ISRO space science missions

ISRO's missions to study the Moon, Mars, the Sun and the X-ray sky, beginning with Chandrayaan-1 in October 2008.

Purpose

These missions explore and study rather than provide services. They have gone to the Moon and Mars, watched the Sun, and observed the sky in X-rays and other light.

Members

ISRO lists seven space science missions: Chandrayaan-1, the Mars Orbiter Mission, AstroSat, Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1 and XPoSat.

Timeline

• 22 October 2008: Chandrayaan-1 launched from Sriharikota; it worked for 312 days, until 28 August 2009
• 28 September 2015: AstroSat, India's first astronomy observatory, launched on PSLV-C30
• 22 July 2019: Chandrayaan-2 launched on GSLV Mk III-M1
• 14 July 2023: Chandrayaan-3 launched on LVM3-M4
• 2 September 2023: Aditya-L1, a mission to study the Sun, launched on PSLV-C57
• 1 January 2024: XPoSat launched on PSLV-C58

Status

ISRO lists AstroSat, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, Aditya-L1 and XPoSat as operational. Chandrayaan-1, the Mars Orbiter Mission and Chandrayaan-3 are no longer operational. You can follow Chandrayaan on its own page at /chandrayaan-tracker.

Sources

1. Spacecraft missions — ISRO
2. Frequently asked questions — ISRO
3. Celebrating a decade of India's first astronomy observatory AstroSat — ISRO