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Isro to launch record 103 satellites in one go in February

  • IBEF
  • January 6, 2017

New Delhi: Tirupati: India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), aims to launch a record 103 satellites in one go using its workhorse PSLV-C37 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C37) in the first week of February 2017, out of which 100 satellites belong to foreign nations, including the US and Germany, as India looks to grab a bigger slice of the commercial space market. Mr S Somnath, Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of the ISRO, has stated that the launch would be a major feature in India's space history as no exercise on this scale has been attempted by any country before. There launch project will likely have around 100 micro-small satellites, and the weight of the payload will be 1,350 kgs, of which 500-600 kgs will be the satellite’s weight.

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