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As part of the government's Digital India programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch three more satellites, an official said on Sunday.
The satellites will provide high-speed bandwidth connectivity to rural areas.
"The ISRO will launch three more satellites, which together will provide international level bandwidth speed," news agency IANS quoted ISRO Chairman K. Sivan as saying.
The satellites are AGSAT 20, GSAT 11 and GSAT 29. Over the next six months, the space agency has planned a series of launches. In addition to the communication satellites, earth observation satellites will also be launched.
The much-expected moon mission will happen in January.
"The launch window for Chandrayaan-2 mission is planned between January 3 and February 16, 2019. We are aiming for January 3. We do not expect any delay in the Chandrayaan-2 mission," Sivan said, the news agency further reported.
On Sunday night, India successfully put into orbit British earth observation satellites NovaSAR and S1-4 in copybook style.
Within minutes of the launch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and congratulated space scientists for demonstrating "India's prowess."
"Congratulations to our space scientists! ISRO successfully launched PSLV C42, putting two UK satellites in orbit, demonstrating India's prowess in the competitive space business," Modi said in a tweet.
