Hyderabad, Oct 11 (PTI) The Indian Space ResearchOrganisation plans to launch a satellite on board PolarSatellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in December, the first sinceits unsuccessful mission to orbit a navigation spacecraftnearly one-and-a-half months ago.
The ISRO is getting ready for the Cartosat-2 seriessatellite mission in mid-December from the Satish DhawanSpace Centre or Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR), anofficial of the space agency told PTI.
This would be the third satellite in the Cartosat-2series.
In February this year, PSLV-C37 launched the firstCartosat-2 series satellite along with 103 co-passengersatellites in a single flight.
In June, India's workhorse launch vehicle launched thesecond one along with 30 co-passenger satellites -- the 39thconsecutively successful mission of PSLV.
But a PSLV-C39 flight carrying IRNSS-1H navigationsatellite on August 31 was unsuccessful, in what is seen as asetback to ISRO.
"We plan to launch Cartosat-2 series satellite 3 mission,which is a follow-on mission in the Cartosat-2 series with theprimary objective of providing high-resolution scene specificspot imagery, in mid-December," the official said.
"There will be a few foreign co-passengersatellites...about 15 to 20 (nano satellites)," he said.
The total number of customer satellites from abroadplaced in orbit by PSLV so far is 209, according to ISRO. PTIRS GKDV.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.