India Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, India has flown 3 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 1% of the world's launches, and 103 since its first in 1979. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Earth Science
GSLV Mk. II
Sep 3, 2026
India's GSLV Mk II successfully carried the EOS-05 (GISAT-1A) satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit, India's first Earth-imaging satellite operating from geostationary orbit for continuous monitoring of the subcontinent and rapid tracking of natural hazards.
Next mission
IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)
GSLV Mk. II
Oct 31, 2026 · 12:00 AM (UTC)
Liftoff in 9 d 01 h 51 min 40 s
ISRO's GSLV Mk II will loft NVS-03 (IRNSS-1L), the third second-generation NavIC satellite, into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The 2,232 kg I-2K spacecraft carries L1, L5 and S-band navigation signals plus a C-band ranging payload and atomic clocks, replenishing India's regional constellation after NVS-02 failed to reach its intended slot.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
2 t
vs 5 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.2 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Every India launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No India launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
India in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, India and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, India and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by India, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 1%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 3
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 2%
- 5 launches
- All time
- 103
- since 1979
Orbital launch attempts per year, India and the rest of the world, 1979 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
India's rockets in 2026
Launch success rate by India rocket, 1979 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | India | World | India share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 3 | 248 | 1% |
| 2025 | 5 | 329 | 2% |
| 2024 | 5 | 263 | 2% |
| 2023 | 7 | 223 | 3% |
| 2022 | 5 | 186 | 3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 146 | 1% |
| 2020 | 2 | 114 | 2% |
| 2019 | 6 | 102 | 6% |
| 2018 | 7 | 114 | 6% |
| 2017 | 5 | 90 | 6% |
| 2016 | 7 | 85 | 8% |
| 2015 | 5 | 87 | 6% |
| 2014 | 4 | 92 | 4% |
| 2013 | 3 | 81 | 4% |
| 2012 | 2 | 78 | 3% |
| 2011 | 3 | 84 | 4% |
| 2010 | 3 | 74 | 4% |
| 2009 | 2 | 78 | 3% |
| 2008 | 3 | 69 | 4% |
| 2007 | 3 | 68 | 4% |
| 2006 | 1 | 66 | 2% |
| 2005 | 1 | 56 | 2% |
| 2004 | 1 | 54 | 2% |
| 2003 | 2 | 63 | 3% |
| 2002 | 1 | 65 | 2% |
| 2001 | 2 | 59 | 3% |
| 2000 | 0 | 85 | 0% |
| 1999 | 1 | 78 | 1% |
| 1998 | 0 | 82 | 0% |
| 1997 | 1 | 89 | 1% |
| 1996 | 1 | 77 | 1% |
| 1995 | 0 | 80 | 0% |
| 1994 | 2 | 93 | 2% |
| 1993 | 1 | 83 | 1% |
| 1992 | 1 | 97 | 1% |
| 1991 | 0 | 91 | 0% |
| 1990 | 0 | 121 | 0% |
| 1989 | 0 | 102 | 0% |
| 1988 | 1 | 121 | 1% |
| 1987 | 1 | 114 | 1% |
| 1986 | 0 | 110 | 0% |
| 1985 | 0 | 125 | 0% |
| 1984 | 0 | 129 | 0% |
| 1983 | 1 | 129 | 1% |
| 1982 | 0 | 129 | 0% |
| 1981 | 1 | 126 | 1% |
| 1980 | 1 | 108 | 1% |
| 1979 | 1 | 110 | 1% |