India All Set To Launch Its First Mission That Will Put 30 Satellites In 3 Different Orbits

The space race is on and India is not one to lag behind. After all, with Chandrayaan-1 and Mars Orbiter Mission India has proved that it is one of the forerunners in the race and knows exactly what it is doing. In a historic move, India is all set to launch its first 3-orbit mission with PSLV-C45. The launch that will take place on March 21, 2019, will put 30 satellites into three different orbits. Out of these 30 satellites, one is meant exclusively for electronic intelligence. ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan told ANI, “On March 21 we will have PSLV C-45 launch. It is going to launch an electronic intelligence satellite and 29 customer satellites from other countries. The speciality of this mission is that for the first time PSLV will launch satellites in 3 different orbits.”Sivan also said that Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the moon is scheduled for April end this year. Earlier this year, in January, India created history by launching the world’s lightest satellite - Kalamsat, that was made by students from Space Kidz India in Chennai. As a gesture of appreciation and motivation, ISRO had launched the satellite for free. Kalamsat - named after Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam – was launched successfully and with this India became the first country to use the fourth stage of a space rocket as an orbital platform

Source: https://www.indiatimes.com/


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