Nearly 30 satellite launch orders at hand for ISRO's Antrix

December 17, 2015 23:19

Emerging as a global competitive provider for satellite launches, ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation has almost 30 orders at hand from different countries for satellite launches which are scheduled to be completed in next two to three years.

ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said tonight that the organisation is working on increasing its capabilities on critical technologies. "We have (orders of) almost 30 odd satellites from about 7-8 countries.

"We have to put them into orbit in next two-three years and we are working on it," he said.

"We are working on various projects and technologies. Yesterday, we had put the 57th international satellite into orbit and many more launches will be there in the next couple of years," he said. Achieving a new milestone, ISRO successfully launched six Singaporean satellites through Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C29 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SD

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