As Covid restrictions ease, Isro puts in place aggressive launch timelines

Isro's move is not only motivated by lower Covid-19 cases but also by the significance of some of the projects

The space sector is hot again. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos will on July 20 launch himself into space on board a Blue Origin rocket, which he owns. Virgin Atlantic’s Richard Branson is also cooking up a space flight.
 
A similar urgency also seems to be nudging the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which is determined to flag off some key missions. The Covid-19 pandemic, which clamped down hardware supply chains and manufacturing work at various Isro centres, postponed several launches. The agency has drawn up a calendar for at least six launches in 2021, including geo-spatial monitoring satellite GISAT-1