After failing to launch the navigation satellite IRNSS-1H in September, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch a remote sensing satellite belonging to the Cartosat-2 series, along with 30 nano-satellites, in December.
Further, the next flight, which will launch the GSAT-6A communication satellite, of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with an indigenous cryogenic stage is scheduled to take place during the fourth quarter of 2017.
The upcoming December launch is a follow-on mission in the Cartosat-2 series, which Isro officials call the 'sixth eye in the sky'. There will be 25-30 foreign co-passenger satellites.
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