India injects 20 satellites into orbit

Q.  India has injected 20 satellites including how many foreign satellites into orbit in a single mission?
- Published on 23 Jun 16

a. 14
b. 15
c. 16
d. 17

ANSWER: 17
 
India has injected 20 satellites including 17 foreign satellites into orbit in a single mission
  • Primary payload of the mission is the Cartosat 2 series which provides remote sensing services
  • Mission has also injected satellites from Germant, Canada and US into orbit
  • India has also set a new record in space mission by successfully injecting 20 satellites into orbit through workhorse PSLV-C34 which set a new record on Wednesday, 22nd June
  • The 320 tonne PSLV C34 took off on its 36th flight from Satish Dhawan Space centre with the satellites
  • Cartosat-2 was placed in orbit at 9.44am. With Cartosat-2 weighing 727.5kg, PSLV lifted off a total of 1,288kg in to space and began placing the satellites into orbit about 17minutes later.

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