PSLV-C37 with success Launches 104 Satellites

In its thirty ninth flight (PSLV-C37), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with success launched the 714 metric weight unit Cartosat-2 Series Satellite beside 103 co-passenger satellites these days morning (February fifteen, 2017) from Satish Dhawan house Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. this can be the thirty eighth consecutively palmy mission of PSLV. the whole weight of all the 104 satellites carried on-board PSLV-C37 was 1378 metric weight unit.

PSLV-C37 raised off at 0928 hrs (9:28 am) IST, as planned, from the primary Launch Pad. when a flight of sixteen minutes forty eight seconds and within the succeeding twelve minutes, all the 104 satellites with success separated from the PSLV fourth stage in an exceedingly planned sequence starting with Cartosat-2 series satellite, followed by INS-1 and INS-2. the whole variety of Indian satellites launched by PSLV currently stands at forty six.

After separation, the 2 star arrays of Cartosat-2 series satellite were deployed mechanically and ISRO's mensuration, trailing and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore took over the management of the satellite. within the coming back days, the satellite are delivered to its final operational configuration following that it'll begin to supply remote sensing services mistreatment its panchromatic (black and white) and multispectral (colour) cameras.

Of the 103 co-passenger satellites carried by PSLV-C37, 2 – ISRO Nano Satellite-1 (INS-1) consideration eight.4 metric weight unit and INS-2 consideration nine.7 metric weight unit – square measure technology demonstration satellites from Asian nation. 

The remaining one zero one co-passenger satellites carried were international client satellites from USA (96), The Netherlands (1), Schweiz (1), Israel (1), Kazakh (1) and UAE (1).