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India will launch two foreign satellites on board its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) rocket in August this year, said P.S. Veeraraghavan, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). Former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair meanwhile criticised that ISRO has not won a single international order in over two years.Other Posts:Russia can’t help itCriminal investigation in Proton-M launch failureHow Movie Channels Attract Cable TV ViewersSoyuz launch base in French Guiana officially openedAriane 5 ECA launches two satellites for Japan and FranceHarris completes PDR for SAR on Modular Space VehicleUpdate: Soyuz U launches new Progress vesselNGA Director Wants To Leverage Commercial Imagery Sector

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EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been informed by the launch service provider, Starsem, that the launch of the MetOp-B satellite by a Soyuz rocket, scheduled for 23 May from Baikonur, had to be postponed. This is due to additional measures required to ensure the availability of safe drop zones for parts of the launcher after lift-off.
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The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has been rescheduled for a lift-off on 7 May.
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Rocket: PSLV C-19; Payload: RISAT-1; Date: 26 April 2012, 0017 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan space centre, Sriharikota, India. The Radar Imaging Satellite unfurled its solar panels to generate electricity and deployed its 6-m radar array antenna a few minutes after separating from the PSLV upper stage.
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