iTWire - India launches 10 satellites at once

India launches 10 satellites at once

by Stephen Withers
Monday, 28 April 2008
! The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully put ten satellites into orbit with a single rocket. The payload of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched from the Sriharikota space station in Andhra Pradesh carried one full-size satellite (India's Cartosat-2A mapping satellite), a smaller remote-sensing satellite, and eight 'nanosatellites' developed by research institutes in Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. The mission took a mere 20 minutes from take off to the deployment of the tenth satellite, and was the thirteenth for the 230-ton PSLV launcher. The launch was shown live by India's Doordarshan public broadcaster. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags India Rocket Satellite Space Stephen Withers Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now

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