India to launch 2 rockets with Russian, Singaporean technologies

NEW DELHI. November 3. KAZINFORM India is to launch two rockets next month with Russian and Singaporean technologies on board in a bid to bolster its space-based communication and remote sensing services, highly placed sources said Wednesday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

"The two rockets are Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ( GSLV), which will strengthen its space-based communication, and another is the PSLV-C16, with six strap-on boosters, which will carry advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, auxiliary spacecraft of Youthsat and X-sat," the sources said.

Youthsat, a micro satellite carrying scientific payloads, is a participatory scientific mission with a payload from Russia and two from India. X-sat is Singapore's first indigenous satellite, designed by Nanyang Technological University; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

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