Tuesday, January 28, 2003
ISRO to launch Singapore's satellite
Press Trust of India New Delhi, January 28
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to launch a Singapore satellite during one of the forthcoming missions of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
This will be the fifth foreign satellite to be launched by ISRO.
Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space and the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore have signed an agreement in this regard, an official release said on Tuesday.
The satellite, a remote sensing 100-kg class micro X-SAT being developed by the Nanyang Technological University, is for earth observation and imaging in visible spectral bands.
It would be used for land and coastal observations employing multi-spectral imaging. The Corporation would also provide the Singapore University with the necessary support for testing the satellite, the release said.
Antrix Corporation provides launching services for foreign satellites using ISRO's PSLV. The other foreign satellites launched by ISRO earlier are PROBA of Belgium, BIRD and DLR-TUBSAT of Germany and KITSAT-3 of Korea.
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