation System 705 km
Satellite Name Launch Date Launch Vehicle Orbit Type Application INS-2TD Feb 14, 2022 PSLV-C52/EOS-04 Mission Experimental EOS-04 Feb 14, 2022 PSLV-C52/EOS-04 Mission Earth Observation EOS-03 Aug 12, 2021 GSLV-F10 / EOS-03 GTO Earth Observation CMS-01 Dec 17, 2020 PSLV-C50/CMS-01 GSO Communication EOS-01 Nov 07, 2020 PSLV-C49/EOS-01 LEO Disaster Management System, Earth Observation GSAT-30 Jan 17, 2020 Ariane-5 VA-251 GSO Communication RISAT-2BR1 Dec 11, 2019 PSLV-C48/RISAT-2BR1 LEO Disaster Management System, Earth Observation Cartosat-3 Nov 27, 2019 PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission SSPO Earth Observation Chandrayaan2 Jul 22, 2019 GSLV-Mk III – M1 / Chandrayaan-2 Mission Lunar Planetary Observation RISAT-2B May 22, 2019 PSLV-C46 Mission LEO Disaster Management System, Earth Observation EMISAT Apr 01, 2019 PSLV-C45/EMISAT MISSION SSPO GSAT-31 Feb 06, 2019 Ariane-5 VA-247 GTO Communication Microsat-R Jan 24, 2019 PSLV-C44 SSPO GSAT-7A Dec 19, 2018 GSLV-F11 / GSAT-7A Mission Communication GSAT-11 Mission Dec 05, 2018 Ariane-5 VA-246 GTO Communication HysIS Nov 29, 2018 PSLV-C43 / HysIS Mission SSPO Earth Observation GSAT-29 Nov 14, 2018 GSLV Mk III-D2 / GSAT-29 Mission GTO Communication IRNSS-1I Apr 12, 2018 PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I GSO Navigation GSAT-6A Mar 29, 2018 GSLV-F08/GSAT-6A Mission GSO Communication Microsat Jan 12, 2018 PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission SSPO Experimental Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Jan 12, 2018 PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission SSPO Earth Observation INS-1C Jan 12, 2018 PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission SSPO Experimental IRNSS-1H Aug 31, 2017 PSLV-C39/IRNSS-1H Mission Navigation GSAT-17 Jun 29, 2017 Ariane-5 VA-238 GTO Communication Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Jun 23, 2017 PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Series Satellite SSPO Earth Observation GSAT-19 Jun 05, 2017 GSLV Mk III-D1/GSAT-19 Mission GSO Communication GSAT-9 May 05, 2017 GSLV-F09 / GSAT-9 GSO Communication INS-1B Feb 15, 2017 PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Series Satellite SSPO Experimental Cartosat -2 Series Satellite Feb 15, 2017 PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Series Satellite SSPO Earth Observation INS-1A Feb 15, 2017 PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Series Satellite SSPO Experimental RESOURCESAT-2A Dec 07, 2016 PSLV-C36 / RESOURCESAT-2A SSPO Earth Observation GSAT-18 Oct 06, 2016 Ariane-5 VA-231 GSO Communication SCATSAT-1 Sep 26, 2016 PSLV-C35 / SCATSAT-1 SSPO Climate & Environment INSAT-3DR Sep 08, 2016 GSLV-F05 / INSAT-3DR GSO Climate & Environment, Disaster Management System CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite Jun 22, 2016 PSLV-C34 / CARTOSAT-2 Series Satellite SSPO Earth Observation IRNSS-1G Apr 28, 2016 PSLV-C33/IRNSS-1G GEO Navigation IRNSS-1F Mar 10, 2016 PSLV-C32/IRNSS-1F GEO Navigation IRNSS-1E Jan 20, 2016 PSLV-C31/IRNSS-1E GSO Navigation GSAT-15 Nov 11, 2015 Ariane-5 VA-227 GEO Communication, Navigation Astrosat Sep 28, 2015 PSLV-C30/AstroSat MISSION Space Science GSAT-6 Aug 27, 2015 GSLV-D6 GTO Communication IRNSS-1D Mar 28, 2015 PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D GSO Navigation CARE Dec 18, 2014 LVM-3/CARE Mission Experimental GSAT-16 Dec 07, 2014 Ariane-5 VA-221 GSO Communication IRNSS-1C Oct 16, 2014 PSLV-C26/IRNSS-1C GEO Navigation IRNSS-1B Apr 04, 2014 PSLV-C24/IRNSS-1B GSO Navigation GSAT-14 Jan 05, 2014 GSLV-D5/GSAT-14 GSO Communication Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft Nov 05, 2013 PSLV-C25 Martian Planetary Observation GSAT-7 Aug 30, 2013 Ariane-5 VA-215 GSO Communication INSAT-3D Jul 26, 2013 Ariane-5 VA-214 GSO Climate & Environment, Disaster Management System IRNSS-1A Jul 01, 2013 PSLV-C22/IRNSS-1A GSO Navigation SARAL Feb 25, 2013 PSLV-C20/SARAL SSPO Climate & Environment, Earth Observation GSAT-10 Sep 29, 2012 Ariane-5 VA-209 GEO Communication, Navigation RISAT-1 Apr 26, 2012 PSLV-C19/RISAT-1 SSPO Earth Observation Megha-Tropiques Oct 12, 2011 PSLV-C18/Megha-Tropiques SSPO Climate & Environment, Earth Observation GSAT-12 Jul 15, 2011 PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 GSO Communication GSAT-8 May 21, 2011 Ariane-5 VA-202 GEO Communication, Navigation RESOURCESAT-2 Apr 20, 2011 PSLV-C16/RESOURCESAT-2 SSPO Earth Observation YOUTHSAT Apr 20, 2011 PSLV-C16/RESOURCESAT-2 SSPO Student Satellite GSAT-5P Dec 25, 2010 GSLV-F06 / GSAT-5P GSO Communication CARTOSAT-2B Jul 12, 2010 PSLV-C15/CARTOSAT-2B SSPO Earth Observation GSAT-4 Apr 15, 2010 GSLV-D3 / GSAT-4 GSO Communication Oceansat-2 Sep 23, 2009 PSLV-C14 / OCEANSAT-2 SSPO Climate & Environment, Earth Observation RISAT-2 Apr 20, 2009 PSLV-C12 / RISAT-2 SSPO Earth Observation Chandrayaan-1 Oct 22, 2008 PSLV-C11 Lunar Planetary Observation IMS-1 Apr 28, 2008 PSLV-C9 / CARTOSAT – 2A SSPO Earth Observation CARTOSAT – 2A Apr 28, 2008 PSLV-C9 / CARTOSAT – 2A SSPO Earth Observation INSAT-4CR Sep 02, 2007 GSLV-F04 / INSAT-4CR GSO Communication INSAT-4B Mar 12, 2007 Ariane5 GSO Communication CARTOSAT-2 Jan 10, 2007 PSLV-C7 / CARTOSAT-2 / SRE-1 SSPO Earth Observation SRE-1 Jan 10, 2007 PSLV-C7 / CARTOSAT-2 / SRE-1 SSPO Experimental INSAT-4C Jul 10, 2006 GSLV-F02 / INSAT-4C GSO Communication INSAT-4A Dec 22, 2005 Ariane5-V169 GSO Communication HAMSAT May 05, 2005 PSLV-C6/CARTOSAT-1/HAMSAT SSPO Communication CARTOSAT-1 May 05, 2005 PSLV-C6/CARTOSAT-1/HAMSAT SSPO Earth Observation EDUSAT Sep 20, 2004 GSLV-F01 / EDUSAT(GSAT-3) GSO Communication IRS-P6 / RESOURCESAT-1 Oct 17, 2003 PSLV-C5 /RESOURCESAT-1 SSPO Earth Observation INSAT-3E Sep 28, 2003 Ariane5-V162 GSO Communication GSAT-2 May 08, 2003 GSLV-D2 / GSAT-2 GSO Communication INSAT-3A Apr 10, 2003 Ariane5-V160 GSO Climate & Environment, Communication KALPANA-1 Sep 12, 2002 PSLV-C4 /KALPANA-1 GSO Climate & Environment, Communication INSAT-3C Jan 24, 2002 Ariane5-V147 GSO Climate & Environment, Communication The Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) Oct 22, 2001 PSLV-C3 / TES SSPO Earth Observation GSAT-1 Apr 18, 2001 GSLV-D1 / GSAT-1 GSO Communication INSAT-3B Mar 22, 2000 Ariane-5G GSO Communication Oceansat(IRS-P4) May 26, 1999 PSLV-C2/IRS-P4 SSPO Earth Observation INSAT-2E Apr 03, 1999 Ariane-42P H10-3 GSO Communication IRS-1D Sep 29, 1997 PSLV-C1 / IRS-1D SSPO Earth Observation INSAT-2D Jun 04, 1997 Ariane-44L H10-3 GSO Communication IRS-P3 Mar 21, 1996 PSLV-D3 / IRS-P3 SSPO Earth Observation IRS-1C Dec 28, 1995 Molniya SSPO Earth Observation INSAT-2C Dec 07, 1995 Ariane-44L H10-3 GSO Communication IRS-P2 Oct 15, 1994 PSLV-D2 SSPO Earth Observation SROSS-C2 May 04, 1994 ASLV-D4 Experimental IRS-1E Sep 20, 1993 PSLV-D1 LEO Earth Observation INSAT-2B Jul 23, 1993 Ariane-44L H10+ GSO Communication INSAT-2A Jul 10, 1992 Ariane-44L H10 GSO Communication SROSS-C May 20, 1992 ASLV-D3 Experimental IRS-1B Aug 29, 1991 Vostok SSPO Earth Observation INSAT-1D Jun 12, 1990 Delta 4925 GSO Communication INSAT-1C Jul 22, 1988 Ariane-3 GSO Communication SROSS-2 Jul 13, 1988 ASLV-D2 Earth Observation, Experimental IRS-1A Mar 17, 1988 Vostok SSPO Earth Observation SROSS-1 Mar 24, 1987 ASLV-D1 Experimental INSAT-1B Aug 30, 1983 Shuttle [PAM-D] GSO Communication Rohini Satellite RS-D2 Apr 17, 1983 SLV-3 LEO Earth Observation INSAT-1A Apr 10, 1982 Delta GSO Communication Bhaskara-II Nov 20, 1981 C-1 Intercosmos LEO Earth Observation, Experimental APPLE Jun 19, 1981 Ariane -1(V-3) GSO Communication, Experimental Rohini Satellite RS-D1 May 31, 1981 SLV-3D1 LEO Earth Observation Rohini Satellite RS-1 Jul 18, 1980 SLV-3E2 Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) Aug 10, 1979 SLV-3E1 Bhaskara-I Jun 07, 1979 C-1Intercosmos LEO Earth Observation, Experimental Aryabhata Apr 19, 1975 C-1 Intercosmos Experimental
