Year in space: Isro gears up for busy 2019 after successful 2018

The year 2018 also saw some important initiatives, including bringing in private entities to build satellites

The year 2019 will be the busiest yet for the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), with double the number of launches compared to 2018 — 32 to this year’s 17. The missions scheduled include a third-generation remote sensing satellite, a third-generation ocean satellite and a couple of communication satellites. 

Sep 16, 2018: Isro’s PSLV-C-42, carrying two satellites from the UK — NovaSAR and S1-4, lifts off from Sriharikota

The most complex would