(a) whether the Government has successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
C-21 from Sriharikota recently; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
C-21 from Sriharikota recently; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY):
(a) Yes, Madam. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched
the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-21 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on
September 09, 2012.
(b) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-21 has successfully placed the French Earth
Observation Satellite SPOT-6 into a 655 km polar orbit inclined at an angle of 98.23 degrees
to the equator and a micro-satellite from Japan PROITERES.
The SPOT-6 Satellite was launched under a commercial agreement between ASTRIUM SAS, France and
M/s ANTRIX Corporation Ltd., India. The PROITERES Satellite was launched under a commercial
agreement between OSAKA Institute of Technology, Japan and M/s ANTRIX Corporation Ltd., India.