Satellite News

India plans launch 31 satellites, including the Earth observation spacecraft Cartosat, on 10 January from its spaceport at Sriharikota. The PSLV will fly in the PSLV XL configuration with enlarged solid rocket boosters.

China’s Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time in the first half of 2018, according to the rocket’s developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).