ISRO launches its 100th satellite into space

Sriharikota : India successfully launched weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and 29 other spacecraft onboard its dependable Polar rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh on Friday.

A jubilant ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar announced that the Cartosat 2 Series satellite, the seventh in the series, a nano satellite and 28 commercial payloads were successfully injected into the orbit one by one by the PSLV C-40, in the space of about 17.33 minutes since lift-off.

Kumar also said he was happy to provide Cartosat 2 Series as a New Year gift for the country.

ISRO’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network took control of the Cartosat 2 Series satellite in space.

The successful orbiting of the satellites by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-40 comes four months after the Indian space Research Organisation’s mission to launch backup navigation spacecraft IRNSS-1H onboard PSLV-39 ended in a rare failure.

International customer satellites are three micro and 25 nano-satellites from six countries — Canada, Finland, France, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated ISRO and its scientists on the successful launch of PSLV, in a series of Tweets today.

The launch of the 100th satellite by @isro signifies both its glorious achievements, and also the bright future of India's space programme.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 12, 2018

My heartiest congratulations to @isro and its scientists on the successful launch of PSLV today. This success in the New Year will bring benefits of the country's rapid strides in space technology to our citizens, farmers, fishermen etc.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 12, 2018