ISRO Successfully launched 104 satellites in single mission
Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) has launched 104 satellite successfully in a single mission form Satish
Dhawan Space centre,
Sriharikota.
India has set a world record
for launching more satellites in one go beating Russia's launch of 39
satellites in single mission in June 2014
The rocket PSLV C37 has
launched from Satish dhawan space centre in Sriharikota, Andhrapradesh.
The rocket carried 3 Indian
and others foreign satellites including 96 belongs to US, Israel Kazakhstan,
Netherlands, Switzerland as part of an outsoucing Tie up between these
countries.
Cartosat-2 Series satellite
injected first into orbit followed by other 103 nano satellites in a gap of 30
mins.The most of the foreign Satellites is for commercial purpose and the while
the Indian satellites were intended to observe and measure the Earth's
atmosphere
Kiran Kumar ISRO’s Chairman
said that “all satellite successfully placed on Orbit and congratulated the
entire ISRO team for the wonderful job”.
About
PSLV
PSLV
is known as polar satellite launch vehicle is launch system operated and
developed by ISRO (Indian space research Organisation). It is one of the
world’s most reliable launch vehicle is in service for more than 20 years. It
has launched various satellites including chandrayaan 1, Mars Orbiter Mission,
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System etc
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