India successfully launched 24 satellites in last three years

During the last three years (January 2012-Februrary, 2015), India has successfully launched 24 satellites consisting of 11 Indian satellites and 13 foreign satellites. The details of the satellites are as follows:

a) 11 Indian satellites: RISAT-1, Satellite for Argos and Altika (SARAL), IRNSS-1A, IRNSS-1B, IRNSS-1C, INSAT-3D, Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft, GSAT-14, GSAT-10, GSAT-7 and GSAT-16;

b) 13 foreign satellites: SPOT-6 (France), PROITERES (Japan), SAPPHIRE (Canada), NEOSSat (Canada), NLS 8.1 (Austria), NLS 8.2 (Austria), NLS 8.3 (Denmark), STRaND-1 (UK), SPOT-7 (France), NLS 7.1 (Canada), NLS 7.2 (Canada), AISat (Germany) & VELOX-1 (Singapore).

The expenditure incurred on the launching of each of these eleven Indian satellites into the space is given below:

SN	Name of the Satellite	Launched by	Expenditure incurred on Launching
1	RISAT-1	PSLV-C19	90.00
2	SARAL	PSLV-C20	85.00
3	GSAT-10	Procured Launch	406.82
4	IRNSS-1A	PSLV-C22	90.00
5	Mars Orbiter Spacecraft	PSLV-C25	108.34
6	GSAT-14	GSLV-D5	173.00
7	GSAT-7	Procured Launch	485.29
8	INSAT-3D	Procured Launch	485.15
9	IRNSS-1B	PSLV-C24	90.00
10	IRNSS-1C	PSLV-C26	90.00
11	GSAT-16	Procured launch	581.00

There was no satellite failure in the process of launching during the above mentioned period.

This information was provided by MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Lok Sabha today.