The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is gearing up for the first-ever launch of its new rocket - Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). Scheduled for 9:18am, Sunday, August 7th from India's Spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the SSLV will place into orbit two satellites.

'ISRO's SSLV - A rocket that can be launched anytime, from anywhere', says SDSC Director

''India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 will launch Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch is tentatively scheduled at 0928 Hrs IST on November 25, 2019.''

ISRO fixed a date & time for launch of 'Cartosat-3' and 13 commercial nanosatellites

GSAT-6A is similar to GSAT-6, a high power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years

Watch: ISRO launches GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite

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