India’s department of space has signed an agreement with a German firm for the commercial launch of a European scientific satellite on an Indian rocket.
Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the department of space, had signed the contract with Cosmos International Satellitenstart for launching the Agile satellite next year.
The Agile, a 320-kilogram satellite, is to be placed in a nominal 550-kilometer near-equatorial orbit during May 2005 by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) developed by the Indian Space Research Organization.
