Indian X Prize Team Secures Launch Contract with ISRO

TeamIndus, an Indian team competing in the Google Lunar X Prize, announced Dec. 1 it has a launch contract for its lunar lander mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The contract, which has been verified by the X Prize Foundation, is for the dedicated launch of TeamIndus' lander and rover on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) planned for December 2017. As currently planned, the PSLV will place the TeamIndus spacecraft into an elliptical transfer orbit around the E