Will the Minister of SPACE be pleased to state:-

(a) the names of the satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since its inception;

(b) the details of the satellites which are still active;

(c) the details of the satellites which were lost/destroyed/aborted due to launch failures etc., since the inception of ISRO alongwith the reasons therefor;

(d) the details of the transponders available in terms of numbers and capacity on satellites that are launched and managed by ISRO;

(e) the number of transponders on all these satellites that have been sold/leased/rented to the Government and private entities; and

(f) the rent/royalty/lease charges/sale proceed dues ISRO get from each transponder on each and every satellite from the entity it has been given to?
ANSWER: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND IN PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY):

(a) Following satellites were launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since its inception:

Sl No. Satellite

1 Aryabhata
2 Bhaskara-I
3 Rohini Technology Payload (RTP)
4 Rohini (RS-1)
5 Rohini (RS-D1)
6 Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE)
7 Bhaskara-II
8 INSAT-1A
9 Rohini (RS-D2)
10 INSAT-1B
11 Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-1)
12 IRS-1A
13 Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2)
14 INSAT-1C
15 INSAT-1D
16 IRS-1B
17 Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C)
18 INSAT-2A
19 INSAT-2B
20 IRS-1E
21 Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2)
22 IRS-P2
23 INSAT-2C
24 IRS-1C
25 IRS-P3
26 INSAT-2D
27 IRS-1D
28 INSAT-2DT
29 INSAT-2E
30 Oceansat(IRS-P4)
31 INSAT-3B
32 GSAT-1
33 Technology Expt Satellite (TES)
34 INSAT-3C
35 KALPANA-1(METSAT)
36 GSAT-2
37 INSAT-3E
38 INSAT-3A
39 Resourcesat-1(IRS-P6)
40 EDUSAT (GSAT-3)
41 CARTOSAT-1
42 HAMSAT
43 INSAT-4A
44 INSAT-4C
45 INSAT-4CR
46 SRE – 1
47 CARTOSAT – 2
48 INSAT-4B
49 IMS-1
50 CARTOSAT – 2A
51 Chandrayaan-1
52 RISAT-2
53 ANUSAT
54 Oceansat-2
55 GSAT-4
56 CARTOSAT-2B
57 STUDSAT
58 GSAT-5P

(b) The following satellites are still active:

(i) Geostationary Satellites
Sl No Name of the Satellite

1 INSAT-2E
2 INSAT-3C
3 KALPANA-1 (METSAT)
4 GSAT-2
5 INSAT-3E
6 INSAT-3A
7 INSAT-4A
8 INSAT-4CR
9 INSAT-4B

(ii) Low Earth Orbiting – Earth Observation
Satellites
Sl No Name of the Satellite

1 TES
2 RESOURCESAT-1
3 CARTOSAT-1
4 CARTOSAT-2
5 CARTOSAT-2A
6 IMS-1
7 RISAT-2
8 OCEANSAT
9 CARTOSAT-2B

(c) The following satellites were lost/destroyed/aborted due to launch failure etc., since inception of ISRO.
Sl No. Satellite Name Period of operations and reasons
for lost/destroyed/aborted

1. RTP Launch failure of SLV-3
2. SROSS-1 Launch failure of ASLV
3. SROSS-2 Launch failure of ASLV
4. IRS-1E Launch failure of first developmental flight of PSLV.
5. INSAT-4C Launch Failure of GSLV-F02
6. GSAT-4 Launch Failure of GSLV-D3
7 GSAT-5P Launch Failure of GSLV-F06

(d) The transponders available in terms of numbers along with their capacity, satellite-wise, are as follows:
Sl No Name of the Satellite No. of Transponders,
which are currently operational

1 INSAT-2E 19
2 INSAT-3C 33
4 GSAT-2 9
5 INSAT-3E 25
6 INSAT-3A 24
7 INSAT-4A 24
8 INSAT-4CR 12
9 INSAT-4B 14
Total 160

ISRO does not manage satellites other than those made by it.

(e) The number of transponders on all these satellites that have been sold/leased/rented to Government and Private entities are:
Government Users 57.42 Transponders
Private Users 68.86 Transponders
Sub-total 126.28
Other Applications
(Free – DD&AIR/Societal/ISRO etc) 33.72 Transponders
Total: 160.00 Transponders

(f) The present price structure for various services are as follows:
TV customers

Bandwidth Lease rate/yr Equivalent rate for full
transponder (36 MHz)

4.5 MHz ` 60 lakhs/year ` 480 lakhs/year
9.0 MHz ` 115 lakhs/year ` 460 lakhs/year
18.0 MHz ` 220 lakhs/year ` 440 lakhs/year
36.0 MHz ` 400 lakhs/year ` 400 lakhs/year

DTH Customers

Number of Lease rate/transponder/ Equivalent rate for full
transponders year transponder (36 MHz)

Upto 6 ` 475 lakhs/year ` 475 lakhs/year
7-12 ` 460 lakhs/year ` 460 lakhs/year
13-18 ` 450 lakhs/year ` 450 lakhs/year
More than 18 ` 440 lakhs/year ` 440 lakhs/year

DSNG Customers:

Satellite Cost/Mhz per year Equivalent rate for full
transponder (36 MHz)

INSAT-3B (45 dBW) ` 12 lakhs/MHz/year ` 432 lakhs/year
INSAT-3A (48 dBW) ` 13.2 lakhs/MHz/year ` 475 lakhs/year
INSAT-4 series (52 dBW) ` 14.4 lakhs/MHz/year ` 518 lakhs/year

VSAT Extended C-band Customers:

Extended C-band bandwidth Cost/MHz per year Equivalent rate for full
(including NOCC charges) transponder (36 MHz)

0-9 to MHz ` 10 lakhs/MHz/year ` 360 lakhs/year
9.1 to 18 MHz ` 8.7 lakhs/MHz/year ` 313 lakhs/year
18.1 to 27 MHz ` 7.7 lakhs/MHz/year ` 295 lakhs/year
27.1 to 35.9 MHz ` 7.4 lakhs/MHz/year ` 277 lakhs/year
36.0 to 72 MHz ` 7.4 lakhs/MHz/year ` 266 lakhs/year
Over 72 MHz ` 7.2 lakhs/MHz/year ` 259 lakhs/year

VSAT Ku-band Customers

Ku-band bandwidth Cost/MHz per year Equivalent rate for
on INSAT-3B (including NOCC full transponder
(72 MHz per charges for INSAT-3B) (72 MHz)
tansponder)

0 to 4.5 MHZ ` 9.36 lakhs/MHz/year ` 673 lakhs per year
4.6 to 18 MHz ` 7.04 lakhs/MHz/year ` 506 lakhs per year
18.1 to 35.9 MHz ` 6.28 lakhs/MHz/year ` 452 lakhs per year
36 MHz ` 6.11 lakhs/MHz/year ` 439 lakhs per year
36.1 MHz and above Service not available N/A

Ku-band bandwidth Cost/MHz per year Equivalent rate for
on INSAT-3A (including NOCC full transponder
charges for INSAT-3A) (36 MHz)

0 to 4.5 MHZ ` 10.8 lakhs/MHz/year ` 388 lakhs per year
4.6 to 18 MHz ` 10.2 lakhs/MHz/year ` 367 lakhs per year
18.1 to 35.9 MHz ` 9.6 lakhs/MHz/year ` 345 lakhs per year
36 MHz (full transponder) ` 9.0 lakhs/MHz/year ` 324 lakhs per year
36.1 to 72 MHz ` 8.4 lakhs/MHz/year ` 302 lakhs per year
Over 72 MHz ` 7.8 lakhs/MHz/year ` 280 lakhs per year

Ku-band bandwidth Cost/MHz per year Equivalent rate for
on INSAT-4 series() (including NOCC full transponder
charges for INSAT- (36 MHz)
4series)

0 to 4.5 MHZ `14.4 lakhs/MHz/ year ` 518 lakhs per year
4.6 to 18 MHz `14.16 lakhs/MHz/ year ` 509 lakhs per year
18.1 to 35.9 MHz `14.04 lakhs/MHz/ year ` 505 lakhs per year
36 MHz (full transponder) `13.92 lakhs/MHz/ year ` 501 lakhs per year
36.1 to 72 MHz `12.6 lakhs/MHz/year ` 453 lakhs per year
Over 72 MHz `11.4 lakhs/MHz/ year ` 410 lakhs per year

() Ku-band VSAT services in INSAT-4 series is yet to start

Occasional usage.

Occasional use Cost/MHz per day Equivalent rate for
bandwidth full transponder (36 MHz)

C-band ` 3000/MHz ` 394 lakhs per year
Ku-band ` 4000/MHz ` 525 lakhs per year

For the year 2009-10, the revenue earned by ISRO by leasing transponders is ` 502.56 Crores.

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