PlanetiQ inks deal with Indian company to launch satellites
BOULDER — Officials for startup PlanetiQ, which over the summer moved its headquarters from Maryland to Boulder, announced on Thursday that they have reached a deal with the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization for the launch of two weather satellites that will eventually be part of a constellation of 12.
Terms of the deal with Antrix Corp. Ltd. were not announced.
The launch is scheduled to take place in the fourth quarter of 2016 aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The other 10 satellites are slated for launch for 2017.
The aim of…
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