ISRO has frequently collaborated with various organisations and universities in Singapore, with activities related to space. With 20 Singaporean satellites launched by ISRO, Singapore is the third largest customer of ISRO'S foreign satellite launching missions. During the India-Singapore technology summit of 2022, both countries signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the fields of science, technology, and innovation.
History
The ISRO launched Singapore's first indigenously built micro-satellite in 2011. Two more satellites were launched in 2014 and 6sixin 2015. During Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit to Singapore in June 2018, six MoUs were signed by NTU for a research and exchange partnership with NITI Aayog.
On 23 February 2022, India and Singapore signed a MoU related to cooperation in the fields of technology, science, and innovation at the India-Singapore Technology Summit 2022's inaugural session. This virtual summit was co-organised by Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and India's Department of Science and Technology (DST) and CII.
PSLV C-29 and PSLV-C56 were exclusively commercial launches of Singaporean satellites.
List of Singaporean satellites launched by India
No. Satellite Launch date Launch mass Launch vehicle RemarksRef1 X-SAT20 April 2011106 kg PSLV-C16ISRO launched 3 satellites, of which 1 was foreign.2 VELOX 130 June 20117 kg PSLV-C23 cubesat 3 TeLEOS-1 16 December 2015 400 kg PSLV-C29 Exclusive commercial launch of 6 Singaporean satellites.4 VELOX-C1 123 kg5 VELOX-II 13 kg6 Athenoxat-1 <5 kg7 Kent Ridge 1 (KR 1) 78 kg8 Galassia 3.4 kg9DS-EO30 June 2022, 12:32 UTC365 kgPSLV-CA C5310NeuSAR155 kg11SCOOB-I2.80 kg12 TeLEOS-222 April 2023, 08:50 UTC741 kgPSLV-CA C55 57th mission of PSLV13 Lumelite-416 kg14DS-SAR30 July 2023, 01:01 UTC352 kgPSLV-CA C5658th PSLV mission Commercial launch of Singapore's DS-SAR satellite and 6 co-passenger satellites from Singapore.15Arcade24 kg16Velox-AM23 kg17SCOOB-II4 kg18ORB-12 STRIDER13 kg19Galassia-23.5 kg20NuLIon3 kg
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