A satellite earns its cost on the ground.

Weather, farms, maps and internet from orbit.

Space you use without noticing.

Weather: INSAT-3DS launched in Feb 2024 for forecasts, disaster warning and search and rescue. PIB, 17 Feb 2024
Earth watch: NISAR (NASA-ISRO) maps land and ice twice every 12 days through cloud and at night. For crops, soil moisture, earthquakes and landslides. NASA JPL, 30 Jul 2025
NavIC: India’s own navigation system covers India and 1,500 km beyond. Only three satellites work and four are needed. NVS-02 was lost in 2025 to a valve that never fired. Channel IAM, 23 Oct 2026 · ISRO, 25 Feb 2026
Satellite internet: Starlink, OneWeb and Jio-SES are licensed. Spectrum will be assigned without auction, but none can sell service yet. RCR Wireless, 17 Jul 2025 · MediaNama, 10 Sep 2026 · ANI, 9 Oct 2026
Health and learning: About 179 telemedicine nodes and 370 PM e-VIDYA TV channels run on Indian satellites. PIB press note, 21 Jun 2026