It was launched from the ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota in October 2011 atop a PSLV-CA rocket, flight C18.

The launch was a multi-payload mission along with Megha-Tropiques, SRMSAT and Jugnu.

Vesselsat was the first satellite to be built in Luxembourg.

It had a mass of 29 kg (64 lb) and had the form of a cube 30 centimeters (0.98 ft) along each side.

Its mission was the tracking of shipping by receiving broadcasts from their Automatic Identification System (AIS).