India says will launch dozen satellites by 2008

By agencies   |   Friday, 02 December 2005, 20:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: India has announced plans to launch up to a dozen satellites over the next four years aimed at making the country a niche player in the global communications satellite market. Prithviraj Chauhan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's envoy said New Delhi has approved the construction of five satellites that includes two for communications and a remote sensing satellite and another with cartographic applications. "An India-French joint mission for tropical climatic research is among the other projects," Chauhan said. India has been in news recently for its plan to send an unmanned probe to the moon sometimes in 2007-08.