ISRO to launch 3 Singapore satellites
In 2nd dedicated mission, NSIL to launch 3 Singapore satellites by the end of June PSLV c53 BENGALURU : Space PSU NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) will be launching a batch of satellites from Singapore by the end of this month, while another mission involving a west Asian country is in the pipeline. The TOI was the first to report (on May 25) that NSIL would launch at least two missions involving foreign satellites this year, and that the first was expected to happen in a matter of weeks onboard Isro's workhorse PSLV . According to sources, the three satellites from Singapore, including the main earth observation satellite, will together weigh a little more than 500kg, which is about half the capacity Isro’s PSLV can put into orbit. "The launch will be on the PSLV-C53 mission and our customer has purchased the whole launch vehicle,” one NSIL sources said, adding that the date for launch has already been fixed and a formal announcement will be made soon. PSLV-core-alone The missi...