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Six ISRO launches that show how India's commercial customer mix changed
India's space department records several commercial missions for overseas customers between 2022 and 2025. Singapore customers used launches carrying a few spacecraft, OneWeb contracted two groups of 36, and AST SpaceMobile later flew a single communications satellite.
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- 30 June 2022DS-EO, NeuSAR and SCOOB-I, Singapore
3 · PSLV-C53 Source 1
- 23 October 2022OneWeb India-1
36 · LVM3-M2 Source 1
- 26 March 2023OneWeb India-2
36 · LVM3-M3 Source 1
- 22 April 2023TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4, Singapore
2 · PSLV-C55 Source 1
- 30 July 2023DS-SAR and six co-passengers, Singapore
7 · PSLV-C56 Source 1
- 24 December 2025BlueBird Block-2, AST SpaceMobile
1 · LVM3-M6 Source 1
The satellite count illustrates the mission arrangement and does not measure revenue or payload mass.
Who handled the OneWeb agreement
The first OneWeb release identifies NewSpace India Limited as the commercial partner and ISRO as the launch organisation. The Department of Space records the second mission under the same commercial arrangement. Together the two launches accounted for 72 customer satellites. Source 2 Source 1
Singapore used several launch arrangements
The 2022 PSLV-C53 mission carried three satellites for Singapore. In 2023, one PSLV mission carried TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4, while another carried DS-SAR and six other customer satellites. The records show how a single launch can serve more than one payload. Source 1
Why one satellite can be a large launch
The Department of Space describes BlueBird Block-2 as the heaviest payload LVM3 had launched when it reported the mission. The flight carried one customer satellite. A count of satellites therefore answers a different question from the size of a mission or the business value of its launch contract. Source 1
What the timeline can establish
ISRO's reports establish the missions and their dates. Some entries identify a dedicated commercial contract and others describe the customer spacecraft. The mission descriptions do not give comparable fees, margins or the complete number of commercial orders, so this timeline is a sample of launch arrangements. Source 1 Source 2