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India Plans To Double Satellite Launches Within Five Years
New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jul 27, 2007 India intends to double the number of satellites it orbits within five years, the head of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Thursday. India has been successfully developing its space program in recent years, regularly launching satellites using its own booster rockets. "On the average, four-five launches annually against a maximum of two a year, which we make now," Press Trust of India quoted Madhavan Nair as telling journalists in Bangalore. Nair said India will have launched 15 telecommunications satellites and 8-10 earth remote sensing satellites by March 2012, when the 11th five-year plan has been completed. ISRO experts estimate the cost of building and launching 25 satellites at 80-90 billion rupees ($2-2.25 billion). Nair said the move will seriously increase the load on ISRO and other enterprises in the space sector. A leading Indian broadsheet quoted anonymous sources July 18 as saying the country is planning to launch an Israeli spy satellite in September. According to information obtained by Times of India, ISRO's time-proven four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will orbit a 260-kilogram (570-pound) satellite, named TechSar, from the Sriharikota space center, on an island off India's southern coast. The launch will cost around $15 million. In April, India made its first dedicated commercial launch of this year, orbiting Italia's Agile satellite.
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Russian Space Firm Signs 14 Deals For Commercial Rocket Launches
Plesetsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 15, 2007A leading Russian space company said Sunday it had signed 14 deals for the commercial launches of its Proton carrier rockets. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center produces Proton boosters that are widely used for the commercial launches of foreign spacecraft and within the framework of the International Space Station, the world's sole orbiter. |
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