Indian Satellite To Be Launched With Russian Soyuz Rocket From Baikonur - Operator

Indian Satellite to Be Launched With Russian Soyuz Rocket From Baikonur - Operator

Russian space travel operator GK Launch Services said Thursday it had signed a deal to launch an Indian earth imaging satellite with Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in 2020

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th September, 2019) Russian space travel operator GK Launch Services said Thursday it had signed a deal to launch an Indian earth imaging satellite with Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in 2020.

"Pixxel has signed a launch contract with GK Launch Services for its first tech demo mission to be launched in Q2-Q3 2020 from Baikonur on GK-operated Soyuz-2 mission," the operator said in a statement.

Pixxel is an Indian company working on a constellation of earth imaging satellites.