Plan to launch at least 12 missions this year: Isro
Hindustan Times|January 02, 2024
After a spectacular 2023 that saw the country land a spacecraft on the Moon and launch another to study the Sun, the Indian Space Research Organisation will carry out at least 12 launches this year, surpassing previous records, chairman S Somanath said on Monday.
Soumya Pillai

"We are planning at least 12 missions for 2024. It may also go up depending on our ability to produce the hardware and complete testing," Somanath said at a media briefing after the successful launch of India's first polarimetry mission, the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, a space observatory that will study black holes and other celestial objects.

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