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Private space player Bellatrix Aerospace’s payload to fly on ISRO’s PSLV on April 22

Private space player Bellatrix Aerospace’s payload to fly on ISRO’s PSLV on April 22

Chennai, April 19 (IANS) India's private space player Bellatrix Aerospace will send its experimental payload on Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C55) that is set to blast off on April 22 afternoon, said a senior ISRO official. "Bellatrix Aerospace's payload will be flying in POEM (PSLV Orbital Experimental Module). It is an electric propulsion experiment," the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official told IANS. "Bellatrix ARKA series HET (solar electric propulsion) on board, ready for liftoff!" the company had tweeted. However, an email sent to the company by IANS remains unacknowledged. The Indian space agency uses the final stage…
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