ISRO To Launch 83 Satellites At One Go In January 2017, Including 80 For Foreign Countries
The rest of the three Indian satellites are Cartosat-2 series weighing 730 kg as primary payload, INS-IA and INS-1B, total weighing 30 kg.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch 83 satellites at one go, in January 2017, the Lok Sabha informed everyone on Wednesday.
Making it a one-of-its-kind project, 80 satellites, weighing 500 kg, in this project will belong to foreign countries - Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland and the US.
ISRO to launch 83 satellites in one go in Jan. 2017 #WOW
¡ª ???? ????????? ? (@BUnlimted) December 1, 2016
#ISRO to Launch 83 Satellites In One Go In January 2017 thats a big news. Wish you all the best for your mission @isro
¡ª Sanjib Narzary (@SanjibNarzary) November 30, 2016
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Indian Space Research Organisation will launch a record 83 satellites from one rocket in 2017. https://t.co/Xqdkrk4MuM #MakeInIndia #ISRO
¡ª Anu (@anupamsharma96) November 13, 2016
Our ISRO will launch 83 satellites. 80 of them being foreign. Kudos @isro. It will be the first of its kind mission in ISRO's space history.
¡ª Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) November 30, 2016
¡°These international customer satellites are being launched as part of the commercial arrangement between them and Antrix Corporation Ltd, the commercial arm and PSU under the ISRO,¡± Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the PMO said in a written reply. The Department of Space comes under the PMO.
Cartosat-2 series weighing 730 kg as primary payload, INS-IA and INS-1B will be the 3 Indian satellites in this project, weighing 30 kg in total.
Prior to this, India has launched 86 Indian satellites of many types since its first in 1975.
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