events
The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
Related Wikipedia articles
ISRO
India's national space agency
The Indian Space Research Organisation is India's national space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), overseen by the Prime Minister of India, with the Chairman of ISRO also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
SPOT (satellite)
Commercial Earth-imaging satellite system operated by the French space agency CNES
SPOT is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite system operating from space. It is run by Spot Image, based in Toulouse, France. It was initiated by the CNES in the 1970s and was developed in association with the SSTC and the Swedish National Space Board…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Indian expendable launch vehicle
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits, a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)