An Indian rocket on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit an Indo-French tropical weather satellite and three other smaller satellites from the spaceport in Sriharikota. India became the second nation in the world to launch such a mission. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) scored past the half-century mark by launching the Megha-Tropiques and other satellites. Read more
ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat1 AIS satellite has been successfully completed, and the spacecraft has been shipped to the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh off the Bay of the Bengal. The target launch date is set for October 12, 2011. Read more