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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), founded in 1969 and operating under the Department of Space (DoS), is the space agency of the Indian government, located in Bengaluru. The country has achieved significant milestones on the global stage, including the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made it the first country to successfully land on the moon’s south pole globally. Additionally, ISRO launched the GSLV F-15 rocket carrying the navigation satellite NVS-02 earlier this year, marking a major milestone as its 100th launch mission.
To date, the ISRO has conducted a total of 130 spacecraft missions and 100 launch missions, in addition to, 433 foreign satellites launched by it and 18 satellites developed by private players or students.
Demonstrating its commitment to advancing space exploration and technology, ISRO has an ambitious lineup of upcoming space missions; enlisted below is a full list of its upcoming space missions.
| Name | Mission Type | Description | Expected Launch Year |
| Gaganyaan 1 | Human Spaceflight | The first test flight of the Gaganyaan spacecraft, designed to carry three astronauts and equipped with rendezvous and docking capabilities. | 2024 |
| NISAR | Earth Observation | A joint project with NASA to launch a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite for remote sensing is notable for being the first dual-band radar imaging satellite. | 2024 |
| Gaganyaan 2 | Human Spaceflight | The second test flight before the inaugural crewed mission. | Mid-2025 |
| Venus Orbiter Mission (Shukrayaan) | Planetary Exploration | An orbiter mission to study the atmosphere of Venus. | 2025 |
| Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (Mangalyaan 2) | Planetary Exploration | India’s second interplanetary mission to Mars is primarily an orbiter mission. | 2026 |
| Lunar Polar Exploration Mission | Lunar Exploration | A concept mission in collaboration with JAXA to explore the Moon’s south pole region. | 2026 |
| Gaganyaan 3 | Human Spaceflight | The first crewed Gaganyaan mission aimed to make India the fourth country to independently send humans to space. | 2026 |
| Chandrayaan-4 | Lunar Exploration | A lunar sample-return mission, the fourth in the Chandrayaan series, consists of multiple modules for different mission phases. | 2028 |
| Bharatiya Antariksha Station | Human Spaceflight | A planned space station that would weigh 20 tonnes and maintain an orbit approximately 400 kilometres above Earth, where astronauts could stay for 15–20 days. | 2028–2035 |
| AstroSat-2 | Astronomy and Astrophysics | A space telescope is proposed as the successor to Astrosat-1, with an ‘Announcement of Opportunity’ issued for ideas and the development of instruments for astronomy and astrophysics. | TBD |
Source: ISRO
