India to launch 2 space missions every month

Bengaluru: India is ready to launch two space missions every month, with 31 launches slated to take place over the coming 16 months, a top official said on Sunday.

"The space agency has a tight schedule ahead, as we are targeting nine launches over the next five months and 22 missions from February to December in 2019, aiming at two per month," the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan told reporters here.