ISRO To Launch Six Singapore Satellites In December. On Friday a top space official said that india will launch six satellites from Singapore, including a dedicated 500kg earth observation spacecraft, in December 2015.
ISRO To Launch Six Singapore Satellites In December :-
Indian Space Research Organisation will be launching 500kg dedicated satellite (TeLOS-1) for Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd while five other smaller satellites are from Singapore universities. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), the most reliable workhorse and trusted rocket of the Indian Space Research and Organisation (ISRO), will deploy the satellites into a near equatorial orbit; inclined 15 degrees lower to the south of equator.
observatory satellite will be put in a sun-synchronous polar orbit 550 km above the earth because most of the year Singapore has a cloudy nature that it could transmit signals round-the-clock, cloud disturbances notwithstanding. According to the Sat-com & Sensor Systems Pvt Ltd that it is first commercial satellite will carry an electron-optical camera capable of taking images at ground resolution of one meter.
Another Satellite From Germany Will Also Be Launched by ISRO In 2016 :-
Another 900kg dedicated communication satellite (Aisat) for the German space agency (GLR) will also be launched by India in 2016 at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. From 9 developed and developing countries, including 21 smaller countries, India have commercially contracted 25 Satellite launches in the earth’s lower orbit.