ISRO to launch Indo-French SARAL satellite on 12-12-12

              SARAL will provide data products to operational and research user communities, in support of marine meteorology and sea state forecasting; operational oceanography; seasonal forecasting; climate monitoring; ocean, earth system and climate research, the officials said.

Referring to the GSAT-10 communication satellite, Radhakrishnan said, "We are going to French Guiana for the launch because the satellite weighs 3.4 tonnes which cannot be lifted by any of our vehicles -- PSLV or GSLV.

INDO FRENCH SATELLITE SARAL WOULD BE LAUNCHED ONBOARD PSLV C20 FROM THE SPACEPORT OF SRIHARIKOTA SAID THE CHAIRMAN DR.RADHAKRISHNAN,ISRO