Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 6 |
| 2027 | 0 | 6 |
| 2028 | 0 | 6 |
| 2029 | 0 | 6 |
| 2030 | 0 | 6 |
| 2031 | 0 | 6 |
| 2032 | 0 | 6 |
| 2033 | 0 | 6 |
| 2034 | 0 | 6 |
| 2035 | 0 | 6 |
| 2036 | 0 | 6 |
| 2037 | 0 | 6 |
| 2038 | 0 | 6 |
| 2039 | 0 | 6 |
| 2040 | 0 | 6 |
| 2041 | 0 | 6 |
1 launch location represented.
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vikram-1 | LEO | 480 kg | 500 km | Unknown | Skyroot Launch Services |
Vikram-1 | SSO | 290 kg | 500 km | Unknown | Skyroot Launch Services |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
No recent missionsNo launched missions are linked to variants in this family. | ||
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Vikram-1 | Not stated | 0 | Development |
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2027 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2028 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2029 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2030 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2031 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2032 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2033 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2034 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2035 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2036 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2037 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2038 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2039 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2040 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
| 2041 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | aggregate | 6 | 20% | Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning... |
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Skyroot Vikram-1 development launcher; conservative low-confidence startup cadence default. Site mapping: Skyroot Vikram-S flew from SDSC and Vikram-1 planning remains Sriharikota...
Follow-up LRO images taken in mid-October and again on 2019-11-11 identified Vikram’s impact site about 750 m away from the initially spotted piece of debris and showed additional debris.
ISRO reported on 2019-09-10 that the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter had taken an image of the Vikram lander.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was scheduled to observe the Vikram landing site on 2019-09-17.
ISRO has not received any communications from the Vikram lander since 2019-09-06.
The Indian Space Research Organisation lost contact with the Vikram lander during its final descent to the lunar surface on 2019-09-06 with the last signals received at an altitude of 2.1 km.
The Vikram lander performed nominal descent down to an altitude of 2.1 km and then communications from the lander to ground stations were lost.
The Vikram lander is scheduled for powered descent and touchdown between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern on 2019-09-06.
The Vikram lander is scheduled to perform deorbit burns at 11:30 p.m. Eastern on 2019-09-02 and 5:30 p.m. Eastern on 2019-09-03 to lower its orbit to a planned 36- by 110-kilometer orbit.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission includes the 1,471-kilogram Vikram lander accompanied by the 27-kilogram Pragyan rover.