ISRO launches 20 satellites all at once!
The Dollar Business The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a record of 20 satellites in a single mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-34 (PSLV C-34) has launched 20 satellites including 17 foreign payloads, from US, Germany, Canada and Indonesia. The country’s earth observation-satellite is among the satellites of Google’s Terra Bella’s SkySat Gen2, former NASA employee’s Planet Labs Dove Satellites and 2 satellites made by the students of Sathyabhama Univ, Chennai and College of Engineering Pune. The rocket with the satellite weighs 1288 kg and was launched into orbit at 9.26am. This is considered to be the biggest ever mission for ISRO! The launching of 20 satellites is a demonstration ...
ISRO earns $17 mn and 78.5 mn Euros through launching of satellites of foreign countries
Source: PIB, Government of India The Government, through Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Department of Space, is generating income through launching of satellites of foreign countries on-board ISRO’s launch vehicle. Till date, 45 satellites from 19 countries have been successfully launched using ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), under commercial arrangement. The total income earned through launching of these satellites of foreign countries amounts to approximately $17 Million and 78.5 Million Euros. The launch missions conducted by ISRO for launching Indian satellites are intended for National development. The Antrix has signed agreements for launching 28 more foreign satellites from 6 countries viz., Algeria (3), Canada (4), Germany (4), Indonesia (2), Singapore (6) and USA (9). The launches ...
