These are India’s six biggest missiles and space rockets. If a U.S. firm “knows or is informed” that its products will contribute to their development, the firm must obtain a U.S. export license.
Prithvi
Range (as a missile): 150-250 km
Payload: 500-1,000 kg warhead
Weight (in metric tons): N/A
Propulsion: Single stage; liquid fuel
Orbit: —-
Mission: Nuclear-capable; mobile launcher
Status: 1st flight, February 1988; 12 subsequent tests; possible deployment in 1995
Agni
Range (as a missile): 1,200-2,400 km
Payload: 1,000 kg warhead
Weight (in metric tons): 14.2
Propulsion: 1st stage solid fuel, second stage liquid fuel
Orbit: —-
Mission: Nuclear-capable; mobile launcher
Status: 1st flight, May 1989; failure in May 1992; successful launch February 1994
Satellite Launch Vehicle-3
Range (as a missile): 1,200-2,000 km
Payload: 40 kg satellite
Weight (in metric tons): 17
Propulsion: Four stages of solid fuel
Orbit: Low earth
Mission: Launch Rohini satellites
Status: 1st flight, July 1980; 4th and final flight, April 1983
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV)
Range (as a missile): 3,200-5,200 km
Payload: 150 kg satellite
Weight (in metric tons): 41.7
Propulsion: Four stages of solid fuel; two strap-on motors
Orbit: Low earth
Mission: Launch Rohini satellites
Status: Failures in 1987 and 1988; successful launches in May 1992 and May 1994
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
Range (as a missile): INtercontinental
Payload: 1,000 kg satellite
Weight (in metric tons): 280
Propulsion: Four stages: 1st and 3rd solid fuel; 2nd and 4th liquid fuel
Orbit: Polar sun-synchronous
Mission: Launch remote sensing satellites
Status: Failed launch un 1993; success in October 1994
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
Range (as a missile): Intercontinental
Payload: 2,500-3,500 kg satellite
Weight (in metric tons): 530
Propulsion: Same as PSLV plus cryogenic fuels
Orbit: Geosynchronous transfer
Mission: Launch communication satellites
Status: 1st launch planned for 1997