NEW DELHI, June 23 — Five foreign satellites will be launched by India under commercial agreements on June 30, space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Friday.
The PSLV-C23 rocket will carry a 714-kg French earth observation satellite SPOT-7 as the main payload, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Other satellites are German microsatellite AISAT, Canada’s NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) and two NLS7.2 (CAN-X5) satellites, and Singapore’s VELOX-1.
The five satellites will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh under commercial arrangements between ISRO’s marketing arm ANTRIX and foreign agencies.
“All the five satellites have been integrated with PSLV-C23 and the final phase of inspection is progressing,” said ISRO spokesperson B R Guruprasad. The Mission Readiness Review (MRR) Committee and the Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) are meeting on June 27 to review the progress of pre-launch activities.
“After the clearance from LAB, the 49-hour countdown for the mission will commence at 08:49 am on June 28,” Guruprasad said.
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