India Space agency chief AS Kiran Kumar confirmed that india will be launching INSAT-3DR,a weather satellite next month with its heavy rocket,the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MKII).He also said that the"Indian Space Research organisation(ISRO) is targeting to increase the number of its satellite and rocket launches from the current six-eight per year to 12-18 per year.
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSS)director K Sivan said that ISRO will also be launching scatsat-a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite. with polar satellite launch vehicle(PSLV).Talking to reporters on that the Indian satellite will be co-passenger to an Algerian satellite.
"Both the satellite will be put into different orbit. So the fourth stage/engine of the rocket will be switched off after ejecting scatsat first then after a gap of around 30 minutes,the engine will be switched on and put the Algerian Satellite into its intended orbit",Siva said.
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