ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) , India’s space office effectively propelled its 100th satellite ‘Cartosat-2 Series’ on Friday, making history in worldwide space field and hence giving a glad minute for all Indians.
The dispatch occurred from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota Island, Andhra Pradesh. Indian Space Research Organization utilized PSLV-C40 dispatch vehicle that conveyed 31 satellites, out of which three are of India and 28 of six different nations – Canada, Finland, France, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States .
lifted off from the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.28am. Around 17 minutes after the lift-off, the rocket injected its main payload — the 710kg weighing Cartosat-2 Series, the seventh satellite in the series — into the Polar Sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 510km.
Within a span of seven minutes, the rocket ejected 29 nanosatellites as it maneuvered its way up the altitude to 519km. The climate perception ‘Cartosat-2 Series’ satellite was embedded into a 505-kilometer sun-synchronous circle.
In August a year ago, Indian Space Research Organization endured a misfortune when it attempted to dispatch this satellite at that point. Indian Space Research Organization researchers said the mission is a special one as the satellites will be propelled in two circles.
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi complimented Indian Space Research Organization on the successfull dispatch of India’s 100th satellite .