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2601. ISRO’s 100th mission: PSLV-C21 launched successfully
- On 9 September, 2012, India today successfully launched its 100th space mission with the indigenous PSLV-C21 rocket putting in orbit two foreign satellites.
- The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV),on its 22nd flight,soared into an overcast sky at 9.53 AM carrying the 720 kg French satellite,the heaviest satellite to be launched by India for a foreign client.
- SPOT-6 is the biggest commercial lift so far since India forayed into the money spinning commercial satellite launch services after 350 kg Agile of Italy put in orbit in 2007 by PSLV. Twelve other foreign commercial satellites launched by ISRO weighed below 300 kg
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2602. PSLV launch successful, satellites injected into orbit
- On 20 April, 2011, India’s PSLV-C16 rocket on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit the latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 that would study and help manage natural resources along with two nano satellites.
- Isro’s homegrown workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed in a ‘Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit’ Resourcesat-2, Youthsat and X-Sat about 18 minutes after it blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre launch pad here, 90 km from Chennai
- “PSLV-C16 Resourcesat-2 mission is successful,” a jubilant Indian Space Research Organisation chairman K Radhakrishnan announced shortly after all the three satellites were hurled into space one after another 822 km above earth in a text book launch.
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2603. PSLV-C18 sends four satellites in orbit
- On 12 October, 2011, The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday placed four satellites in designated orbits using its tried and tested Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C18 (PSLV-C18).
- One satellite, developed by India and France, will track the weather, two were developed by educational institutions, and the fourth is from Luxembourg.
- The primary payload was the 1000kg weather satellite, Megha-Tropiques, developed jointly by ISRO and the French national space agency, CNES. It was placed in orbit at an altitude of 867 km. The satellite will study climatic and atmospheric conditions in the tropics and help predict monsoons, cyclones, floods and droughts.
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2604. India launches students' satllite
- 12 July, 2010, Indian Space Research Organisation [Isro] chairman K Radhakrishnan could not have been more happier than he was on Monday morning, when the agency's polar satellite launch vehicle [PSLV] launched five satellites without a hitch.
- The 17th flight of PSLV C15 successfully launched five satellites: The 694 kg Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) CARTOSAT-2B, which is its main payload; the 116 kg ALSAT-2A of Algeria, 6.5 kg NLS-6.1 AISSAT-1 of Canada, NLS-6.2 TISAT of Switzerland and STUDSAT, a picosatellite weighing less than 1 kg built by a consortium of seven engineering colleges in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
- PSLV was initially designed by ISRO to place 1,000 kg class IRS into 900 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit. Since its first successful launch in October 1994, the capability of PSLV was increased to 1,750 kg from 850 kg
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2605. ISRO launches Oceansat-2
- Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C14), carrying India's ocean monitoring satellite Oceansat-2 and six European nano satellites, blasted off from the SHAR Range at 1151 hrs IST at Sriharikota.
- The 44.4 metre tall, four-stage 230-tonne PSLV-C14 took off without its six strap-on motors as all the seven satellites put together weighed less than 1000 kg.
- ISRO scientists clapped and hugged each other with joy at the Mission Control Centre as the screens flashed the sequence of the injection of the satellite in 720 km orbit with an inclination of 98.28 degrees to the equator.
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2606. India sets world record, launches 10 satellites at one go
- On 28 April, 2008, Setting a world record, India's Polar rocket Besides the 690 kg Indian remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2A and the 83 kg Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1), the rest eight Nano Satellites were from abroad.successfully placed ten satellites, including the country's remote sensing satellite, into orbit in a single mission.
- The ten pack launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) saw the 230-tonne Polar Satellite launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) carry the heaviest luggage--824 kgs--and put into orbit an Indian Mini Satellite and eight foreign nano satellites besides the Cartosat-2A remote sensing satellite.
- At the end of the 52-hour countdown, the PSLV-C9, with a lift-off mass of 230 tonne, blasted off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and soared into the clear sky in a textbook launch. (Watch)
2607. India launches Israeli satellite 'Polaris'
- On 21 January, 2008, India on launched an Israeli satellite 'Polaris' from the spaceport at Sriharikota by a homegrown Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and successfully placed it in the intended orbit.
- The PSLV-C10 lifted off from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 0915 hours with the ignition of the first stage, ISRO said in a statement released here.
- The 300 kg TECSAR satellite, equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, a capability to see through the clouds and carry out day and night all weather imaging, was placed in its intended orbit with a Perigee (nearest point to earth) of 450 km and Apogee (farthest point to earth) of 580 km with an orbital inclination of 41 degree with respect to the equator.
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2608. First commercial launch of PSLV-C8 successful
- On 23 April, 2007, The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C8 (PSLV-C8) has been launched successfully from Sriharikota.
- PSLV is carrying the Italian Satellite Agile along with it. The countdown progressed smoothly for the first commercial launch of PSLV-C8 with a 352 kg Italian astronomical satellite onboard from Sriharikota spaceport, about 150 kms from Chennai.
- The 42-hour countdown for the launch of the 11th flight of PSLV-C8 began on Friday evening. It was launched from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR.
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2609. PSLV-C7 sucessfully launched
- On 10 January, 2007, The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), ISRO's workhorse space launcher achieved its ninth successful launch. But this was the first time it put four satellites into orbit simultaneously.
- The PSLV-C7 blasted into the sky from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.23 am and, after 19 minutes, injected the satellites in the intended slot.
- The PSLV C-7 is carrying four satellites: the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite CARTOSAT-2, the Space Capsule Recovery Equipment (SRE-1), Indonesia's LAPAN-TUBSAT and Argentina's nanosatellite, PEHUENSAT-1. CARTOSAT-2 carries a state-of-the-art panchromatic camera.
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2610. European Space Agency returns to Isro with Sun mission 'Proba-3' after 23 years
- ESA launched its Proba-1 on Oct 22, 2001, onboard the PSLV-C3. The main payload of that mission was India’s own Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), weighing 1,108 kg, while Proba-1, a 95-kg technology demonstrator, wChethan.Kumar@timesofindia.comas launched on a ride-sharing basis.
- The European Space Agency (ESA), which is scheduled to launch its Sun mission — Proba-3 — onboard Isro’s PSLV-c59 is returning to launch with Isro after 23 years, this time with a fully dedicated mission.
- The 2001 mission was implemented through Antrix, the then commercial arm of Isro. According to ESA, Proba satellites are part of its ‘In-orbit Technology Demonstration Programme’, missions dedicated to the demonstration of innovative technologies.
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