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ISRO Chief Says G20 Climate Satellite on Track for 2027 Launch
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan says the G20 satellite, designed to study climate, air pollution and weather, is expected to launch in 2027, with India leading the mission on behalf of the G20 countries.
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan has said the G20 satellite, designed to study climate and air pollution and monitor weather, is expected to be launched in 2027. He said India is taking the lead role in launching the satellite on behalf of the G20 countries.
Narayanan was addressing scientists from DRDO, ISRO and the Aeronautical Society of India at the Engineering Staff College of India in Hyderabad. He said India is the first country to have successfully placed more than 100 satellites into orbit using a single rocket without any collision.
Narayanan also said ISRO is in the process of making a titanium vessel, 2.2 metres in diameter and 100 millimetres thick, for Samudrayaan, a project under India's .
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