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India to launch 31 satellites in single mission
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30, 2017 (BSS/Xinhua) — India’s Space
Research Organisation, ISRO has announced to launch 31 satellites,
including Cartosat-2 series earth observation spacecraft, in a
single mission next month, state-run broadcaster – All India Radio
(AIR) said Saturday.
The satellites according to the broadcaster would be launched
on Jan. 10.
“This mission will be the first Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV) mission after the unsuccessful launch of navigation
satellite IRNSS-1H in August this year. The mission’s main payload
would be India’s Cartosat-2 series earth observation satellite,”
AIR quoting an official said.
The mission will be a combination of 28 nano satellites from
foreign countries, including Finland, and the United States, and
one micro and nano satellite from India along with one Cartosat
satellite.
The satellites would be launched from the spaceport in Andhra
Pradesh’s Sriharikota.
In Aug. this year efforts by ISRO to launch navigational
satellite IRNSS-1H, the eighth satellite of the Indian Regional
Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) failed.
The launch was declared unsuccessful minutes after television
images show the rocket blasting off normally from the launch pad
emitting a bright orange flame from its tail and moving upwards
lighting up the dark sky.
BSS/Xinhua/MR/ 1038hrs