Chennai: The year 2015 is shaping to be a busy year for the Indian space agency. It will launch five foreign satellites apart from its own four navigation satellites and a communication satellite.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will also launch a heavy communication satellite, GSAT-15, with around 40 transponders — automatic receivers and transmitters for communication and broadcast of signals using the Ariane rocket of Arianespace from French Guiana.
“We will be completing the IRNSS (Indian Regional Satellite Navigation System) constellation by launching four more satellites and operationalise the navigation system. The geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) rocket is getting ready to launch GSAT-6 communication satellite,” ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan said in a telephone interview from Bangalore.
He said astronomy satellite Astrosat will be launched in 2015. As to the commercial launches, India will next year launch five foreign satellites, including three from Britain. India has also signed up contracts to launch two Indonesian satellites. IANS
