India Seeks Outside Help on High-throughput Satellite

摘要

The Indian government wants a high-throughput satellite generating at least 100 gigabits-per-second in orbit within five years and is seeking international partners in its development, an Indian Space Research Organisation official said. If pursued, the project would mark a rare opportunity for foreign suppliers to crack India's mainly closed satellite telecommunications market, which in any case has shown signs of opening in the past year. "We are looking for international cooperation in this area," ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said in an address to the 65th International Astronautical Congress in Toronto.