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GSLV-F17 / EOS-05

ISRO · GSLV

A GSLV rocket stage inside its assembly building.
GSLV-F17 mission hardware during assembly. ISRO.

At a glance

Status
launched
Provider
ISRO
Vehicle
GSLV
Window
3 September 2026 · 21:25 UTC
From
Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India
Destination
Sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit, nominally 170 km by 28,934 km at 19.28 degrees on ISRO's mission brochure
Last verified
27 September 2026

Outcome

LAUNCHED · verified against the sources below on 27 September 2026.

The payload

EOS-05, which ISRO describes as India's first imaging satellite to work from geosynchronous orbit, about 2,367 kg at launch. GSLV-F17 was the 19th flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, flying a 4 m composite ogive fairing, and ISRO's mission page records that it placed EOS-05 into the intended orbit. ISRO's launch page gives Friday 4 September 2026 at 02:55 IST, which is 21:25 UTC on 3 September, and Jonathan McDowell's catalogue records liftoff at the same minute.

Status history

  1. 27 Sep 2026Added as launched, three weeks after the flight, which earlier passes of this board missed. ISRO's mission page states that GSLV-F17 accomplished its mission and placed EOS-05 into a sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit; its launch page gives 02:55 IST on 4 September, which is 21:25 UTC on 3 September, and Jonathan McDowell's catalogue records the same liftoff time.

Related

The launch deskThe mission boardLaunch data

Sources

  • isro.gov.in · https://www.isro.gov.in/Mission_GSLVF17.html
  • isro.gov.in · https://www.isro.gov.in/GSLV_F17_EOS_05_Mission_Launch_Streaming.html
  • isro.gov.in · https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/image/index/GSLVF17_EOS05/GSLV_F17_EOS_05_Mission_Brochure_31082026_Revized.pdf
  • planet4589.org · https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv/launch/launch.tsv