India successfully completes second launch in 2020
Using its PSLV rocket India today successfully placed a communications satellite into orbit.
This was only the second launch by India in 2020. At the start of the year ISRO had predicted they would complete as many as twelve launches. Instead, their panic over COVID-19 shut them down.
The leader board for the 2020 launch race presently stands unchanged, though a SpaceX rocket is on the launchpad and might lift-off in the next 90 minutes. [UPDATE: SpaceX has stood down and will try again tomorrow.]
33 China
24 SpaceX
14 Russia
6 ULA
6 Rocket Lab
The U.S. still leads China 39 to 33 in the national rankings.
Using its PSLV rocket India today successfully placed a communications satellite into orbit.
This was only the second launch by India in 2020. At the start of the year ISRO had predicted they would complete as many as twelve launches. Instead, their panic over COVID-19 shut them down.
The leader board for the 2020 launch race presently stands unchanged, though a SpaceX rocket is on the launchpad and might lift-off in the next 90 minutes. [UPDATE: SpaceX has stood down and will try again tomorrow.]
33 China
24 SpaceX
14 Russia
6 ULA
6 Rocket Lab
The U.S. still leads China 39 to 33 in the national rankings.