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ISRO aims for world record Launching 83 satellites on a single rocket

Indian space corporation ISRO is aiming for a global document via putting into orbit 83 satellites -- Indian and 81 foreign ------ on a unmarried rocket in early 2017, a top respectable of Antrix corporation stated.



He said the agency’s order ebook stands at Rs 500 crore at the same time as negotiations are on for release order for some other Rs 500 crore.

“at some point of the first sector of 2017 we plan to release a single rocket sporting 83 satellites. most foreign satellites are nano satellites,” Rakesh Sasibhushan, chairman-cum-dealing with director of Antrix employer advised IANS.

Antrix organization is the commercial arm of Indian space studies corporation (ISRO).

He stated all of the 83 satellites can be put in a single orbit and consequently there will no longer be any switching off and on of the rocket.

The major mission for the proposed undertaking is to preserve the rocket in the equal orbit till all the satellites are ejected.

He said ISRO will use its Polar satellite launch automobile XL (PSLV-XL) rocket variation for the record launch.

For ISRO, launch of more than one satellites at one cross is not a new issue as it has performed it numerous instances within the past.

in line with Sasibhushan, the full payload/weight carried off into space by way of the PSLV-XL rocket will be round 1,600 kg.

citing non-disclosure agreements, Sasibhushan declined to call the clients whose satellites ISRO will positioned into orbit.

He said a few satellites belong to clients whose satellites ISRO put into orbit within the beyond.

meanwhile, ISRO is accomplishing excessive-altitude tests with its very own cryogenic engine that is anticipated to strength the heavier rocket Geosynchronous satellite launch car-Mk III (GSLV Mk III).

The GSLV Mk III has a capability to hold round four tonnes of load.

The rocket is scheduled to be flown in January 2017.

The GSLV Mk III rocket is predicted to store precious foreign exchange for India because it will pay to release heavier satellites through foreign space companies.

In an interplay, ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar stated the corporation is looking forward to growing four-tonne communique satellites as a way to provide the same output as a six-tonner.

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