The Indian Space Research Organization will launch one Indian Earth observation satellite and nine commercial satellites on the afternoon of November 7.
This will be the first launch of 2020 from India’s only spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
“India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, on its 51st mission, will launch EOS-01 as the primary satellite alongside nine international customer satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. The launch is tentatively scheduled at 3:02 p.m. IST on November 7, 2020, subject to weather conditions, “said a statement from the space agency.
The only other Indian satellite launched this year was the heavy communications satellite GSAT 30, which was launched from Kourou, French Guiana, by the commercial launcher Arianespace.
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The scheduled launch of a ground imaging satellite in March was postponed and did not take place due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pandemic has hampered several expensive projects that were planned for 2020 and next year. India was to launch its first solar mission in the first half of the year; A third lunar mission with just the lander and the rover would also take place in late 2020 or the first half of next year.
The manned spaceflight program, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 2018 Independence Day speech, would attempt to launch its first human-classified unmanned vehicle in December 2020.
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