“The launch target for GSLV-Mk. 3 is December 2016. That will be followed with a second launch in December 2017,” says A.S. Kiran Kumar, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.

A micro-light aircraft of the Indian Army Aviation Corps crashed Oct. 21 minutes after taking off near Shillong in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on a routine sortie.

India is preparing to launch six satellites for Singaporean customers in December, including the TeLEOS-1 Earth observation satellite.