It a great achievement and once again ISRO (Indian Space Research
Organisation) has created history as it has successfully launched the Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle PSLV-C34.
The rocket took off to orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle -PSLV-C34 will be used to carry the a group of 20 satellites, including India’s earth observation spacecraft Cartosat-2. The co-passenger satellites are from USA, Canada, Germany and Indonesia as well as two satellites from Indian University/Academic Institute. The total weight of all the 20 satellites carried onboard PSLV-C34 is about 1288 kg. ISRO had earlier sent 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission in 2008.
The mission would carry LAPAN A3 of Indonesia, BIROS of Germany, SKYSAT GEN 2-1 of US, MVV of Germany among the micro satellites.
Satellite and their usage:-
Cartosat-2- will be used to get information of development of village, town, water circulation and coastal areas report.
BIROS- It will help to keep a track of temperature on space.
SKYSAT GEN 2-1 - will be able to send high quality videos of Earth from time to time.
LAPAN A3- will detect natural resources and help in environmental research.
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