Indian Space Research Organization's(ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C34),on its 36th flight successfully launched 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with the 19 co-passenger satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on 22 June,2016.
KEY POINTS OF ISRO's PSLV-C34 MISSION:
1) The maximum number of satellites that ISRO has been able to launch in a single mission so far is ten.
-This was achieved in June 2008 when it placed those satellites into various low earth orbits.
-The idea behind launching so many satellites is reducing cost of the mission.
2) The rocket’s main cargo is India’s 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation.
-This satellite is similar to the earlier Cartosat-2, 2A and 2B.
-The images sent by Cartosat satellite will be useful for cartographic, urban, rural, coastal land use, water distribution and other applications.
3) Chennai’s Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune have also sent up one satellite each with PSLV-C34.
4) The Cartosat will take more than half of the weight of all the payloads put together. The rest of the satellites weighed about 560 kg at lift–off.
5) The total weight of all the satellites on the rocket is 1,288 kg.
Thirteen of the satellites are from USA including the 12 Dove satellites from Planet Labs organization, each of which weighs just 4.7 kg.
-There are two Canadian satellites and one each from Germany and Indonesia.
6) According to ISRO, the 110 kg SkySat Gen2-1 belonging to Terra Bella, which is owned by Google.
The small earth imaging satellite can capture sub-metre resolution imagery and high definition video.
7) The Planet Lab’s Dove Satellites are also earth imaging satellites.
8) The PSLV rocket also carries an 85 kg M3MSat from Canada.
9) The 1.5 kg Sathyabamasat from Sathyabama University will collect data on green house gases while the 1 kg Swayam satellite from College of Engineering, Pune will provide point-to-point messaging services to the HAM (amateur radio used for non-commercial exchange of messages)radio community.
10) Till date India has launched 57 foreign satellites successfully.
KEY POINTS OF ISRO's PSLV-C34 MISSION:
1) The maximum number of satellites that ISRO has been able to launch in a single mission so far is ten.
-This was achieved in June 2008 when it placed those satellites into various low earth orbits.
-The idea behind launching so many satellites is reducing cost of the mission.
2) The rocket’s main cargo is India’s 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation.
-This satellite is similar to the earlier Cartosat-2, 2A and 2B.
-The images sent by Cartosat satellite will be useful for cartographic, urban, rural, coastal land use, water distribution and other applications.
3) Chennai’s Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune have also sent up one satellite each with PSLV-C34.
4) The Cartosat will take more than half of the weight of all the payloads put together. The rest of the satellites weighed about 560 kg at lift–off.
5) The total weight of all the satellites on the rocket is 1,288 kg.
Thirteen of the satellites are from USA including the 12 Dove satellites from Planet Labs organization, each of which weighs just 4.7 kg.
-There are two Canadian satellites and one each from Germany and Indonesia.
6) According to ISRO, the 110 kg SkySat Gen2-1 belonging to Terra Bella, which is owned by Google.
The small earth imaging satellite can capture sub-metre resolution imagery and high definition video.
7) The Planet Lab’s Dove Satellites are also earth imaging satellites.
8) The PSLV rocket also carries an 85 kg M3MSat from Canada.
9) The 1.5 kg Sathyabamasat from Sathyabama University will collect data on green house gases while the 1 kg Swayam satellite from College of Engineering, Pune will provide point-to-point messaging services to the HAM (amateur radio used for non-commercial exchange of messages)radio community.
10) Till date India has launched 57 foreign satellites successfully.
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