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ISRO to launch record 22 satellites on a single rocket

  • IBEF
  • June 17, 2016

New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching a record 22 satellites on a single rocket next week, thereby demonstrating their ability to compete with commercial space flight companies run by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. It will be the biggest single launch by India, trailing Russia’s 33 satellites launch in 2014 and NASA’s 29 the year before. It will carry satellites from the US, India, Canada and Germany and will be launched from Sriharikota on June 20, 2016. Most of the satellites will observe and measure the earth’s atmosphere. However, it also includes an earth observation satellite to capture light invisible to the naked eye. Currently, India has about 35 satellites in orbit for broadcasting, navigation, scientific exploration and weather monitoring.

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