The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has
successfully launched a record 20 satellites from from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at at 0926 hrs (9:26 am) IST.
ISRO said this is its thirty sixth flight (PSLV-C34) Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle, and it carried 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite
along with 19 co-passenger satellites.
Of the 19 co-passenger satellites carried by PSLV-C34, two –
SATHYABAMASAT and SWAYAM are University/Academic institute satellites and were
built with the involvement of students from Sathyabama University, Chennai and
College Of Engineering, Pune, respectively.
The remaining 17 co-passenger satellites were international
customer satellites from Canada (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (1) and the United
States (13).
The space agency also informed that the total weight of all
the 20 satellites carried on-board PSLV-C34 was 1288 kg and were places in
their predetermined orbits within 26 minutes and 30 seconds from the launch.
ISRO in its statement said, after separation, the two solar
arrays of Cartosat-2 series satellite were deployed automatically and ISRO's
Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore took over the
control of the satellite.
Following final operational configuration, the imagery sent
by the Cartosat-2 series satellite will be useful for cartographic
applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation,
utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation
of land use maps, precision study, change detection to bring out geographical
and manmade features and various other Land Information System (LIS) and
Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.
The total number of satellites launched by India’s workhorse
launch vehicle PSLV has reached 113, of which 39 are Indian and the remaining
74 from abroad.
The PM Narendra Modi and President congratulated the ISRO scientists on
their achievement.
20 satellites in a go! @isro continues to break new barriers. Hearty congratulations to our scientists on the monumental accomplishment.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 22, 2016
Heartiest congratulations to ISRO Team on successful launch of PSLV-C34 carrying a record 20 satellites #PresidentMukherjee— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) June 22, 2016
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