Thursday, January 20, 2011

ISRO to launch three satellites by April

  • Three major satellite launches are planned during the first quarter of this year by ISRO, whose recent mission to launch the GSAT-5P communication satellite onboard home grown GSLV-F06 rocket failed.
  • 'Resourcesat-2', an advanced remote sensing satellite, 'Youthsat', a participatory scientific mission with payloads from Russia and India and X-sat, Singapore's first indigenous satellite, would be launched on board PSLV C-16 in February, March and April, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said here.
  • Another communication satellite GSAT-8 is getting ready for launch onboard Ariane-5 in April-May 2011

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