India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C14, in its 16th Mission launched 958 kg Oceansat-2 and six nano-satellites into a 720 km. intended Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO) on September 23, 2009.
PSLV is a four-stage launch vehicle employing both solid and liquid propulsion stages. PSLV is the trusted workhorse launch Vehicle of ISRO. During Sep. 1993 [...]

Indiayesterday approved undertaking design and development of GSAT-11 Communication Satellite at a total cost of Rs. 500 crores.
The GSAT-11 is an advanced communication satellite which will be a high capacity multi-beam Ku/Ka-band spacecraft. The launch of GSAT-11 will augment the Ku-band capacity considerably for telecommunication services in the country. With 16 beams in Ku-band and [...]

TerreStar Networks, a majority owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation, and Space Systems/Loral, the leading provider of commercial satellites today, announced that TerreStar-1 has arrived on schedule in Kourou, French Guiana where it is scheduled to launch on June 24th aboard the Ariane 5 heavy lift launch vehicle.
TerreStar-1 will be the largest commercial satellite ever launched [...]