(The Stellar News)
Twenty Nine Foreign Satellites Included
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully launched 31 satellites – 29 of them belonging to other countries through a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). The satellites from the foreign countries include:
- USA (10),
- United Kingdom (3),
- Belgium (3),
- Italy (3),
- Austria (1),
- Chile (1),
- Czech Republic (1),
- Finland (1),
- France (1),
- Germany (1),
- Japan (1),
- Latvia (1),
- Lithuania (1) and
- Slovakia (1).
With today’s launch, the total number of Foreign Satellites launched by the Indian Workforce has reached 209
Seven and a Half Minutes: 31 Satellites
This is the thirty-ninth consecutively successful mission of PSLV. PSLV-C38 lifted off at 0929 hrs (9:29 am) IST, as planned, from the First Launch Pad. After a flight of about 16 minutes, the satellites achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 505 km inclined at an angle of 97.44 degrees to the equator (very close to the intended orbit) and in the succeeding seven and a half minutes, all the 31 satellites successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence beginning with Cartosat-2 series satellite, followed by NIUSAT and 29 customer satellites. The total number of Indian satellites launched by PSLV now stands at 48.
News Courtesy: Press Information Bureau
