Talk:List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches

First launch pad not used for SLV-3 & ASLV launches
The Shriharikota first launch pad was not used for SLV-3 and ASLV launches. There is one separate pad for SLV-3 and another for ASLV. The SLV-3 pads are now used for launching sounding rockets from Sriharikota. The ASLV one is currently not used

Please do correct this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Symontk (talk • contribs) 14:09, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Please provide a citation or some sort of proof for your claim. The mistake would be corrected if you would be able to provide references from trusted sources.
 * Jayadevp13 (talk) 14:25, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * SLV-3 launch photos
 * http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/SLV%203%20&%20ROHINI
 * http://www.isro.org/Imagegallery/launchvehicle.aspx


 * ASLV launch photo
 * http://www.zimbio.com/NASA/articles/YfHXcJIgCHp/ISRO+ferrying+rockets+cycles+eyeing+Mars


 * See the length of the launch pad, its only 20mtrs
 * Thanks and Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Symontk (talk • contribs) 14:27, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I think it would rather be better to wait for a few more days so that more users can see this discussion. A decision on the launch pad will be taken after arriving at a proper consensus.
 * Thank you for sharing those links.
 * Cheers
 * Jayadevp13 (talk) 14:47, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for understanding. The First launch pad was built only by 1990's for PSLV launch. The ASLV / SLV-3 launches were done from different ones. You can also see all the 4 launch pads from an aircraft or google photos
 * Bye for now — Preceding unsigned comment added by Symontk (talk • contribs) 15:18, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey! Please take a look at this link. It tells that SDSC has only 2 launch pads, which obviously means that First launch pad was used for SLV-3 & ASLV launches. Regards. - Jayadevp  13  17:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Need to split table
The table listing launches by date may need to be split by decade. As more launches keep getting added, maintaining the table could become challenging. Parthochoudhury (talk) 15:55, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Including suborbital launches and test flights
The recent TV-D1 flight I think raises the issue about whether to include or not that type of flights in the official count. At the moment anything that isn't orbital (even if happening from one of the two main pads) is listed separately and not included in the count, but I'm not sure that it's the right way. For the TV-D1 flight they resorted to most of the procedures and equipments used for a regular orbital launch, so I find it weird to not count it. Furthermore, I'd like to bring the examples of Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46, which includes in its count the similar Ascent Abort-2 test for the Orion crew spacecraft, or of MARS Launch Pad 0, where orbital and suborbital launches are equally included. Fm3dici97 (talk) 09:07, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Edits by User:RIP B1058
@RIP B1058 As per ISRO, there have been a total of 95 launches which includes orbital, suborbital and test launches (all of which are added to the article). There is no need to add sub orbital launches separately. Moreover, the classification in launch statistics is for launch vehicles and launch pads. There is no "sub orbital launch vehicle" or "sub orbital launch pad" which makes your addition incorrect and much more confusing to the readers. Dhruv edits (talk) 12:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC)


 * You didn't count tv, sounding rocket, pad abort test, scramjet, rlv-td what you said comes out to be 97 not 95 (I see a typo or maybe you neglect pat and scamjet) but I saw the note
 * "Manually counting from the below given list of launches. All the stats given in this section have been found out using the same way. No launches by sounding rockets have been included either here or in the launch log. Test launches are not included." RIP B1058 (talk) 12:30, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @RIP B1058 Sounding rockets launches are not added here. ISRO website clearly state 95 launches including 3 test launches all of which are added here. Dhruv edits (talk) 12:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I understood RIP B1058 (talk) 12:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Btw @Dhruv edits do you know how the bar chart at 2024 in spaceflight works? RIP B1058 (talk) 12:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I am recently from last month keeping SLV categorized indian launchers into ILV but in bar chart even though everything is same if i move ilv to its alphabetical position after H-series instead of getting bar of ilv launches it get the bar of Kuaizhou launches. Please tell how to fix it? RIP B1058 (talk) 12:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @RIP B1058 I am not sure how to do it. Try to ask for help on the talk page of that article. Dhruv edits (talk) 12:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok (i back then as a ip editor no response) RIP B1058 (talk) 12:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have found out and refining the history of spaceflight year statics since the first indian rocket launch @Dhruv edits of changing slv to ilv as we know SLV is a rocet ILV is a family (I for Indian or isro) RIP B1058 (talk) 15:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Suborbital launches
@Fm3dici97. The 92 launches mentioned in "launch statistics" already include sub orbital launches as well. Dhruv edits (talk) 13:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Dhruv edits no it doesn't actually. You can check that yourself by looking at the table in List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches, that includes 92 launches all of which are orbital, or by simply looking at the launch statistics, where the total count of 92 is reached accounting only for orbital launch vehicles. The three missing suborbital launches should be included as well in the statistics, because that's the standard followed for launch sites on wikipedia, check for example Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46, which includes in its count the Ascent Abort-2 test for the Orion crew spacecraft, or of MARS Launch Pad 0, where orbital and suborbital launches are equally included. Fm3dici97 (talk) 13:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Fm3dici97 please see mission no. 45 which is sub orbital and has been included in the launch statistics. Only 3 (now 4) test launches haven't been added to launch statistics (I am not sure why). Dhruv edits (talk) 13:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Fm3dici97 I agree both orbital and sub orbital missions should be included. Also the separate section for test launches doesn't make sense since a few from those 92 launches are also test missions. Dhruv edits (talk) 13:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits alright I might've misunderstood your position then (maybe also because I tried to raise the same issue a few messages above when the TV-D1 test took place in a talk topic that remained unanswered) and I apologize for rushing the edits. Then if we both agree that the current page structure should be changed, I propose to do it by ignoring the ISRO official count and designations, and replace the current sections with new ones dedicated to each pad separately listing all the launches regardless of whether they were orbital or suborbital. In this was we would obtain a comprehensive activity log which is consistent with other wikipedia pages and remains accessible by not having all the launches in a single, overcrowded table. Fm3dici97 (talk) 14:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Fm3dici97 I agree with the approach. There is going to be a discrepancy of 1 launch between this approach and ISRO records, since for some reason they haven't added TV-D1 as a launch mission. Dhruv edits (talk) 14:13, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits alright I did an overhaul of the page according to the structure discussed here, so feel free to double check the changes and/or suggest improvements. I left the Pad Abort Test out in its own section because it happened on its own test stand and I'm not even sure if it classifies as a "launch". Fm3dici97 (talk) 15:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)