The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched various satellites from time to time. ISRO is known to launch both indigenous as well as foreign satellites.
Till now, India has launched 431 International Customer Satellites for approximately 34 different countries. These countries are listed as:
1) Argentina
2) Algeria
3) Australia
4) Austria
5) Belgium
6) Brazil
7) Canada
8) Chile
9) Colombia
10) Czech Republic
11) Denmark
12) Finland
13) France
14) Germany
15) Indonesia
16) Israel
17) Italy
18) Japan
19) Kazakhstan
20) Latvia
21) Lithuania
22) Luxembourg
23) Malaysia
24) Netherlands
25) Norway
26) Republic of Korea
27) Singapore
28) Slovakia
29) Spain
30) Switzerland
31) Turkey
32) UAE
33) United Kingdom
34) USA
India Launched Customer Satellites for Canada
Up to now, India has launched a total of 12 customer satellites for Canada. ISRO has completed its mission successfully.
The list of Canadian Customer Satellites Launched by India is as follows:
S. No. | Satellite | Launch Date | Launch Mass | Launch Vehicle |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CAN-X2 | 28 April 2008 | 7 kg | PSLV-C9 |
2 | NLS-5 | 28 April 2008 | 16 kg | PSLV-C9 |
3 | SAPPHIRE | 25 February 2013 | 148 kg | PSLV-C20 |
4 | NEOSSAT | 25 February 2013 | 74 kg | PSLV-C20 |
5 | NLS7.1(CAN-X4) | 30 June 2014 | 15 kg | PSLV-C23 |
6 | NLS7.2(CAN-X5) | 30 June 2014 | 15 kg | PSLV-C23 |
7 | NLS-14 (Ev9) | 28 September 2015 | 14 kg | PSLV-C30 |
8 | M3MSat | 22 June 2016 | 85 kg | PSLV-XL C34 |
9 | GHGSat-D | 22 June 2016 | 25.5 kg | PSLV-XL C34 |
10 | NLS-19 | 26 September 2016 | 8 kg | PSLV-G C35 |
11 | Telesat Phase-1 LEO | 12 January 2018 | 168 kg | PSLV-C40 |
12 | Kepler (CASE) | 29 November 2018 | 15 kg | PSLV-C43 |
1) CAN-X2:
CAN-X2 is a part of the CAN-X program. CAN-X stands for Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment Program.
The CAN-X program was launched to involve students in spaceflight development.
CAN-X2 is a nanosatellite whose mission is to check out the technologies to be used in CAN-X4 and CAN-X5.
This satellite will also help researchers with different experiments such as GPS radio occultation, network communications etc.
2) NLS-5:
NLS is a Nanosatellite Launch System. It has a series of satellite launch missions. It provides low-cost launching services.
Its series comes as NLS 1, NLS 4, NLS 5, NLS 6, NLS 8.
3) SAPPHIRE:
Sapphire is a space surveillance satellite. It is a spacecraft to observe space debris. Space debris means to monitoring space elements such as space pollution, the parts of failed missions in space or the dead satellites that are no longer working.
4) NEOSSAT:
NEOSSAT stands for Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite. It is a microsatellite used to monitor asteroids near the earth.
Some asteroids are difficult to detect from the surface of the earth due to their position, so NEOSSAT is used for detecting such asteroids.
5) NLS7.1(CAN-X4) and NLS7.2(CAN-X5):
CAN-X as already discussed is a nanosatellite program and NLS is a Nanosatellite Launch System.
Both of these satellites were launched together and afterwards separated in orbit. They were launched to establish autonomous flights.
6) NLS-14 (Ev9):
NLS-14 is a series of NLS. It was made by Space Flight Laboratory (University of Toronto Institute for Advanced Studies), Canada. It is a next generation Nanosatellite used to monitor maritime using the Automatic Identification System (AIS).
7) M3MSat:
M3MSat stands for Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite. It is designed to detect the digital signals, read them, locate them, help the marine transport for better management.
It will help to identify the traffic in Canadian waters, tell them the vessel's speed and direction. It will allow us to move ahead legally and safely in Canadian marines.
8) GHGSat-D:
GHGSat-D is a Greenhouse Gas Satellite - Demonstrator. As the name suggests, it is used to monitor the air quality, release of gases from industrial sites etc.
9) NLS-19:
It is a series of NLS. PSLV stands for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
10) Telesat Phase-1 LEO:
It has helped the internet to reach wide dimensions. With the help of it, data can travel fast, resulting in higher capacity for data processing.
11) Kepler (CASE):
It is a private telecommunications company in Canada. Its aim is to provide better communication by launching small satellites.