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Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
A launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.45 launches have flown from it since May 2005, 28 of 33 successfully.
Launches
45
Success rate
84.8% 28/33
Failures
5
First flight
2005-05-05
Latest flight
2026-09-03
Busiest year
2023 4 flights
Fastest turnaround
31d 31m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 13.7199° N
80.2304° E - Status
- Active
- Spaceport
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Country
- India
- Pad operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- LL2 pad tally
- 33 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
The second launch pad was built between 1999 and 2003. It became functional in 2005 and has since been used for various rockets. This launch pad supports missions by PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 rockets and is even envisioned for India's future crewed spaceflight.
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
6 typesLaunches per year
decided flights2005Peak 2023, 4 launches2026
Orbits delivered
7 destinationsGeostationary Transfer Orbit 19Low Earth Orbit 10Lunar Orbit 4Sun-Synchronous Orbit 3Polar Orbit 2Heliocentric L1 1Suborbital 1
Scheduled
12 undecided| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2026-11-30 | LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2026-12-31 | LVM-3 | GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3) | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | GSLV Mk II | IDRSS-2 | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-4 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-4 First Launch | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Lunar Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-4 Second Launch | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Lunar Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1N (NVS-05) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | GSLV Mk II | IDRSS-1 | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-2 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1M (NVS-04) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-3 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
Excluded from every count and rate above. Dates are as recorded at the last build, when the most recent decided flight was 2026-09-03.
Flight record
33 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | GSLV Mk II | GISAT-1A (EOS-05) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-24 | LVM-3 | BlueBird 6 (Block 2 #1) | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-11-02 | LVM-3 | CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2025-07-30 | GSLV Mk II | NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-01-29 | GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1K (NVS-02) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2024-02-17 | GSLV Mk II | INSAT-3DS | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2023-09-02 | PSLV-XL | Aditya-L1 | PSLV-XL | ISRO | Heliocentric L1 | Success |
| 2023-07-14 | LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-3 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 2023-05-29 | GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1J (NVS-01) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2023-03-26 | LVM-3 | OneWeb 18 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 2022-10-22 | LVM-3 | OneWeb 14 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 2022-06-30 | PSLV-CA | DS-EO & others | PSLV | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2021-08-12 | GSLV Mk II | EOS-03 (GISAT-1) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Failure |
| 2019-11-27 | PSLV-XL | Cartosat-3 & others | PSLV-XL | ISRO | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2019-07-22 | LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-2 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 2019-04-01 | PSLV-QL | EMISAT & 28 others | PSLV-QL | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2018-12-19 | GSLV Mk II | GSAT-7A | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2018-11-14 | LVM-3 | GSAT-29 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2018-03-29 | GSLV Mk II | GSAT-6A | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-06-05 | LVM-3 | GSAT-19 | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-05-05 | GSLV Mk II | SouthAsiaSat (GSAT-9) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-09-08 | GSLV Mk II | INSAT-3DR | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-08-27 | GSLV Mk II | GSAT-6 | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | – | Success |
| 2014-12-18 | LVM-3 | CARE (Demo Flight) | LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) | ISRO | Suborbital | Success |
| 2014-01-05 | GSLV Mk II | GSAT-14 | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-12-25 | GSLV | GSAT-5P | GSLV | ISRO | – | Failure |
| 2010-04-15 | GSLV Mk II | GSAT-4 (HealthSat) | GSLV Mk II | ISRO | – | Failure |
| 2009-04-20 | PSLV | RISAT-2 | PSLV | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2008-04-28 | PSLV | Cartosat 2A | PSLV | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2007-09-02 | GSLV | INSAT-4CR | GSLV | ISRO | – | Failure |
| 2007-04-23 | PSLV | AGILE | PSLV | ISRO | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2006-07-10 | GSLV | INSAT-4C | GSLV | ISRO | – | Failure |
| 2005-05-05 | PSLV | Cartosat-1 | PSLV | ISRO | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.