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 ...
