ISRO to launch record 20 satellites in a single mission from Sriharikota at 9:26 am

[cerberus]

Great

 

[grey boy 2]

Congratulation to Indians
Impressive
"Asian Century" is real

 

[neem456]

20 satellites in 26 minutes! ISRO makes space history

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday successfully launched a record 20 satellites using its trusted workhorse, the PSLV-C34 from Sriharikota.

The rocket's main cargo is India’s 725.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation. This satellite is similar to the earlier Cartosat-2, 2A and 2B. The other 19 satellites weighing totally around 560 kg are from US, Canada, Germany and Indonesia as well as one satellite each from Chennai’s Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune.

The mission would last for 26 and a half minutes by which time all satellites will be put into a polar synchronous orbit of 505 km height one by one.

Though Isro has been placing multiple satellites into the orbit in a single launch for the last few years, Wednesday’s event is the biggest ever embarked by the space agency in terms of the number of satellites.

With 20 satellites, the agency beat its previous record of placing 10 satellites in April 2008.

Till date India has launched 57 foreign satellites successfully.


Russia holds the world record for placing the most number of satellites in a single launch. Its Dnepr rocket launched 37 satellites in 2014.

 

[Windows 10]

Congratulations my fellow Indians. We did it one more time.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Next is to position some multiple warheads.

 

[DesiGuy1403]

Next is to position some multiple warheads.

That would set the proverbial cat among the pegions

Anyhow, the technology is similar. Who knows, we may already have that figured out but are keeping it close to our chest.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

That would set the proverbial cat among the pegions

Anyhow, the technology is similar. Who knows, we may already have that figured out but are keeping it close to our chest.

Agni 6 and K5 are both MIRVed missiles. But we digress.

 

[@RV]

Congratulations to ISRO and fellow countrymen, ISRO always makes us proud.

 

[noksss]

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[Robinhood Pandey]

20 sats . . huh !!! no big deal

 

[noksss]

That would set the proverbial cat among the pegions

Anyhow, the technology is similar. Who knows, we may already have that figured out but are keeping it close to our chest.

One more this to be noted in this launch

In the final stages of the mission, ISRO also demonstrated the vehicle's capability to place satellites in different orbits. In the demonstration, the vehicle reignited twice after its fourth and final stage and moved further a few kilometres into another orbit.

ISRO scientists said the demonstration is for their next mission when they are planning to inject satellites in different orbits using a single rocket.


To restart engine twice in fourth stage and reach another orbit, we had to tackle a lot of technical issues - S Somnath, director, LPSC

 

[Ghostwhowalks]

Awesome achievement by ISRO

on a separate note....MIRV anyone?

 

[Grevion]

Congrats ISRO.
Brilliant work by our scientists.

 

[kṣamā]

I think we should replace those boring sats with something interesting... Maybe even explosive...of the nuclear kind ...even if it has to be of tactical kind.

 

[Great Sachin]

proud Indian..again