Indian Rocket Lofts Spot 6 Earth-observing Satellite

摘要

India's PSLV rocket successfully placed Astrium Services' Spot 6 commercial Earth observation satellite into low Earth orbit Sept. 9 in a launch that represented a milestone in the gradual privatization of commercial remote sensing. Operating from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the PSLV also carried the 15-kilogram Proi-teres amateur radio satellite, built by the Osaka Institute of Technology.