ISRO to launch 9 US satellites

Bengaluru, August 4

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch nine nano/micro satellites for the US during 2015-16. This will be the first time that ISRO will launch US satellite.

“As on date, Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO, has signed an agreement to launch about nine nano/micro (US) satellites during 2015-2016,” ISRO Director Public Relations Deviprasad Karnik said.

The satellites would be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), officials said.

So far, 45 satellites belonging to international customers from 19 countries have been launched successfully by ISRO’s satellite launch vehicles. — PTI