India to launch six more satellites in 2015-16

This was in a written reply by Jitendra Singh, MoS for science and technology, told Rajya Sabha

India to launch six more satellites during 2015-16, including two communication satellites, three navigation satellites and one space science satellite.

In a written reply to a question raised, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for science and technology, told Rajya Sabha that six more satellites are planned to be launched during 2015-16.

These are two communication satellites GSAT-6 & GSAT-15; three navigation satellites IRNSS-1E, IRNSS-1F & IRNSS-1G; and one space science satellite ASTROSAT.

In addition, it is also being planned to launch 13 more satellites from four countries using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of Department of Space, is already marketing remote sensing data (images) from Indian Remote Sensing satellites in the global market through establishment of International Ground Stations and reseller network, he said.

As on April 2015, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched 74 satellites. Out of these, seven satellites failed to reach the orbit due to launch failure and three satellites failed in orbit.

In addition, ISRO has successfully launched 40 foreign satellites from 19 countries and 4 micro & nano satellites built by students of Indian Universities using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).