Antrix signs 4 new launch deals

ISRO has launched 35 small foreign satellites into space and has seven more lined up through 2016-17 along with its own primary spacecraft.

February 07, 2014 01:01 am | Updated May 18, 2016 06:31 am IST - BANGALORE:

Indian Space Research Organisation will launch four more foreign earth observation satellites on its light-lift PSLV rocket towards the end of 2014 and end-2015, according to an official announcement.

Three spacecraft are from the UK and one from Singapore, a release said.

ISRO has launched 35 small foreign satellites into space and has seven more lined up through 2016-17 along with its own primary spacecraft.

On Wednesday, ISRO's commercial wing Antrix Corporation signed the latest launch service contract with Singapore's ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) Pte Ltd. ISRO will launch the latter's 400-kg TeLEOS-1 earth observation spacecraft.

On January 29, Antrix signed agreements with DMC International Imaging, a group firm of UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, to launch three 350-kg DMC-3 disaster monitoring satellites.

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