Isro commercial arm NSIL to launch first ‘demand-driven’ satellite

Isro’s new commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) has announced its first “demand-driven” communication satellite mission, as part of the space reforms initiated by the government last year. Under the mission, the public sector undertaking (PSU) will get its first four-tonne Ku-band communication satellite Gsat-24 built by Isro and have it launched by Ariane-5 rocket, belonging to French company Arianespace. Thereafter, NSIL will lease the satellite capacity to Tata Sky. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/2hJjhqE