India Launches Five Foreign Satellites

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 1, 2014 @05:14PM from the high-five dept.

vasanth writes: "India has put into orbit five foreign satellites, including one built by France two from Canada and one each from Singapore and Germany. The PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) has so far successfully launched 67 satellites, including 40 foreign ones, into space. The PSLV costs about 17 million USD and the cost is seen as a major advantage India has over other countries in terms of commercial launches. When talking about the cost of the project, the Prime Minister of India noted that the launch was cheaper than Hollywood film Gravity.

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Re:Great for India by ThatsMyNick · 2014-07-01 20:12 · Score: 5, Insightful

they still can't clean up their garbage, their sewage, or feed, house, and clothe 90% of their population. They can't even keep the power grid they do have up and running reliably.
You know what can fund them? Launching satellites for other countries, commercially, can. :)